Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 66.65
Liaison John Gardner
Submission Date Nov. 27, 2019
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University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
OP-17: Employee Commute Modal Split

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.66 / 2.00 John Gardner
Sustainability Planning & Policy Analyst
Office of Sustainability
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Total percentage of the institution’s employees that use more sustainable commuting options as their primary method of transportation:
33.20

A brief description of the method(s) used to gather data about employee commuting, including the timeframe for when the analysis was conducted and how a representative sample was reached, if applicable:

A survey was sent to all students in November 2017. 3,720 student respondents completed the survey. The sampling frame was all students, faculty, and staff with a current UWM e-mail account. The survey was distributed by email to the entire sampling frame. This was done by sending an anonymous Qualtrics survey link to all UWM e-mail addresses. The survey was initially distributed on Wednesday, November 1, 2017. Follow-up reminder emails were distributed on Monday, November 6 and Tuesday, November 14. The survey remained open from November 1 until November 19, a total of 19 days. Throughout this period, a total of 4,216 unique individuals opened the survey, resulting in a raw response rate of 14.5% of the campus population (29,012 people).


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) 65.60
Walk, bicycle, or use other non-motorized means 13.70
Vanpool or carpool 6.50
Take a campus shuttle or public transportation 12.10
Use a motorcycle, scooter or moped 0.40
Telecommute for 50 percent or more of their regular work hours 0.50

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Data was supplied by a Transportation Survey conducted in November 2017. The sum of the percentage of students that use more sustainable commuting options and the percentage of students that commute with only the driver in the vehicle does not equal 100 because 1.2% of faculty and staff also responded with "Other" as a mode of transportation which was not quantified as either more sustainable or not.


Data was supplied by a Transportation Survey conducted in November 2017. The sum of the percentage of students that use more sustainable commuting options and the percentage of students that commute with only the driver in the vehicle does not equal 100 because 1.2% of faculty and staff also responded with "Other" as a mode of transportation which was not quantified as either more sustainable or not.

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