Community Survey Regional Community Transportation Needs Assessment
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COMMUNITY SURVEY REGIONAL COMMUNITY TRANSPORTATION NEEDS ASSESSMENT MARCH 2017 Prepared By: TABLE OF CONTENTS Highlights ..........................................................................................................................................1 Overview ...........................................................................................................................................2 Sampling Approach ....................................................................................................................................... 2 Sampling Demographics ............................................................................................................................... 3 Park and Ride Services .......................................................................................................................6 Q3. Is Park and Ride Bus Service Located in Your Area? .............................................................................. 6 Q4. If yes, do you use Park and Ride service? .............................................................................................. 6 Q5. If yes, how often? .................................................................................................................................. 7 Q6. What are the primary strengths of Park and Ride service? .................................................................. 7 Q7. What are the main weaknesses of Park and Ride service? ................................................................... 9 Q8. What is the reason you do not use Park and Ride? ............................................................................ 10 Regular Bus (Fixed-Route) Services ................................................................................................... 16 Q9. Is regular bus (fixed route) service located in your area? ................................................................... 16 Q10. Do you use bus service? .................................................................................................................... 17 Q11. How often do you use bus service? ................................................................................................... 17 Q12. What are the primary strengths of regular bus service? .................................................................. 18 Q13. What are the main weaknesses of regular bus service? ................................................................... 19 Q14. What is the main reason you do not use bus service? ...................................................................... 21 Light Rail Services ............................................................................................................................ 25 Q15. Is light rail service located in your area? ........................................................................................... 25 Q16. If so, do you use it? ............................................................................................................................ 25 Q17. How often? ........................................................................................................................................ 26 Q18. What are the primary strengths of light rail service? ....................................................................... 26 Q19. What are the main weaknesses of light rail service? ........................................................................ 28 Q20. What is the reason you do not use light rail service? ....................................................................... 29 Carpool and Vanpool ....................................................................................................................... 31 Q21. Is carpooling or vanpooling something you use? .............................................................................. 31 Q22. Do you carpool, vanpool, or both? .................................................................................................... 31 Q23. How often do you carpool or vanpool? ............................................................................................. 32 Q24. What are the primary strengths of carpool/vanpool service? .......................................................... 32 Q25. What are the main weaknesses of carpool/vanpool service? .......................................................... 34 Q26. What is the reason you do not use carpool/vanpool service? .......................................................... 36 Bicycling and Walking ...................................................................................................................... 52 Q27. Do you walk or bicycle for any of your major life activities, such as work, shopping, or medical appointments? ........................................................................................................................................ 52 Q28. How often? ........................................................................................................................................ 52 Q29. What are the primary strengths of walking or cycling? .................................................................... 53 i Q30. What are the main weaknesses of walking or cycling? ..................................................................... 55 Q31. What would encourage you to bicycle or walk for major life activities? .......................................... 57 Unmet Community Transportation Needs / General Access .............................................................. 69 Q32. How often are you able to travel to your intended destination without difficulty? ........................ 69 Q33. How often do you have available public transportation to travel to your intended destination? ... 69 Q34. How often does the lack of available public transportation make it more difficult for you to travel to your intended destination? ................................................................................................................ 70 Q35. What prevents you or limits you from using public transportation? ................................................ 70 Q36. What would encourage you to use public transportation if you do not use it today? ..................... 79 Q37. What other means of travel besides public transportation are reasonably available to you? ......... 93 General Attitudes Toward Transit ................................................................................................... 100 Q38. Please choose one of the following terms to describe your overall attitude toward public transit services in the Houston-Galveston region: ........................................................................................... 100 Q39. Public transportation is valuable in reducing congestion and taking cars off the road in the Houston-Galveston region. ................................................................................................................... 101 Q40. Transit is valuable in reducing air pollution in the Houston-Galveston region. .............................. 102 Q41. Public transit should be provided to areas that lack transit services today. .................................. 103 Q42. Park and ride service to major employment centers should be provided where needed in the Houston-Galveston region. ................................................................................................................... 104 Q43. Fixed route (regular bus) service should be provided where needed in the Houston-Galveston region. ................................................................................................................................................... 105 Q44. Transit services should be provided to persons with disabilities and seniors where needed in the Houston-Galveston region. ................................................................................................................... 106 Q45. Do you strongly favor, somewhat favor, neither favor nor oppose, somewhat oppose, or strongly oppose commuter (passenger suburban to city) rail service in the Houston-Galveston region? ........ 107 Q46. Would you use commuter rail service if it were convenient? ........................................................ 108 Funding Public Transit .................................................................................................................... 114 Q47. Additional local funding for transportation for persons with disabilities and seniors should be provided in the Houston-Galveston region. ......................................................................................... 114 Q48. Additional local funding for regular bus service should be provided in the Houston-Galveston region. ................................................................................................................................................... 115 Q49. Additional local funding for park and ride service to major employment centers should be provided in the Houston-Galveston region. ......................................................................................................... 116 Q50. Additional local funding for commuter rail service to major employment centers should be provided in the Houston-Galveston region. ......................................................................................... 117 Q51. In general, local funding should be provided for transit service in the Houston-Galveston