| Overall Rating | Gold |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 75.39 |
| Liaison | Stephanie MacPhee |
| Submission Date | Feb. 5, 2025 |
Dalhousie University
OP-16: Commute Modal Split
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
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3.86 / 5.00 |
Stephanie
MacPhee Executive Director Office of Sustainability |
Total full-time equivalent student enrollment:
Full-time equivalent of employees:
Part 1. Student commute modal split
Total percentage of students that use more sustainable commuting options as their primary mode of transportation:
A brief description of the method(s) used to gather data about student commuting:
The Office of Sustainability conducts an annual sustainability survey for Dalhousie students. The survey is run through the Opinio survey platform. It includes a series of transportation-related questions to understand the travel behaviour of the Dalhousie community and provide data about the travel patterns of Dalhousie commuters. DalTrac (transportation research group) analyzes the survey data every year, and findings are profiled in an annual report. The survey data is analyzed every year by DalTrac (transportation research group) and findings are profiled in an annual report. The 23-24 survey had 2735 responses, which is a 10.5% sample size. Of the responses, 70.4% were students.
Part 2. Employee commute modal split
Total percentage of employees that use more sustainable commuting options as their primary mode of transportation:
A brief description of the method(s) used to gather data about employee commuting:
The Office of Sustainability conducts an annual survey for Dalhousie employees, students, and faculty in the spring (March). The survey is run through an Opinio, a survey platform. The survey includes a series of transportation-related questions for understanding the travel behaviour of the Dalhousie community which provides data about the travel patterns of Dalhousie commuters. The survey data is analyzed every year by DalTrac (transportation research group) and findings are profiled in an annual report. The 23-24 survey had 2735 responses, which is a 10.5% sample size. Of the respondents, 20.8% were staff and 8.1% were faculty. To calculate the percentage of employees per mode of transit, we used the staff and faculty information from the DalTrac survey (% per mode of transit) multiplied by actual FTE Staff and Faculty headcounts to calculate the proportional mode of transit across the university, not just the sample size from the survey.
Optional Fields
| Percentage of students (0-100) | Percentage of employees (0-100) | |
| Single-occupancy vehicle | 13.90 | 42.78 |
| Zero-emissions vehicle | --- | --- |
| Walk, cycle, or other non-motorized mode | 42.60 | 23.57 |
| Vanpool or carpool | 6.50 | 14.85 |
| Public transport or campus shuttle | 35.10 | 16.79 |
| Motorcycle, motorized scooter/bike, or moped | 0.40 | --- |
| Distance education / telecommute | --- | --- |
Website URL where information about student or employee commuting is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Data was pulled from the DalTrac Report for 2023-24, which is attached.
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