TRANSPORTATION SURVEY
Metropolitan State University of Denver transportation methods
COMMUTING BEHAVIORS
According to the Auraria Transportation Survey, our Campus community is prioritizing sustainability. In spring 2019, 70% of campus commuters chose sustainable transportation options including 42% using public transit alone (bus or light rail), 20% mixing driving with public transit, 5% are either walking or biking to campus, and 3% are carpooling. Only 30% of survey respondents drive alone.
About the Research
In March 2019, over 1,700 students, faculty and staff from MSU Denver, CCD, CU Denver, and AHEC took the Auraria Campus Transportation Survey. Designed by a team of MSU Denver Department of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences students, faculty, and the Auraria Sustainable Campus Program (ASCP), the survey asked participants questions about their commutes to better understand travel behaviors and to calculate campus greenhouse gas emissions from transportation.
2018-2020 Research Team
Faculty
Dr. Sara Jackson Shumate, Principal Investigator
Dr. Sylvia Brady
Dr. David Parr
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Questions about the survey? Interested in working on the 2021 survey?
Please contact Dr. Sara Jackson Shumate at sjacks62@msudenver.edu or Dr. Sylvia Brady at sbrady16@msudenver.edu.
Student Researchers
Annie Clontz, analysis and graphics development
Billy Jack Traversie, GIS analysis
Christopher Talbot, survey design, implementation, and GIS analysis
Miles Huskey, GIS analysis
Richard Ramos, survey design and implementation
Roland Baggayan, survey design
Scott Heller, survey design and GIS analysis
Sean McAllister, survey implementation, qualitative analysis, and graphics development
Stephanie Lopez-Vargas, survey implementation, qualitative and quantitative analysis, graphics development
