Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 74.63
Liaison Sam Lubow
Submission Date July 30, 2014
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STARS v2.0

Stanford University
OP-19: Student Commute Modal Split

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.72 / 2.00 Moira Hafer
Sustainability Specialist
Office of Sustainability
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Total percentage of students that use more sustainable commuting options:
86.04

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) 12.93
Walk, bicycle, or use other non-motorized means 77.49
Vanpool or carpool 3.64
Take a campus shuttle or public transportation 4.91
Use a motorcycle, scooter or moped 0

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A brief description of the method(s) used to gather data about student commuting:
Commute and modal split information is sampled using Stanford’s annual transportation and commute survey, administered each spring.

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The website URL where information about sustainable transportation for students is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Student classification includes undergraduate students and graduate students. Postdoctoral scholars are not included in the 2013 submission. Motorcycles, scooters, and mopeds are counted as "drive-alone" in Stanford's annual Commute Survey, so a separate figure is not available.

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