| Overall Rating | Silver |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 55.03 |
| Liaison | Sara McIntyre |
| Submission Date | Aug. 10, 2022 |
Sewanee - The University of the South
OP-16: Commute Modal Split
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
3.76 / 5.00 |
Sara
McIntyre Sustainability Coordinator OESS |
Total full-time equivalent student enrollment:
Full-time equivalent of employees:
Has the institution gathered data about student commuting behavior?:
Total percentage of students that use more sustainable commuting options as their primary mode of transportation:
A brief description of the method(s) used to gather data about student commuting:
Fewer than 20 undergraduate students are permitted to live off-campus and therefore permitted to commute to school. Sewanee is an obligate residential University.
Has the institution gathered data about employee commuting behavior?:
Total percentage of employees that use more sustainable commuting options as their primary mode of transportation:
A brief description of the method(s) used to gather data about employee commuting:
An estimation of alternative transportation for Faculty & Staff was conducted utilizing the following data:
Fac/Staff occupy roughly 230 leaseholds in Sewanee. Of these, roughly 40% utilize alternative transportation for work. As the campus and community are one, as well as small, this is seen as a conservative estimate. This also does not include those that live directly outside of the Sewanee line, who also commute via walking or biking. Nor does it factor in residences on campus with more than one Sewanee employee in them (eg. husband and wife are both professors, or one is faculty and one is staff, etc)
230*.4=92
92/ 726=13%
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 | 0.90 | 85 |
| Zero-emissions vehicle | 0 | 0.50 |
| Walk, cycle, or other non-motorized mode | 99.10 | 13 |
| Vanpool or carpool | 0 | 1 |
| Public transport or campus shuttle | 0 | 0 |
| Motorcycle, motorized scooter/bike, or moped | 0 | 0 |
| Distance education / telecommute | 0 | 0.50 |
Website URL where information about student or employee commuting is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Leaned on previous submission data as well as some HR data and some anecdotal data re: how many electric cars fac/staff own (they inquire at our office as to the plugins on campus) and who has permanently transitioned to telework.
Leaned on previous submission data as well as some HR data and some anecdotal data re: how many electric cars fac/staff own (they inquire at our office as to the plugins on campus) and who has permanently transitioned to telework.
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