Overall Rating Silver
Overall Score 52.81
Liaison Stephan Classen
Submission Date Oct. 14, 2021

STARS v2.2

Cascadia College
OP-16: Commute Modal Split

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 2.32 / 5.00 Stephan Classen
Assistant Director of Sustainable Practices
Student Learning
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Total full-time equivalent student enrollment:
2,522

Full-time equivalent of employees:
174

Part 1. Student commute modal split

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:
47.20

A brief description of the method(s) used to gather data about student commuting:
Commuter Services conducts a survey of how students travel to campus. There is also data regarding the purchase of student Orca cards for public transport. Commuter services track the number of cars entering and exiting campus over a number of days at regular intervals.

Part 2. Employee commute modal split

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:
34

A brief description of the method(s) used to gather data about employee commuting:
Commuter services conducts a biannually survey of transportation used by employees and faculty. This CTR Survey meets the University’s reporting requirements under the Washington State Commute Trip Reduction (CTR) Law. Survey results are gatherer from staff and faculty via voluntary response through email and are used to look holistically at campus transportation programs to determine marketing success to adjust and tailor transportation marketing and communications information to give the campus community the best of what we can offer. This survey also provides us the ability to provide feedback to our partner agencies about opportunities for improvement as well as general employees perceptions about using public transit.

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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 53.80 66
Zero-emissions vehicle --- ---
Walk, cycle, or other non-motorized mode 8.30 2
Vanpool or carpool 9.10 2
Public transport or campus shuttle 19.80 6
Motorcycle, motorized scooter/bike, or moped 0.30 0
Distance education / telecommute 10 66

Website URL where information about student or employee commuting is available:
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Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
The data gathered on students is a combination of Cascadia Students and UWB students.

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