Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 47.23
Liaison Mark Klapatch-Mathias
Submission Date Jan. 13, 2012
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University of Wisconsin-River Falls
OP-15: Student Commute Modal Split

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.86 / 4.00 Ian Johnson
Research Fellow
SCISCD
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The percentage (0-100) of institution's students who use more sustainable commuting options:
46.40

The percentage (0-100) of institution’s students who commute with only the driver in the vehicle (excluding motorcycles and scooters) as their primary method of transportation:
53.60

The percentage (0-100) of institution’s students who walk, bicycle, or use other non-motorized means as their primary method of transportation. Please note that this may include on-campus residents :
37.80

The percentage (0-100) of institution’s students who vanpool or carpool as their primary method of transportation:
8

The percentage (0-100) of institution’s students who take a campus shuttle or public transportation as their primary method of transportation :
0

The percentage (0-100) of institution’s students who use a motorcycle, scooter or moped as their primary method of transportation:
0.60

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

Information for this credit was gathered from the UWRF Parking Survey, which was last administered in 2005.

'More sustainable Commuting Options' was interpreted as any commuting method that was not driving alone.

To maintain consistency with survey definitions, both "Commuters" and "River Falls Residents" were averaged to obtain percentage points for student commute modal split.

As noted on the Parking Survey, good weather vs. bad weather had a negligible impact on transportation modes. The results for this credit were therefore taken from the "Good Weather" category.

Small differences in the numbers reported in the survey and the numbers reported here are due to rounding.

Recommendations are being made in the Sustainable Campus Community Plan to update the data as soon as possible.


Information for this credit was gathered from the UWRF Parking Survey, which was last administered in 2005.

'More sustainable Commuting Options' was interpreted as any commuting method that was not driving alone.

To maintain consistency with survey definitions, both "Commuters" and "River Falls Residents" were averaged to obtain percentage points for student commute modal split.

As noted on the Parking Survey, good weather vs. bad weather had a negligible impact on transportation modes. The results for this credit were therefore taken from the "Good Weather" category.

Small differences in the numbers reported in the survey and the numbers reported here are due to rounding.

Recommendations are being made in the Sustainable Campus Community Plan to update the data as soon as possible.

The information presented here is self-reported. While AASHE staff review portions of all STARS reports and institutions are welcome to seek additional forms of review, the data in STARS reports are not verified by AASHE. If you believe any of this information is erroneous or inconsistent with credit criteria, please review the process for inquiring about the information reported by an institution or simply email your inquiry to stars@aashe.org.