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The Church: an Alternative Urban Transportation Amenity University of South Florida Scholar Commons CUTR Research Reports CUTR Publications 6-1-2000 The Church: an Alternative Urban Transportation Amenity Charfes A. Wright Addis C. Taylor Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/cutr_reports Scholar Commons Citation Wright, Charfes A. and Taylor, Addis C., "The Church: an Alternative Urban Transportation Amenity" (2000). CUTR Research Reports. 179. https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/cutr_reports/179 This Technical Report is brought to you for free and open access by the CUTR Publications at Scholar Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in CUTR Research Reports by an authorized administrator of Scholar Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. THE CHURCH: AN ALTERNATIVE URBAN TRANSPORTATION AMENITY Principal Investigators: Charles A. Wright, P.E., Ph.D. Dr. Addis Taylor, Ph.D. Florida A&M Uoiversity June 2000 Division of Engineering Technology College of Engineering Sciences Technology and Agriculture TECHNICAL REPORT S TANDARD TITLE PAGE I. R'por'l No. 1, Go--trM'Itllt "'«UJion No. ;. R~telplenr• CUJI09 No. NUTI3-FAMU1-1 .4. Tmc •ncl Sublllle ' · Rep~(b· October 1999 The Church: An Altemative Urban Transportation Amenity f . P~rmi!tof OfO •IIIufo" COM ....._ .. .. 1. A<Aiorl •l ___ Charfes A Wright. Ph.D .. P.E., Principal Investigator Addis C. Taylor. Ph.D .. Co·Principal lnvestigator 9. Pe-rformin g OrganiZatio n NanM and Address ··-·....... National Urban Transit Institute Center for Urban Transportation Research, University of South Florida •.. ~.. ........... 4202 E. Fowler Avenue, ENB 118, TamP", Florida 33620-5350 DTR 593.0019 1:. ~1'0" "'"10 A,fon~H I"" ancl IWcltOU u. Tv,...rkoopoo1 "''" ,..,iod(;ow•M Office of R&&earch and Special Programs AFril 1996 - October 1999 U.S. Department of Transportation, Washington, D.C. 20690 ••· Spomorin;-At t.'ftO)' ..- ' . 1$.. S..H'-tn.tyHOIIII Supported by a grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation, University Research Institute Program If. Atwtrnl Ttte church was chosen as an alternative means of transportation because of its pres.ent ownership of vehictes (typically vans or buses) which are able to transport many persons simultaneously, In addition. the transportation amenities (vans and buses) are usually idle driving the week when the demand of transportation is high. U is possible that the church •Mil agree to be an alternative transportation provider if there are useful incentives that would provide advantages for them. These incentives include: discount on gasoline. maintenance of church vehicles. lowered insurance rates for church vehicles and other related incentives. This report identifies the church as a potential alternative source of speciaJ.need urban transit and studtes the anitudes and opink>ns of churches across 1he State of Florida. Using traditional correlation and regression teChniques, a relationship between general characteristics and transit ucvices could be obtained. In addition. a concept of the potential for the church to become a transportation alternative, the attitudes and interests of the church were required. Based on these findings. recommendations and oonc;tusions could be drawn which would better define the role of the church, and possibly, an additional alternatives to the transport&tion dilemma. Therefore. a questionnaire was developed and administered to assess churches willingness to be used as a means of altetnative transportation. Respondents were asked questions from two general areas (1) whether the church would sttongly agree or disagree to transport its parishioners to different locations and (2) general demographical information about the church ~nd its current transportation vehicles. Results demonstrated positive interest for providing transportation to medical facilities and social services while transportation to WOtk received negative support. Indifference was shown toward sight seeing opportunities. errands and appointments. 11. Key WOtOO • Transporutlon, Faith bued gl'(lupt. f t•n•porullon AmClnlty, Avalbblo to thoe p-·ublic: tflroug" «~• Kttlon~l TKhnlc;al lnrormatlon Service INTIS), Transpo!Utlon.talttl bued amenity 528S Pon R~l Road, Sprlngl'l$1d, VA 22181. p~ 170314871650 a. $t<~.,•ltyC:Ianlf.(orlllltt'pOt(l N. $t~yt~ (;1Ht.ol. (of"'ltpoto) :1. teo. ot11•o" ?l. Pr l<:, u... , ... o~~t. u .. ,,.... ~ Form DOT F 1700.7 (8-69) Table of Contents List of Tables ..... ... : ....•.. ... ... ............ ... ................................................................ ....... ... .....•..iii List of Figures ........... ...... ...... ...............•.....•.... ...................... ................ ..... .............. ... ....... .i v Abstract ... ... .....•........ ....... ...... .................. ............................. ............ ..... ................................v Executive Summary. ................................................. ............... ...... ........... ... ....... .............. ... 1 Introduction .................. .. ............ ............... .......... ... ...... ... ... ... ... ...... ... ... ...... ............ ........ .....5 Approach Revelance of Project to Institute Theme Project Significance on a National and Local Level Review of Literature and Other Modal Considerations ..... ... ... ...... ... ......... ... ... ... ................. 9 Literature Review (Pre-search) Additional Review (Post-search) Transportation Importance. ........................... .... ..... ... ................... .. .... ... ... ...... ... ................. 24 .. Urban transit . Potential Alternative for Urban Transit The Church Research Objectives!Methodology ....•........ ....................................•......... ... ... ... ........ ... .....27 Area of Study Sampling Procedure Operational of the Survey Instrument Administrtion of Questionnaire Statistical Treatment of the Data Results .................. ... ..... ... ... .......... ...... ... ... ... ... ............ ......... .......................... ............. ... ....3 1 Questionnaire Response Respondenrs Existing Demographics Opinions of Vehicles Usage Statistical Analysis Cross Tabulation Chi-Square Analysis Conclusion and Recommendations. ..•.. ............... ............................. ...... ... ............. ....•......44 References ........... ... ........ .......... ... ... ..... .... ... ...... .................................. ................ ... ........... .46 Appendices List of Tables Table 1. References Found in Pre-search ... ................... ................................. .......... ...•... 11 Table 2. New Directions in Transportation Planning .... .................. ... ...... ...... ... ...... ........... 13 Table 3. World Wide Web Search .. .......... ...... .......................................... ......................... 18 Table 4. Church Designation and Responses ....... .. ............. ... ... ........................... .. .......... 32 Table 5. Size of Churches........ ...... ... ..... ........ ... ..... ... ........ ..................... ... ... .. ...... ..... ........ ......... 33 Table 6. Category of Church Owned Vehic1es.. ........................ ............ ...... ...... .............. .. 34 Table 7. Capacity of Church Vehicles .... .................. ............ ... ... ...... ................................. 34' Table 8. Weekly Usage of Church Owned Vehicles ................ ........................... .. .... ........ 35 Table 9. Purpose of Church Vehicle Usage.. ........................................... ......................... 35 Table 10. Chi-Squared Statistics .... ........ ......... ................................................................ ..43 List of Figures Figure 1. The Planning Partnership: Government and Informed Citizens ...... .................. 14 Figure 2. Elements of Full Cost of Private Vehicle Users.......... ................ .............. ...... ... 16 Figure 3. Category of Responses by Attilude and Church Size for the Purpose of Work.... ......................... ......... ... ............. ............ .. ... ... ... ... ................. 37 Figure 4. Category of Responses by Attitude and Church Size for Social Services.... .... 38 Figure 5. Category of Responses by Attitude and Church Size for the Purpose of Errands .............. .. .................. ......... ... ... ... ...... ...... ....... ... .. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ..... ....... 39 Figure 6. Category of Responses by Attitude and Church Size for Medical Purposes .. .. 40 Figure 7. Category of Responses by Attitude and Church Size for Recreational Purposes.. .. ... .. ... ...... ......... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ............ .... .. .... .. ... ......... ... ... ........... ... ..... 41 Figure 8. Category of Responses by Attitude and Church Size for Unmentioned Purposes .. ... ......... ... ... ... .............. ... .... ... ... .... .. .... .. ... ... ... ... ......... ... .. ...... ... ... ......... 42 Abstract The church was chosen as an alternative means of transportation because of its present ownership of vehicles (typically vans or buses) which are able to transport many persons simultaneously. In addition, the transportation amenities (vans and buses) are usually idle driving the week when the demand of transportation is high. It is possible that the church will agree to be an alternative transportation provider if there are useful incentives that will benefit or provide benefit to them. These incentives include: discounts on gasoline, maintenance of church vehicles,
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