On November 23, 2023, UI GreenMetric organized an Instagram Live Discussion centered on the topic of "Sustainable Transportation Solutions Across Campus and Beyond" Esteemed academics, Dr. Eng. Ir. Aleksander Purba, ST, MT, IPM. ASEAN. Eng, Academic Coordinator PS PPI at Universitas Lampung, and Prof. Khaled Hamad, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Sharjah, were the distinguished keynote speakers at this event. The live session provided a plethora of valuable insights into sustainable transportation solutions that could be implemented on campuses and beyond.
The discussion revolved around the pressing need for sustainable transportation solutions, which has become a global concern in recent years, and explored the various approaches towards implementing such solutions in academic settings. The experts highlighted the key challenges and opportunities associated with sustainable transportation solutions and provided their expert opinions on how to overcome them.
Dr. Eng. Ir. Aleksander Purba, ST, MT, IPM. ASEAN. Eng highlights fostering sustainable transportation choices on campus and promoting the university members to use eco-friendly options. He stressed his support to the Universitas Lampung to start to prepare the shuttle bus, but there are still a lot of challenges until today. Besides, he also highlights the action to enhance the awareness of all university members toward creating a healthier environment, such as organizing and participating in seminars, workshops, and maybe conferences. Throughout all the challenges that have been mentioned, we have to remember that the transportation problem is not only a university problem, but it also involves a lot of stakeholders and governmental problems.
In the same vein, Prof. Khaled Hamad also emphasizes promoting sustainable transportation among all university members. In order to create a cleaner and healthier environment, we need good public transportation to engage all communities, especially university members, to use it. Another thing to keep in mind is that in addition to our focus on the environment, we also need to focus on the safety of the transportation itself. Safety is an important aspect of every transportation and vehicle to focus on. He also underlines that the most difficult change is to convince the community to change their transportation and any vehicle to a more sustainable one. Thus, he also stressed the point that there are a lot of things that can affect those changes, starting from policy, system, rules, and a lot more fundamental points.
The discussion placed a significant emphasis on the fundamental need for sustainable transportation in order to create a cleaner and healthier future, which can only be achieved with every individual's comprehensive strategy and commitment. In this regard, we can all make valuable contributions to this goal, starting from our respective societies, universities, and cities. We must work together toward realizing a sustainable future, and this can only be possible through collective effort and a shared vision for the future.
Streaming Live on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cz_b1Ouxkz7/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
Written by: Nadhira Rahmani Zulkarnain & Yovita Yiwananda Yamin S.Hum., M.Si
