Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 67.88
Liaison Krista Bailey
Submission Date Sept. 14, 2017
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STARS v2.1

Pennsylvania State University
OP-17: Employee Commute Modal Split

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.62 / 2.00 Shelley McKeague
Environmental Compliance Specialist
Engineering Services
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Total percentage of the institution’s employees that use more sustainable commuting options as their primary method of transportation:
31

A brief description of the method(s) used to gather data about employee commuting, including the timeframe for when the analysis was conducted and how a representative sample was reached, if applicable:

We obtained student data from Fall 2015 student headcounts and on-campus resident data, as reported in Credit IC-3 Academics and Demographics. Parking Permit and CATA RidePass data for FY15/16 was provided by Transportation Services.

Percentage was calculated as follows:
17,027 faculty/staff
11,784 faculty/staff permits issued (69%)
991 RidePass - CATA Bus Program (6%)
436 Vanpool/Carpool (3%)

There are going to be overlaps in data. For example, members of a carpool may all keep individual parking passes and get counted in the drive-alone category.

The remaining faculty/staff, 3.816 (22%), were assigned to the bike/walk category because they do not have parking permits, do not participate in a carpool/vanpool nor use public transportation on a regular basis (RidePass).


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) 69
Walk, bicycle, or use other non-motorized means 22
Vanpool or carpool 3
Take a campus shuttle or public transportation 6
Use a motorcycle, scooter or moped 0
Telecommute for 50 percent or more of their regular work hours 0

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