Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 58.54
Liaison Kevin Miller
Submission Date March 6, 2020

STARS v2.2

Goshen College
OP-16: Commute Modal Split

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.00 / 5.00
"---" indicates that no data was submitted for this field

Total full-time equivalent student enrollment:
877

Full-time equivalent of employees:
231.70

Part 1. Student commute modal split

Has the institution gathered data about student commuting behavior?:
No

Total percentage of students that use more sustainable commuting options as their primary mode of transportation:
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A brief description of the method(s) used to gather data about student commuting:
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Part 2. Employee commute modal split

Has the institution gathered data about employee commuting behavior?:
No

Total percentage of employees that use more sustainable commuting options as their primary mode of transportation:
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A brief description of the method(s) used to gather data about employee commuting:
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Optional Fields 

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 --- ---
Zero-emissions vehicle --- ---
Walk, cycle, or other non-motorized mode --- ---
Vanpool or carpool --- ---
Public transport or campus shuttle --- ---
Motorcycle, motorized scooter/bike, or moped --- ---
Distance education / telecommute --- ---

Website URL where information about student or employee commuting is available:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Data is not available. Future Survey Needed.

Without survey, GC undergraduate students did make the following estimates based on assumptions described in their research paper included as a pdf in above documentation.

Total commuting mileage of employees and students in 1 school year: 2,958,814 miles.
Total commuting fuel used by GC employees and students in 1 year: 119,790 gallons of gasoline.
The average commuting distance of a GC commuter student is 11.33 miles.
The average commuting distance of a GC employee is 8.25 miles.

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