Do you own an all-electric vehicle (EV)? If not, you should go out and buy one right now to access amazing deals. Green Mountain Power along with Freedom Nissan, are offering its customers (not Burlington) $10,000 off MSRP for the all electric Nissan Leaf. Coupled with $7,500 federal rebate, you can save almost 60% ($17,500) off the $30,000 Leaf MSRP. A brand new […]
Continue readingThe Transportation Committee has approved a plan where employees can park on campus again this summer, free of charge, starting May 8th. Yes you read that right…but there will likely be even more restricted days based on events compared to last summer. In order to make this freedom possible, there are a few exceptions and things […]
Continue readingStarting this Sunday April 30th the City will be doing their annual street sweeping. There is a parking ban just like when there is snow bans. All cars must be off the streets. The challenging component of that is that Champlain is impacted three different nights for three different areas so your attention is warranted. […]
Continue readingAs you may have heard (or are about to), Champlain College has teamed up with CATMA, CCRPC, and UVM to launch a regional bikeshare system to pilot this summer/fall. This is intended to replace our existing ChampRides bikeshare with a more technologically advanced system that connects throughout Chittenden County. Planning is going great thus far and […]
Continue readingFrom VPIRG… I wanted to pass along this job opportunity, which may be of interest to Bicycle program members and the Champlain biking community. I work for a local environmental advocacy group that runs a statewide summer canvass, and we are hiring a part-time bike technician for the summer to help us maintain our fleet. […]
Continue readingLocal Motion has some seasonal positions for people interested in summer work, as well as a professional year-round position. Please share this around to anyone you think might be interested! For full job descriptions, go here https://www.localmotion.org/lm_is_hiring Services Coordinator will be responsible for coordinating the operations of Local Motion’s Trailside Center and Bike Ferry services. This year […]
Continue readingComing right up: webinar #2 of the 2017 webinar series presented by the Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals (APBP, https://www.apbp.org/) seems to be of particular interest to Faculty in Higher Ed or Transportation professionals trying to help infuse active transportation into university curriculum. Anyone can participate for free at the CCRPC office (directions here). VTrans is […]
Continue readingJoin us this week and in the future for all sorts of opportunities to dust off the winter blues and go for a bike ride… The ChampRidersCruise is still cruising around BTV every Wednesday from 1-2. Won’t you join us? Winter Bike to Work Day is on Friday February 10th. Help put Burlington on the […]
Continue readingWant to know more about bike basics? Want to know how to fix a flat tire? We can help. Join Champlain College Transportation to learn about the ABC’s of biking. Air, Brakes, Chain. When: March 1, April 5th and May 3rd Time: 4-5pm Where: In ChampShop, the Juniper Hall Bike Mechanic Workshop (the northern entrance […]
Continue readingWe have partnered with CarshareVT to offer a student “Park-It Pledge” Incentive. If you had a car here for Fall semester, pledge to leave it at home for Spring semester and sign up for the free CarshareVT membership we will give the first 10 people to sign up $30 in driving credits so that you […]
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