{"id":660,"date":"2020-10-18T21:10:55","date_gmt":"2020-10-18T18:10:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sustainability.uobasrah.edu.iq\/?page_id=660"},"modified":"2020-10-18T21:10:55","modified_gmt":"2020-10-18T18:10:55","slug":"transportation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sustainability.uobasrah.edu.iq\/wp22\/en\/transportation\/","title":{"rendered":"Transportation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Several solutions to achieve more sustainable transportation are provided for staff and students. These solutions help reduce air pollution by reducing the number of vehicles on campus.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Several buses run through the university campus. They are provided by the university and can be used free of charge. Besides, the Ministry of transportation also shares some buses serve students around the campus. They act as shuttle buses, so there is little demand for taxis.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Also, the University of Basrah has been able to reduce the parking area of \u200b\u200bthe campus. This is done by formulating some important policies. Some of these policies are designed to prohibit students\u2019 cars and taxis from entering the campus. Other systems help encourage employees to use buses, minibusses, car-sharing instead of private cars. Besides, priority is given to creating gardens and other open spaces outside the parking.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The University of Basrah has made great efforts to design and build sidewalks across. These pedestrian paths are located around and between buildings to walk safely without worrying about moving vehicles.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000080;\"><strong>Shuttle bus<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-661 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/sustainability.uobasrah.edu.iq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/transportation-bus.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"287\" height=\"179\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000080; font-size: 14pt;\">Pedestrian paths<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-662 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/sustainability.uobasrah.edu.iq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/pedestrian-paths.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"285\" height=\"179\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Several solutions to achieve more sustainable transportation are provided for staff and students. These solutions help reduce air pollution by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"elegant_blocks_team_1":false,"elegant_blocks_blog_1":false,"elegant_blocks_slider_1":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Nayyef Azeez","author_link":"https:\/\/sustainability.uobasrah.edu.iq\/wp22\/author\/drnayyef\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"&nbsp; Several solutions to achieve more sustainable transportation are provided for staff and students. These solutions help reduce air pollution by [&hellip;]","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sustainability.uobasrah.edu.iq\/wp22\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/660"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sustainability.uobasrah.edu.iq\/wp22\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sustainability.uobasrah.edu.iq\/wp22\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sustainability.uobasrah.edu.iq\/wp22\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sustainability.uobasrah.edu.iq\/wp22\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=660"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sustainability.uobasrah.edu.iq\/wp22\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/660\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":663,"href":"https:\/\/sustainability.uobasrah.edu.iq\/wp22\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/660\/revisions\/663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sustainability.uobasrah.edu.iq\/wp22\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}