Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 70.92
Liaison Katie Maynard
Submission Date Aug. 19, 2014
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STARS v2.0

University of California, Santa Barbara
OP-20: Employee Commute Modal Split

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.80 / 2.00 Jewel Snavely
Campus Sustainability Coordinator, TGIF Grants Manager
Office of Sustainability
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Total percentage of the institution’s employees that use more sustainable commuting options:
40

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) 60
Walk, bicycle, or use other non-motorized means 11
Vanpool or carpool 19
Take a campus shuttle or public transportation 6
Use a motorcycle, scooter or moped 1
Telecommute for 50 percent or more of their regular work hours 3

A brief description of the method(s) used to gather data about employee commuting:

A survey is administrated by the Social Science Survey Center on behalf of the Chancellor's Campus Sustainability Committee and the office of Administrative Services. The survey measures commuter behavior by asking faculty, staff, and students to indicate the mode of transportation they use to travel to campus each day.


The website URL where information about sustainable transportation for employees is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

UCSB disseminates an annual mode-split survey for all faculty, staff, and students. We also capture AVR as part of this data set.


UCSB disseminates an annual mode-split survey for all faculty, staff, and students. We also capture AVR as part of this data set.

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