Sustainable mobility
The University of Padua carries out numerous actions to promote and incentivise sustainable mobility, also through collaboration with the municipalities in which it is located and transport companies, and the activation of conventions and discounts reserved for the university community.
In addition, the University conducts analysis and monitoring activities on the mobility habits of its community, carrying out specific surveys.
Initiatives for the promotion of sustainable mobility in the University
Promoting sustainable mobility also means guiding people’s daily habits. With this goal, the University has implemented various initiatives to facilitate the use of sustainable transport by its community.
Furthermore, for service needs, it has chosen low-emission vehicles such as hybrid cars, or zero-emission vehicles such as bicycles – electric and non-electric – and electric scooters.
Initiatives in favor of the use of bicycles
Those who choose to use the bicycle to go to university can count on the free marking service organized in collaboration with the Municipality of Padua, now also extended to scooters. In addition, from November 2022 there will be a large reserved bicycle parking space for staff in the city centre. For information on parking access, please write to gestionebeniservizi@unipd.it
Discounts for local public transport
The University has chosen to facilitate access to local public transport for technical and administrative staff by committing to advance the total amount of annual passes requested by employees, in order to allow each applicant to benefit from the reduction provided for on the annual pass ( corresponding to approximately two months), without having to bear the initial investment. The amount is in fact recovered with monthly deductions from the salary.
Furthermore, from 2018, as part of the supplementary welfare agreement, up to 50% of the value of subscriptions to local, regional and inter-regional public transport that staff use for the home / work journey is reimbursed.
Since 2019, on-call evening and night bus service has been activated thanks to the collaboration of the University, the Municipality of Padua and the Busitalia Veneto transport company. This service, known as Nightbus, now Quibus was designed to support the mobility of young people, and more. The action was awarded by Legambiente as part of the Green Train initiative.
Discounts for sharing services
The university community can also enjoy benefits on the use of elctric scooter sharing services in the local area.
In fact, in 2022 two new agreements have been activated for the use of electric scooters from the Bit Mobility circuit and EmTransit Srl – DOTT Service.
The agreement with BIT Mobility provides:
- 2 unlocks per day for free for electric scooters available through the scooter sharing BIT app, plus a 20% discount on time-of-use rates (Monday to Saturday);
- an additional 10% discount on all UNBITABLE subscription purchases;
The agreement with EmTransit Srl – DOTT Service provides for:
- 30% discount on the final fees of Dott electric scooter services (Monday to Sunday).
More information here.
Other conventions
Thanks to the agreement between our University and FlixBus for the university community, it is possible to request 1 discount code per month worth 10% valid for travel on buses throughout the national and international FlixBus network. More information is available here: Getting around Padua.
The agreement with Itabus, an italian road transportation company, offers to students and University staff members a 10% monthly discount on all planned travels. For further information, please refer to the official website.
