Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 69.69
Liaison Rochelle Owen
Submission Date April 6, 2018
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Dalhousie University
OP-16: Student Commute Modal Split

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.77 / 2.00
"---" indicates that no data was submitted for this field

Total percentage of students (graduate and undergraduate) that use more sustainable commuting options as their primary means of transportation:
88.40

A brief description of the method(s) used to gather data about student commuting, including the timeframe for when the analysis was conducted and how a representative sample was reached, if applicable:

The Office of Sustainability conducts an annual sustainability survey for Dalhousie students. The survey is run through an Opinio survey platform. The survey includes a series of transportation related questions for understanding the travel behaviour of the Dalhousie community. These transportation related questions provide data to identify the travel patterns of Dalhousie commuters.

Survey data is analyzed every year by DalTrac (transportation research group) and findings are profiled in an annual report.


The percentage of students that use each of the following modes as their primary means of transportation to get to and from campus::
Percentage (0-100)
Commute with only the driver in the vehicle (excluding motorcycles and scooters) 11.60
Walk, bicycle, or use other non-motorized means 58.10
Vanpool or carpool 3.90
Take a campus shuttle or public transportation 26
Use a motorcycle, scooter or moped 0.40

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Data was pulled from the DalTrac Report for 2017
file:///Users/officeofsustainability/Downloads/CommuterSurvey2017_Report_FINAL.pdf


Data was pulled from the DalTrac Report for 2017
file:///Users/officeofsustainability/Downloads/CommuterSurvey2017_Report_FINAL.pdf

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