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Liaison Tavey Capps
Submission Date Feb. 25, 2015
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Duke University
OP-20: Employee Commute Modal Split

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Complete Reporter Tavey Capps
Environmental Sustainability Director
Office of the Executive Vice President
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Total percentage of the institution’s employees that use more sustainable commuting options:
29

The percentage of the institution's employees that use each of the following modes as their primary means of transportation to and from campus::
Percentage (0-100)
Commute with only the driver in the vehicle (excluding motorcycles and scooters) 71
Walk, bicycle, or use other non-motorized means 9
Vanpool or carpool 6
Take a campus shuttle or public transportation 8
Use a motorcycle, scooter or moped ---
Telecommute for 50 percent or more of their regular work hours ---

A brief description of the method(s) used to gather data about employee commuting:

Duke conducts a bi-annual survey with the regional planning agency (Triangle J Council of Governments). In alternate years, Duke distributes the same survey to commuters to capture information during off years. This information was obtained from these survey efforts.


The website URL where information about sustainable transportation for employees is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

The STARS submission form would not allow us to include percentage numbers for the above fields, which did not up to 100%. As a result, some percentage points were added to the above fields, so that the fields added up to 100%. The true percentage outcomes from the university-wide survey were as follows:
- The percentage (0-100) of institution's employees that use more sustainable commuting options = 29%
- The percentage (0-100) of institution’s employees who commute with only the driver in the vehicle (excluding motorcycles and scooters) as their primary method of transportation = 68%
- The percentage (0-100) of institution’s employees who walk, bicycle, or use other non-motorized means as their primary method of transportation. Please note that this may include on-campus residents = 10 %
- The percentage (0-100) of institution’s employees who vanpool or carpool as their primary method of transportation = 10%
- The percentage (0-100) of institution’s employees who take a campus shuttle or public transportation as their primary method of transportation = 9%


The STARS submission form would not allow us to include percentage numbers for the above fields, which did not up to 100%. As a result, some percentage points were added to the above fields, so that the fields added up to 100%. The true percentage outcomes from the university-wide survey were as follows:
- The percentage (0-100) of institution's employees that use more sustainable commuting options = 29%
- The percentage (0-100) of institution’s employees who commute with only the driver in the vehicle (excluding motorcycles and scooters) as their primary method of transportation = 68%
- The percentage (0-100) of institution’s employees who walk, bicycle, or use other non-motorized means as their primary method of transportation. Please note that this may include on-campus residents = 10 %
- The percentage (0-100) of institution’s employees who vanpool or carpool as their primary method of transportation = 10%
- The percentage (0-100) of institution’s employees who take a campus shuttle or public transportation as their primary method of transportation = 9%

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