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Facts about the CCLRT Project and the U
Transportation & the U
- Twin Cities campus attracts 80,000 people on a typical day
- 66 percent of students, staff, and faculty use transportation
alternatives to get to campus each day
- 7,000 University students and 1,300 faculty use discounted
bus passes
- The free inter-campus bus service generates 3.8 million trips
annually.
- The U is the largest user of E85 (ethanol) in the United States.
- Outpatient health clinics located on campus generate over
400,000 visits each year
Research & the U
- The University is Minnesota's only research university, attracting
98 percent of all sponsored and academic research awards in
Minnesota
- Over $675 million in grants and more than 25,000 jobs are
created in Minnesota as a direct result of research
Minnesota's Research Corridor
- Running through the heart of of the Twin Cities Campus, Washington
Avenue is Minnesota's Research Corridor
- Seventeen buildings, housing 80 labs along or near Washington
Avenue, contain highly sensitive research equipment
- View the Research Corridor map here
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