| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 61.25 |
| Liaison | Audrey McSain |
| Submission Date | Feb. 28, 2020 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Lehigh University
OP-16: Student Commute Modal Split
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
1.86 / 2.00 |
Robert
Bruneio Manager, Transportation Services Transportation Services |
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Total percentage of students (graduate and undergraduate) that use more sustainable commuting options as their primary means of transportation:
93
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:
A sustainability survey was distributed by the Office of Sustainability in the Spring of 2018 in which students were asked to anonymously respond to the following question: What is your primary mode of transportation to campus? The answers from which they could choose were the OP-16 answers listed above. This survey was approved by the IRB and can prove statistically valid.
We also met with the Parking Services to ascertain the number of permits on campus and bus ridership to estimate the number of students driving vs. taking the bus vs. walking. This greatly improved our estimates from last year because the number of students with cars is much lower, and therefore could not be the estimated percentage we had previously.
By including the Lehigh bus system, we estimated about 30% of students use that to get to class. This lowered the walking/biking category a bit.
We also used data from student parking passes to estimate which students are driving and which are carpooling. Those with commuter passes were counted as busing because they park in the commuter lot and have to bus to campus.
Optional Fields
| Percentage (0-100) | |
| Commute with only the driver in the vehicle (excluding motorcycles and scooters) | 7 |
| Walk, bicycle, or use other non-motorized means | 49.58 |
| Vanpool or carpool | 13.96 |
| Take a campus shuttle or public transportation | 29.46 |
| Use a motorcycle, scooter or moped | --- |
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