Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 54.78
Liaison Luc Surprenant
Submission Date Dec. 20, 2019

STARS v2.2

Université de Montréal
OP-16: Commute Modal Split

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 4.25 / 5.00 Stéphane Béranger
Coordonnateur au développement durable, Finances et infrastructures
Unité Développement Durable
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Total full-time equivalent student enrollment:
38,114

Full-time equivalent of employees:
6,568.60

Has the institution gathered data about student commuting behavior?:
Yes

Total percentage of students that use more sustainable commuting options as their primary mode of transportation:
88

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

During autumn 2011, Université de Montréal in collaboration with researchers from the Chaire mobilité de Polytechnique Montréal (Mobility Research Chair) and our Observatoire de la mobilité durable (Observatory of Sustainable Mobility) surveyed all Université de Montréal’s community members on their transportation habits to reach the campus. With a percentage of response of 18% , results from this interactive survey revealled that buses and subway were already a primary means of transportation to get to and from campus.

As it is a very long and expensive process, the institution canot launch this kind of inquiry every years. However, updates are made from results by using data generated through other serious transportation surveys. In 2016, datas were extracted from the 10th Origin-Destination survey of the Agence Métropolitaine des Transports (AMT, Metropolitan Transport Authority) of Montreal .

The results for 2019 were obtained from a survey made at Polytechnique Montréal (one of the two affiliated schools.) The results were applied to the Université de Montréal since it was noted that students and employees of both institutions have very similar behaviours (they are located side by side). This is why, until the Université de Montréal conducts a complete survey of its student clientele and employees (scheduled for fall 2020), we applied the variation obtained by Polytechnique in the evaluation survey conducted in 2018.


Has the institution gathered data about employee commuting behavior?:
Yes

Total percentage of employees that use more sustainable commuting options as their primary mode of transportation:
67

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

During autumn 2011, Université de Montréal in collaboration with researchers from the Chaire mobilité de Polytechnique Montréal (Mobility Research Chair) and our Observatoire de la mobilité durable (Observatory of Sustainable Mobility) surveyed all Université de Montréal’s community members on their transportation habits to reach the campus. With a percentage of response of 18% , results from this interactive survey revealled that buses and subway were already a primary means of transportation to get to and from campus.

As it is a very long and expensive process, the institution canot launch this kind of inquiry every years. However, updates are made from results by using data generated through other serious transportation surveys. In 2016, datas were extracted from the 10th Origin-Destination survey of the Agence Métropolitaine des Transports (AMT, Metropolitan Transport Authority) of Montreal .

The results for 2019 were obtained from a survey made at Polytechnique Montréal (one of the two affiliated schools)located on our main campus. The results were applied to the Université de Montréal since it was noted that students and employees of both institutions have very similar behaviours (they are located side by side). This is why, until the Université de Montréal conducts a complete survey of its student clientele and employees (scheduled for fall 2020), we applied the variation obtained by Polytechnique in the evaluation survey conducted in 2018.


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 5 15
Zero-emissions vehicle 0 0
Walk, cycle, or other non-motorized mode 21 16
Vanpool or carpool 4 9
Public transport or campus shuttle 59 52
Motorcycle, motorized scooter/bike, or moped 0 0
Distance education / telecommute 0 0

Website URL where information about student or employee commuting is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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