This research estimates and analyzes trends in commuter behavior, vehicle and fuel use, and greenhouse gas emissions of staff, faculty and students at the University of Rhode Island (URI).
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This research estimates and analyzes trends in commuter behavior, vehicle and fuel use, and greenhouse gas emissions of staff, faculty and students at the University of Rhode Island (URI). It will include analysis of the results of a Spring 2006 URI commuter survey (~400 respondents). During the Summer 2006 term, the commuter survey will be re-designed and improved; it will be then delivered via e-mail to all faculty, students and staff. Results, analysis and conclusions of the spring and summer surveys will be presented as an oral and written paper at least one national conference as well as at URI.
Further analysis of the results of a Spring 2006 URI commuter survey (~400 respondents) will occur. During the Summer 2006 term, the commuter survey will be re-designed and improved; it will be then delivered via e-mail to all faculty, students and staff in mid to late July 2006. Results to date, analysis, and conclusions of the spring and summer surveys will be presented as an oral and written paper at least one international conference as well as at URI.
Results to date will be presented in late June 2006 at the 4th International Conference on Environmental Management for Sustainable Universities (EMSU) in Wisconsin. The summer 2006 commuter survey will be delivered by e-mail to URI students, faculty and staff in mid to late July, 2006. Survey data will be analyzed in late July, August and September, 2006.
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Rachel Sholly (a URI Spring '06 graduate, but not currently a student) is an employee of this URITC project.
In April 2006, an online survey (a student project for NRS 568 - Climate Science and POlicy) was e-mailed to students, faculty, and staff to collect data regarding travel distance, frequency, vehicle type, number of passengers, and alternative travel means (e.g., carpooling, bus use, walking, biking). Visual surveys of vehicles were also conducted in student and faculty/staff campus parking lots and roads.
The Summer 2006 project includes further analysis of the survey and visual data collected in April and May 2006 and an improved/re-designed Summer 2006 survey. The redesigned summer survey will strengthen and expand those conclusions and will allow for the beginning of long-term data trends and seasonality analysis.
Scholarly papers, conference presentations, and on-campus talks will be used to disseminate the findings.
Analysis, presentation, and publication of the Spring and Summer 2006 survey results will allow more accurate understanding of and conclusions about URI commuter behavior and help to define potential transportation policy options for URI.
Commuting, parking, carpooling, fuel efficiency, greenhouse gas emissions, traffic, vehicle use, buses, walking, biking, sustainability, commuter behavior, housing locations