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Numbers reach 20-year high as use of public transport increases to travel to the UAB
A total of 67% of the UAB community uses public transport to reach the campus, the highest figure since 2001, while private transport means have fallen to 27.5%, the lowest percentage since 2001, according to a UAB survey on mobility habits answered by 4,495 people.
UAB Alumni East Coast Chapter inaugurated in New York
After Brussels and Beijing, the UAB visited New York on Wednesday 24 May to inaugurate its UAB Alumni East Coast Chapter, a network promoting the exchange of professional experiences among Catalans living on the US East Coast who studied at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB).
The UAB launches the BiciBus UAB
From 17 to 21 April, the UAB launches a new initiative under the name of BiciBus UAB: volunteers that will act as guides and accompany people on bike from different cities to the UAB campus. The goal is to help new bikers discover the routes to be used to get to and from campus. There will be volunteers in Cerdanyola, Sabadell, Sant Quirze, Sant Cugat, Terrassa, Barcelona (Renfe Sant Andreu Arenal) and la Llagosta.
Fill the Mobility Survey for the UAB
Fill the Mobility Survey for the UAB and enter in a lottery to win a gift card for El Corte Inglés worth 200€!
The SO-CLOSE project creates digital tools to combat the exclusion of refugees
Over the course of three years, the team coordinated by the UAB has co-created open-use digital cultural content that is now available for consultation and adaptation to the project's Memory Centre Platform.
The UAB Solidarity Race to be held on 18 December
The UAB and the Cerdanyola del Vallès City Council, with the collaboration and support of the University of Barcelona and Applus+ Laboratories, organise for 18 December the 2022 Solidarity Race and Walk to help raise funds for the yearly fundraiser La Marató de TV3, which this year focuses on cardiovasculara health. This is the 11th edition of a race in which the UAB campus turns into a huge solidarity sports festival.
15th edition of the Sustainable and Safe Mobility Week
The main activities held for the Sustainable and Safe Mobility Week will take place on Thursday 10 November, from 12 noon to 3 p.m. Several entities from the SiS Space on campus will hold activities to inform and raise awareness on sustainable and safe mobility among members of the university community, and several other activities will focus on electric vehicles, raffles, and bike repair workshops.