Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 58.96
Liaison Stephanie Corbett
Submission Date March 2, 2018
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.1

Case Western Reserve University
OP-17: Employee Commute Modal Split

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.62 / 2.00 Stephanie Corbett
Director
Energy & Sustainability
"---" indicates that no data was submitted for this field

Total percentage of the institution’s employees that use more sustainable commuting options as their primary method of transportation:
31

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:
In the past data was collected pertaining to how many University staff have parking permits and how many have RTA passes. These numbers were subtracted from the total number of employees to calculate non-motorized commuters. In the Fall of FY18 a benchmarking survey was issued for the second time to more accurately determine mode split.

Optional Fields 

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) 69
Walk, bicycle, or use other non-motorized means 13
Vanpool or carpool 5
Take a campus shuttle or public transportation 13
Use a motorcycle, scooter or moped ---
Telecommute for 50 percent or more of their regular work hours ---

The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
---

Additional documentation to support the submission:
---

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
President Barbara Snyder set an FY13 University goal to benchmark and improve transportation mode shift, to encourage more walking, biking, transit ridership, carpooling, and car sharing amongst the CWRU community. A new incentive offering discounted transit passes to employees who make under $50,000 was launch in FY16 Additionally in FY16 the University began participating in a new collaboration with area anchor institutions on a new pilot transportation demand management program and a area sustainability transportation committee.

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.