Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 51.50
Liaison Mike Harrington
Submission Date Aug. 6, 2018
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STARS v2.1

The New School
OP-16: Student Commute Modal Split

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.96 / 2.00 Mike Harrington
Assistant Director
Tishman Environment & Design Center
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Total percentage of students (graduate and undergraduate) that use more sustainable commuting options as their primary means of transportation:
98

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 survey was deployed during the 2017/2018 academic school year. Roughly 2,500 responses were received of the 11,000 invitations (23% response rate). The survey indicated that only 2.2% of students use a single-passenger vehicle to commute to school (e.g. personal vehicle, hired car service, or taxi). The dominant means of commuting are public transport (67%) or walking (29%).

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

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