Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 50.74
Liaison Catherine Lockhart
Submission Date Sept. 23, 2019

STARS v2.2

Lawrence University
OP-16: Commute Modal Split

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.00 / 5.00 Kelsey McCormick
Sustainability Coordinator
President's Office
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Total full-time equivalent student enrollment:
1,539

Full-time equivalent of employees:
513

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:
95

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

Lawrence is a residential campus with more than 95% of students living in on-campus housing. It is assumed that these students are walking or biking as their primary mode of transportation daily. Therefore it is assumed that <5% of students are commuting to campus by car or other form of transportation other than walking or biking daily.


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:

Unknown. The Sustainability Survey, which will be administered in fall 2019, will include questions about employee transportation.


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 0
Zero-emissions vehicle --- ---
Walk, cycle, or other non-motorized mode 0 0
Vanpool or carpool 0 0
Public transport or campus shuttle 0 0
Motorcycle, motorized scooter/bike, or moped 0 0
Distance education / telecommute --- ---

Website URL where information about student or employee commuting is available:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

For this submission, Lawrence made assumptions about student transportation based on the high percentage of students that live on campus. Lawrence is currently working to develop a sustainability survey (to be administered for first-time fall 2019) which will include questions about student transportation practices.


For this submission, Lawrence made assumptions about student transportation based on the high percentage of students that live on campus. Lawrence is currently working to develop a sustainability survey (to be administered for first-time fall 2019) which will include questions about student transportation practices.

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