Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 72.81
Liaison Ian Johnson
Submission Date March 4, 2022

STARS v2.2

Colorado College
OP-16: Commute Modal Split

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 4.21 / 5.00 Ian Johnson
Sustainability Director
Office of Sustainability
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Total full-time equivalent student enrollment:
2,270

Full-time equivalent of employees:
846

Has the institution gathered data about student commuting behavior?:
Yes

Total percentage of students that use more sustainable commuting options as their primary mode of transportation:
100

A brief description of the method(s) used to gather data about student commuting:
All students who live on campus have been included as walking, bicycling, or using other non-motorized means as their primary transportation to get to and from campus due to the extremely small size of the Colorado College campus. Furthermore, the majority of students living off-campus also use non-motorized means of transportation as their primary method of commuting.

Has the institution gathered data about employee commuting behavior?:
Yes

Total percentage of employees that use more sustainable commuting options as their primary mode of transportation:
42.08

A brief description of the method(s) used to gather data about employee commuting:
The Office of Sustainability issued a Campus Commute Survey to all students, faculty, and staff Response numbers have been compared to total employees in order to find percentages.

This survey reflects data from the 2020-2021 academic year.

Percentage of students and employees that use the following as their primary mode of transportation:
Percentage of students (0-100) Percentage of employees (0-100)
Single-occupancy vehicle 0 73.44
Zero-emissions vehicle 0 1.88
Walk, cycle, or other non-motorized mode 100 33.91
Vanpool or carpool 0 3.36
Public transport or campus shuttle 0 1.43
Motorcycle, motorized scooter/bike, or moped 0 1.15
Distance education / telecommute 0 0.58

Website URL where information about student or employee commuting is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
We report 100% of students that use sustainable commuting options as their primary mode of transportation because students who live off-campus all live close enough to walk or bike. We know that students who live off-campus are not driving to school based off of who buys parking permits. A parking permit is required to park on campus so we konw that only faculty and students living on campus buy parking passes.

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