Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 68.91
Liaison Susan Powers
Submission Date April 10, 2024

STARS v2.2

Clarkson University
OP-16: Commute Modal Split

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 3.01 / 5.00 Susan Powers
Director of the Institute for a Sustainable Environment
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Total full-time equivalent student enrollment:
3,498

Full-time equivalent of employees:
641

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:
68

A brief description of the method(s) used to gather data about student commuting:
It is assumed that ALL of the residential students walk or bike to class. Of the remaining students, commuting was estimated by required commuter parking spaces and the balance assumed to carpool or take the campus shuttle to the village

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:
17

A brief description of the method(s) used to gather data about employee commuting:
Survey sent electronically to all employees that included questions related to RT travel distance, # months/year and times per week that they commute, average MPG and # trips that they walk, bike, bus or carpool. The 17% non-single driver trips from that survey was used for the current commuting estimate

Optional Fields 

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 --- ---
Zero-emissions vehicle --- ---
Walk, cycle, or other non-motorized mode --- ---
Vanpool or carpool --- ---
Public transport or campus shuttle --- ---
Motorcycle, motorized scooter/bike, or moped --- ---
Distance education / telecommute --- ---

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:
Percentage of residential students calculated using FY23 residential student number. Last commuter survey was performed in FY19

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