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Facts and Statistics

Quick Facts and Statistics

  • Number of OmniRiders
  • Staff: 1,594
  • Students: 2,478 paid; 6,531 no-fee
  • Number of Annual Parking Permits
  • Staff: 7,878
  • Students: 1,526
  • Freshmen: 101 out of 1,526
  • Number of RideShare Participants: 1,301
  • Number of Bikes registered: 6,978 since the year 2000.
  • Number of Appeals submitted annually: 6,083
  • Tickets Denied: 1,772 (209 reduced to visitor permit fee)

  • Tickets Excused: 3,677

  • Tickets Suspended: 634
  • Number of tickets written.
  • More than 3,500 vehicles are expected on campus on opening day. Only about 200 cars remain here…the rest go home with the parents.  
  • Number of MAP service requests
    Feeling flat? Running on empty? Need a jump? Our motorist assist program (M*A*P) has served 213 commuters this academic year.
  • Number of Emergency Rides
    We’ve provided over 100 emergency rides to employees and students this year, and almost 900 rides since the program began in 2000.
  • Be safe, be seen. Over 6,000 safety strobe lights have been handed out on campus since August, 2007.
  • TCAT Route 10 serves the Commons and Cornell every ten minutes from 7:30 am to 7 pm, Monday through Friday.
  • A walk from Center Ithaca to Day Hall is only 1.14 miles.
  • A walk from Ithaca High School to Schoellkopf Field is onl 1.72 miles. 
  • A bike ride from the Shops at Ithaca Mall to Day Hall is only 2.93 miles.
  • TCAT serves over 3 million riders per year.
  • 20 pounds of CO2 is created from each gallon of gas burned.
  • In the United States, the number of vehicle miles travelled is growing six times faster than population.
  • Americans travel 11 billion miles a day.
  • Americans take 1.1 billion trips a day.
  • Four passengers travelling in one vehicle getting 15 miles per gallon (mpg) is 2.4 times more efficient than four single-occupant-vehicles getting 25 mpg.
  • Transportation costs are one of the largest costs in a household, second only to housing.
  • A van with eleven passengers getting 13 miles per gallon (mpg) is 6 times more efficient than ten single-occupan-vehicles getting 22 mpg (based on a 50 mile commute).
  • Gas mileage decreases rapidly at speeds over 60 miles per hour.
  • Motor vehicles are responsible for more than two-thirds of carbon monoxide in the atmosphere.
  • A bike ride from GIAC to Johnson Art Museum is only 1.25 miles.  
  • A walk from Bailey Hall to State and Aurora is only 1.06 miles.
  • Bike! Walk! Skate! You’ll tone your muscles, help lower your cholesterol, control your weight, and reduce stress.
  • More than 20 million new bikes were sold in the United States in the year 2000.