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Liaison Wesley Enterline
Submission Date April 22, 2015
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University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
OP-19: Student Commute Modal Split

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Sustainability Coordinator
Facilities Planning and Management

Total percentage of students that use more sustainable commuting options:

Percentage (0-100)
Commute with only the driver in the vehicle (excluding motorcycles and scooters) 19.70
Walk, bicycle, or use other non-motorized means 38.40
Vanpool or carpool 0
Take a campus shuttle or public transportation 0
Use a motorcycle, scooter or moped 2



Additionally, there are commuter permits owned by students who live locally, but only use their vehicles sporadically. There is also a lightly used regional bus service. This would indicate that those who use sustainable transportation might be higher. However, there are 1,868 Residential permits sold to students in the Residence Halls and many of them travel home on weekends. Since this is not strictly related or required to attend classes, it is not considered part of our measurement but is large enough to note the significant emissions that accumulate from this practice. Therefore, we consider our assumption to be conservative in nature until a proper measurement of sustainable transportation use can be assessed but we do acknowledge that our conservative estimate is more than negated by the practice of weekend travel by on-campus, residential students, who make up 38.4% of our population.

