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There are lots of ways to travel but some travel modes are more sustainable than others. In addition to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and improving air quality, more sustainable travel modes (like active and public transportation) can also improve your physical and mental health, save you money, and help reduce vehicle traffic.
If you are interested in what the most sustainable travel modes are, UNB Sustainability has developed a hierarchy of travel modes from the most sustainable to the least sustainable. Here is the hierarchy:
UNB Sustainability encourages everyone to use more sustainable travel modes, especially our students, staff and faculty for their commutes to campus as well as for any travel for courses and business travel.
If you are biking to campus, you are welcome to park your bike at one of the bike rack locations on campus. If you are taking a bus to campus, you can find more information about public transit from the City of Fredericton and the City of Saint John.
UNBSU and REDS Bike Co-op: If you are a UNB student, staff or faculty member and you would like to borrow a bike for the day (9 a.m. - 10 p.m.) for free in Fredericton, see the UNBSU for more information.
UNBSU Safe Lock: If you are a UNB student, staff or faculty member and you forgot your bike lock at home, you can go to the UNB Security office (767 Kings College Road in Fredericton) to sign-out a bike lock for the day for free.
Each September, UNB Sustainability partners with UNB Security and the UNB Financial Aid Office to offer students who demonstrate finanical need a chance to win a free bike. UNB Security collects bikes that were abandoned on campus or donated by the community, and UNB Sustainability has them taken to Savages Bicycle Centre to be refurbished. After the bikes are refurbished, UNB Sustainability then gives them out to the Great Bike Giveaway winners.
Applications for the Great Bike Giveaway are available through the Financial Aid Office in September. Eligibility is restricted to full-time UNB Fredericton students with demonstrated financial need. Students must also be in good academic standing (GPA of 2.0 and over from the most recent assessment year; entrance GPA's count for 1st year students) to be eligible for the giveaway. Due to the limited number of refurbished bikes, program eligibility does not guarantee winning a bike.
UNB has participated in the Academic Bike Challenge (ABC) to encourage students, staff and faculty to bike more in their daily lives. The ABC is a free event hosted by the German Münster University of Applied Science in partnership with the bike navigation app, "Naviki".
In 2021, UNB biked a total of 3,981.5 kilometers. In 2022, UNB biked a total of 5,574.5 kilomters, and in 2023, UNB biked a total of 3,511 kilometers!