patterns, transit schedules, parking availability, childcare, and much more. To assist this process, Pitt IT analyzed home addresses of Pitt employees for the Pitt Climate Action Plan, allowing the average commute distance of carpoolers and single occupancy vehicle commuters (i.e., parking permit holders) to be set at 10 miles. In FY20, Pitt had 5,034 total parking spaces on the Pittsburgh campus, including 4,958 parking spaces in garages or lots and 76 metered parking spaces for public use. Pitt issued 3,031 parking permits and had a combined 381 registered carpoolers and vanpoolers in FY20. Table 15 - Pitt Commuting Data by GHG Inventory Year Campus Population
Student Housing
Carpool Vanpool
Permit Total Driving Parking Spaces Bike
Faculty Staff Students Total On-campus Off-campus (close)a Off-campus (far) Total Passengers Average Mileage Vans Passengers Average Mileage Number Average Mileage Average Mileage Garage Lot Metered Racks Spaces
FY08 2,154 4,662 24,755 31,571 7,000
FY11 2,487 4,734 26,740 33,961 7,000
FY14 2,791 5,012 25,917 33,720 7,825
FY17 2,944 5,341 26,240 34,525 7,928
FY19 2,704 5,769 28,673 37,146 7,891
FY20 * 3,360 5,977 26,730 36,067 7,649
2,475
2,674
2,592
2,624
2,867
2,673
15,279 24,755
17,066 26,740
15,500 25,917
15,688 26,240
17,915 28,673
16,408 26,730
382 11.87 10 65 23.1 3,058 12.95
188 11.27 9 57 23.9 3,153 12.95
164 11.73 9 67 22.9 2,756 12.74
159 11.00 7 53 29.0 2,797 12.82
322 12.55 7 49 29.70 2,887 12.44
334 10.00 7 47 28.97 3,031 10.00
12.86
12.88
12.72
12.77
11.97
10.04
2,563 1,833 147 181 1,670
2,299 1,733 119 178 1,600
2,597 1,784 118 182 1,136
2,802 1,867 97 182 1,136
3,126 1,832 76 187 1,173
4,437b 165 0 1,000
a - Based on assumption that 10% of students living off-campus live within a walking distance to Pitt. b - Garage and lot spaces were reported together in FY08. * 3.5 months of COVID-19 pandemic
To calculate commuting-related emissions, SIMAP inputs include data related to faculty, staff, and student commute travel distributions by mode (explicitly split across those three Pitt designations); the average distance traveled by each commute mode; the number of one way trips each week; and the number of commuting weeks in the fiscal year. To account for the COVID-19 pandemic shutdown during FY20, SIMAP allowed users to input multiple commuting entries. As a result, during Pitt’s shutdown (March 16 through June 30, 2020 in FY20), commuting assumptions varied from those used for the rest of the year.
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