Overall Rating Bronze - expired
Overall Score 33.44
Liaison Elizabeth Masuen
Submission Date April 6, 2018
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STARS v2.1

Metropolitan Community College
OP-16: Student Commute Modal Split

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.38 / 2.00 Sally Hopley
Coordinator of Sustainable Practices
Campus Planning and Sustainability
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Total percentage of students (graduate and undergraduate) that use more sustainable commuting options as their primary means of transportation:
18.80

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:
MCC conducted a student commuter survey in February 2016. A portion of the survey results was used to complete this information. The survey received 2,870 individual student responses.

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The percentage of students that use each of the following modes as their primary means of transportation to get to and from campus::
Percentage (0-100)
Commute with only the driver in the vehicle (excluding motorcycles and scooters) 82
Walk, bicycle, or use other non-motorized means 1.50
Vanpool or carpool 7.50
Take a campus shuttle or public transportation 5.90
Use a motorcycle, scooter or moped 0

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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Our survey also included using Uber or a taxi service to get to campus - that was 0.8 of responses. The 0.8 was added to the "Commute with only the driver in the vehicle" as those are the most similar in transportation mode.

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