For Colleges and Universities

Eco-friendly transportation for today’s campus

Pietzo hybrid electric bicycles uniquely support the needs of colleges and universities, and can play a significant part in an effective, eco-friendly transportation strategy that meets sustainability objectives for your institution.

Whether it’s getting to campus, or moving around a large or hilly campus, the pedal assist power of the Pietzo bikes will get you where you need to go quickly. For the urban campus, traffic and parking headaches become a thing of the past.

• Commuters: Staff and faculty can ride to campus the “sweat-free”, eco-friendly way. Save money on parking, gas and car expenses, while reducing emissions.
  
  
• Facilities: Use electric bicycles for many short-haul trips on campus, and make those frequent stops without burning fuel. Extend the life of your fleet vehicles.
  
  
• Security: Patrols are quick and easy. Ride footpaths and roads quickly, without sweat or exertion.
  
  
• Students: Day students commute to campus, and all students can get around a large campus easily.
  
  
• Sustainability: Support campus greening objectives, lower carbon emissions.

Pietzo electric bikes fit into standard bike racks and plug into any electrical outlet. Helmets and locks come with the bikes, and Pietzo includes periodic tune-ups performed on campus for free.

For more information or to arrange a test ride for your campus call 617-674-2747 or send us a message.

Patrick Willoughby at Wellesley College; The Sustainability Director

“My overall goal as head of the sustainability initiatives is to lower energy consumption and get Wellesley College as greenhouse gas emissions neutral as possible. The idea in bringing the electric bicycles to campus was to get people who would not normally bike to give it a try. Currently, we have the electric bicycles in use by the trades (facilities) organization and our campus police. For the trades’ guys, who are constantly moving around campus, the electric bicycles get them out of the truck and they don’t have to worry about parking on their calls. We purchased panniers with the bikes so carrying a small toolkit works very well. As the Pietzo electric bicycles are seen around campus, they are a visible demonstration of Wellesley’s commitment to lowering greenhouse gas emissions.

My larger goal in the sustainability office is educate and inspire our students who will go out and make a difference in the world. Bringing alumna and trustees into the mindset of “thinking green” is also important. Long term, my generation is not the one that will solve the environmental problem. We’ve had some amazing graduates at Wellesley that have gone on to change the world. The students coming through now will make that difference for the health of our planet.”