CARBON FOOTPRINT & TRANSPORTATION Report for Office of Sustainability Office of Strategy Management & Spring 2019 The American University in Cairo Institutional Effectiveness INTRODUCTION To complement the work of The Office of Sustainability on its biennial publication of AUC’s carbon footprint, this poll was designed to capture transportation trends and carpooling interest within the community. METHODOLOGY This poll was designed and conducted by the Office of Strategy Management and Institutional Effectiveness in collaboration with the Office of Sustainability. Invitations were sent on March 26, 2019, and remained open for one week. One reminder was sent on the 2nd of April before close date on the 3rd yielding a total response rate of 6%. Findings from this achieved sample size can be applicable to the total intended population with a ±5% margin of error at a 95% confidence level.. Responses for the carpooling section, however, are too low and cannot be applied to the population. Carbon Footprint & Transportation Survey Report | 1 01 – Analysis of Findings 1.1 Administrative Data and Classification Respondents from AUC Community n=468 Faculty, 20% Students, 49% Staff, 31% Response Rate 7739 6198 17.6% 12.9% 822 719 6.0% 3.7% 467 230 145 93 TOTAL Students Staff Faculty Completed Surveys Total Invitations Response Rate Carbon Footprint & Transportation Survey Report | 2 1.2 Transportation Trends Community members arrive to campus in mostly two ways: either AUC buses or personal cars. Carpooling remains quite low as a means of usual transportation to campus. How do you usually get to AUC? Total AUC Students Staff Faculty n=467 n=230 n=145 n=92 45% 40% 42% 39% 38% 37% 34% 33% 20% 9% 9% 8% 6% 6% 5% 4% 5% 5% 3% 4% 3% 1% 2% 1% 0% 2% 1% 0% AUC bus Personal car Private cab Walking Carpooling Private bus Public transport How many days a week do you usually come to campus? 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Average 120% 5 6 4 4 4 4 100% 3% 5% 3%1% 1% 4% 6% 4% 2 80% 27% 33% 0 47% 60% -2 89% 17% -4 40% 47% 13% 28% -6 20% 25% 8% -8 9% 8% 3% 5% 1% 6% 0% 2% 1% 1% 2% -10 Total AUC Students Staff Faculty n=342 n=169 n=101 n=72 Carbon Footprint & Transportation Survey Report | 3 Where do you usually come from? East Routes (R3 - R7, Obour/Madinaty, New Cairo) Downtown Routes (R1,R8, R9, R11, R12) West Routes (R2, R10, R13) 12% 13% 9% 14% 21% 25% 18% 48% 70% 63% 69% 38% Total (n=414) Students (n=200) Staff (n=128) Faculty (n=86) While most of the AUC community arrives to campus from New Cairo, with equivalent percentages across constituent, Faculty come from Maadi at a significantly higher percentage, potentially due to AUC faculty housing, and from Zamalek/Agouza. On the other hand, a more significant percentage of students arrive from Heliopolis and Nasr City. AUC Bus Route Region of Locations Total Students Staff Faculty Equivalent Greater Cairo Base 414 200 128 86 New Cairo - East 27% 32% 24% 21% Maadi R1 Downtown 15% 9% 11% 36% Heliopolis R5 East 12% 11% 19% 7% Nasr City R6 East 10% 11% 13% 2% 6th of October R13 West 7% 9% 5% 2% Rehab R3 East 7% 9% 5% 5% Zamalek / Agouza R9 Downtown 5% 4% 2% 12% Obour / Madinaty R3 East 5% 5% 6% 2% Dokki R10 West 4% 3% 4% 8% Downtown Tahrir R12 Downtown 3% 3% 5% 0% Mokattam R4 East 2% 2% 2% 2% Haram R2 West 1% 2% 1% 1% Ghamra / Shoubra R11 Downtown 1% 2% 2% 0% Manial R8 Downtown 1% 1% 2% 0% Shoubra El Kheima R7 East 0% 1% 0% 1% Carbon Footprint & Transportation Survey Report | 4 Habits per Transportation Method AUC BUS AUC Bus Route Region of Locations Total Students Staff Faculty Equivalent Greater Cairo Base 102 43 