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Transportation Fee Information
Background
The transportation fee provides support for operating SBU Transit Services for the University community between a variety of destinations on West, East, South, and Southampton Campuses, as well as the R&D Park, throughout the calendar year. SBU Transit provides transportation seven days per week and offers between five and seven transit routes daily, depending on the University academic calendar. In calendar year 2011-12, SBU Transit vehicles traveled over 770,000 service miles and provided approximately 53,193 service hours to University passengers.
The transportation fee provides support for operating SBU Transit, which includes support for service staffing, vehicle maintenance/repair, procurement of new vehicles, facility upgrades, regulatory compliance requirements, vehicle fuel, and office supplies. In addition to transit operations, the transportation fee provides support for bus stop shelters, signage/maps, University bike initiatives and student parking lot maintenance and additions.
Student Benefits
- Students can use the SBU Transit Service on an unlimited basis.
- SBU Transit Service operates seven days per week/354 days per year and is designed to meet the needs of all students, including commuters and residents.
- SBU Transit operates seven weekday and five weekend transit routes to over 30 inter- and intra-campus destinations.
- On Fall and Spring semester weekdays, the SBU Transit Service begins daily service at 5:30 am and ends service at 12:30 am.
- The SBU Transit Service provides transportation service in lieu of students using their personal vehicles at the University, thereby lowering student's fuel and maintenance costs.
- SBU Transit offers transportation to over 30 destinations located on West, East, South, and Southampton Campuses, as well as to and from the Research & Development Park.
- SBU Transit offers enhanced weekend service between the Long Island Railroad Stony Brook train station and a variety of destinations on both East and West Campuses.
- Students use SBU Transit maps, transit shelters, and transit signage to help meet their transportation needs.
- The fee supports SBU Transit Service improvement initiatives, including the installation of passenger communication systems and related infrastructure.
- The fee supports SBU bike share programs and initiatives, including the purchasing of bike racks and related infrastructure in order to enhance the biking culture at SBU.
- The fee ensures that transit vehicles meet annual regulatory and environmental compliance requirements.
- The fee provides support for the creation of commuter student parking spaces, as well as for the maintenance of commuter parking lots.
Transportation Fee Expenditures
| Transportation Fee Area | FY11-12 Expense |
|---|---|
| SBU Transit Staffing | 52.25% |
| New Transit Vehicles | 13.07% |
| Commuter Parking Lots & Maintenance | 11.14% |
| Transit Vehicle Parts, Maintenance & Towing | 6.67% |
| Vehicle Fuel | 5.23% |
| Smart Transit Information System | 3.88% |
| Transit Facility Maintenance & Upgrades | 3.51% |
| Transit Vehicle Regulatory Compliance Requirements | 2.55% |
| Transit Stops & Shelters | 0.91% |
| Office Materials & Supplies | 0.70% |
| Transit Signage & Maps | 0.09% |
| Total | 100.00% |
Transportation Fee - Increase
An increase to the transportation fee would support all of the following:
- Enable SBU Transit to continue offering similar levels of transportation service to the University.
- Enable SBU Transit to continue with implementing sustainable, transportation initiatives.
- Enable SBU Transit to better communicate with passengers in order to improve their transportation experience.
- Allow SBU Transit to better maintain service vehicles, in order to lower overall expenses and further increase University sustainability.
- Allow for further improvements to be made to commuter student parking and various biking initiatives at the University.
The Office of Transportation and Parking Operations actively encourages the Stony Brook University community to provide feedback on our services. For more information on providing service feedback, please visit our Transportation Fee Feedback and Advisory Group page.