UMass Lowell’s new Campus Map web application integrates bus route information, parking availability and maps in one convenient location on your iPhone or Android smartphone.

The university is introducing eight new ADA-compliant buses this fall featuring audio announcements, automatic passenger-counting technology and a more modern exterior design.

With construction work complete on two new canal bridges along Pawtucket Street, students are enjoying shorter trips on two of the university’s busiest bus lines — and improved paths for walking and biking.

Transportation engineering graduate student Jenna Howard ’19 is leading the design of UML’s Pawtucket Greenway project through her work as a transportation infrastructure designer for the civil engineering firm TEC.

The Pawtucket Greenway, a collaboration between UML and the City of Lowell that will connect South and East campuses with a continuous, shared-use pathway for pedestrians and bicyclists, got a boost from a pair of state grants.

UMass Lowell is No. 16 on Sierra magazine’s “Cool Schools” list for 2020, the university’s highest ranking ever in a survey that assesses colleges’ performances on everything from sustainability-focused courses, carbon-neutral energy and land policies, eco-friendly dining halls and student engagement.

As a fall semester like no other gets underway, UMass Lowell is focused on the health and safety of students — both residential and remote —  through measures such as surveillance testing for COVID-19 and teletherapy counseling sessions.

Students donated more than 14,000 pounds of clothing, bedding, food and personal items during this spring’s Sustainable Move Out Donation Drive, which benefitted a half-dozen nonprofit organizations across the community.

Junior business administration major Nathan Klosowski, a coordinator and supervisor in the Office of Transportation Services, beat out a crowded field to win the university’s Student Employee of the Year award.

Six of the 12 projects to receive a share of the $50,000 Sustainability Encouragement & Enrichment Development (S.E.E.D.) Fund this year were led by students, the most in the fund’s three-year history.

As the university rolls out larger shuttle buses to accommodate growing ridership, the Office of Transportation Services has created an in-house training program to help student drivers earn their required commercial driver’s licenses.

The city of Lowell and the Massachusetts Department of Transportation will begin replacing two canal bridges on campus this summer. Expected to take two years, the projects will create short-term traffic challenges but also long-term benefits to the university community.

Spring Move Out yielded a record haul from students, with 16,500 pounds of clothing, household goods and nonperishable food items collected by the Office of Sustainability and donated to local nonprofits.

Students, faculty and staff are averaging more than 10,000 free bus rides each month, thanks to the university’s growing collaboration with the LRTA and MVRTA.

The new Pulichino Tong Business Center became the second building on campus to receive LEED Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council.

Students, faculty and staff who rely on public transportation to get to campus appreciate the university’s new partnership with the LRTA and MVRTA, which lets them ride buses for free.

For students of the mobile device generation, there are several must-have apps to make life more convenient on campus, whether it’s finding upcoming events, the next bus or even an available washing machine.

Three years into the university’s comprehensive Physical Improvements Plan, significant progress is being made to increase accessibility for everyone across campus.

The university expands its fleet of Zipcars on campus to 10, making it even easier for students, faculty and staff to rent a vehicle by the hour or by the day.