34 25 Average number of days per week coming to campus 4 4 5 3 Base 130 52 48 30 Maadi R1 Downtown 23% 13% 15% 53% Heliopolis R5 East 21% 19% 31% 7% 6th of October R13 West 8% 12% 6% 7% Zamalek / Agouza R9 Downtown 8% 8% 2% 20% Nasr City R6 East 8% 12% 10% Dokki R10 West 8% 6% 10% 7% Downtown Tahrir R12 Downtown 7% 8% 10% Rehab R3 East 4% 8% 2% Mokattam R4 East 3% 4% 4% Manial R8 Downtown 2% 2% 4% Shoubra El Kheima R7 East 2% 2% 3% Ghamra / Shoubra R11 Downtown 2% 2% 2% Haram R2 West 2% 4% New Cairo - East 2% 2% 3% Obour / Madinaty R3 East 1% 2% Personal Car AUC Bus Route Region of Locations Total Students Staff Faculty Equivalent Greater Cairo Base 146 71 52 23 Average number of days per week coming to campus 4 4 5 4 Base 176 85 61 30 New Cairo - East 36% 38% 41% 23% Nasr City R6 East 14% 15% 15% 7% Heliopolis R5 East 10% 8% 13% 10% Maadi R1 Downtown 10% 7% 5% 27% Obour / Madinaty R3 East 10% 11% 10% 7% Rehab R3 East 9% 11% 10% 6th of October R13 West 5% 6% 3% 7% Dokki R10 West 2% 1% 10% Zamalek / Agouza R9 Downtown 2% 1% 2% 7% Mokattam R4 East 2% 1% 2% 3% Ghamra / Shoubra R11 Downtown 1% 1% Carbon Footprint & Transportation Survey Report | 5 Raw Data Students METHOD OF TRANSPORTATION Personal Private Private Public Grand LOCATION AUC bus Walking Carpool car cab bus transport Total New Cairo 32 1 17 8 4 1 1 64 6th of October 5 12 3 3 23 Nasr City 13 7 1 2 23 Heliopolis 7 11 1 2 1 22 El Rehab 9 4 3 2 18 Maadi 6 7 1 1 2 1 18 Obour / Madinaty 9 9 Zamalek / Agouza 1 4 1 2 8 Dokki 1 4 1 6 Downtown Tahrir 4 1 1 6 Haram 3 2 5 Mokattam 1 3 4 Ghamra / Shoubra 1 1 1 3 Zamalek/Agouza 3 3 El Manial 1 1 2 Shoubra El Kheima 2 2 Shoubra/Ghamra 1 1 (blank) 10 2 1 13 Grand Total 85 78 20 18 13 9 7 230 Faculty METHOD OF TRANSPORTATION LOCATION AUC bus Personal car Private cab Walking Carpool Bicycle Grand Total Maadi 20 8 4 3 35 New Cairo 1 7 5 4 1 18 Zamalek / Agouza 6 2 2 10 Dokki 2 3 2 7 Heliopolis 3 3 1 7 6th of October 2 2 4 El Rehab 2 2 Mokattam 1 1 2 Nasr City 2 2 Obour / Madinaty 2 2 Haram 1 1 Shoubra El Kheima 1 1 Zamalek/Agouza 1 1 (blank) 1 1 Grand Total 37 30 18 4 3 1 93 Carbon Footprint & Transportation Survey Report | 6 Staff METHOD OF TRANSPORTATION Personal Private Private Public Grand LOCATION AUC bus Carpool Walking car cab bus transport Total New Cairo 25 2 2 2 31 Heliopolis 18 8 1 27 Nasr City 6 9 1 1 17 Maadi 8 3 1 2 1 15 6th of October 5 2 1 8 Obour / Madinaty 1 6 1 8 El Rehab 1 6 7 Dokki 6 6 Downtown Tahrir 5 1 6 El Manial 3 3 Mokattam 2 1 3 Zamalek / Agouza 1 1 1 3 Ghamra / Shoubra 1 1 2 Haram 1 1 Shoubra/Ghamra 1 1 El Rehab/Madinaty 1 1 (blank) 6 6 Grand Total 65 61 7 7 2 2 1 145 Carbon Footprint & Transportation Survey Report | 7 Carpooling Carpooling is under-utilized within the AUC community, where only 5% reporting using this mode of transportation to reach campus. Data is reported at a total level only. Days Coming to Campus 7 Average: 4.6 3.5 5% 5% 6 27% 5 42% 4 32% 3 5% 42% 2 36% 5% Total Carpooling n=19 n=22 On average , carpooling members of the AUC community use this methodaround 75% of the time to come to campus. They also come mostly form New Cairo and Maadi. Locations AUC Bus Route Equivalent Region of Greater Cairo Count Percentage Base 22 100% New Cairo - East 6 27% Maadi R1 Downtown 5 23% 6th of October R13 West 3 14% Heliopolis R5 East 2 9% Rehab R3 East 2 9% Ghamra / Shoubra R11 Downtown 1 5% Haram R2 West 1 5% Nasr City R6 East 1 5% Obour / Madinaty R3 East 1 5% Most Important Factor in Choosing Transportation n=22 68% 64% 59% 45% 23% Comfort Convenience Time Flexibility Cost Carbon Footprint & Transportation Survey Report | 8 .