Tren Urbano Title Vi Requirements Survey
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TREN URBANO TITLE VI REQUIREMENTS SURVEY MARCH 2015 PREPARED BY FRANCISCO E. MARTINEZ , MSCE, PE FOR : Alternate Concepts, Inc. April 22, 2015 TABLE OF CONTENT 1. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................... 1 2. METODOLOGY ..................................................................................................................... 2 2.1 Stage I: Planning Design and Training ............................................................................ 2 2.2 Data Collection and Management .................................................................................... 4 2.3 Data Analysis ................................................................................................................... 5 3. SURVEY RESULTS ............................................................................................................... 6 3.1 Gender and Age .................................................................................................................... 6 3.2 Users with Disabilities .......................................................................................................... 7 3.3 Ethnicity ................................................................................................................................ 7 3.4 Race....................................................................................................................................... 8 3.5 Language ............................................................................................................................... 8 3.6 Users Civil Status .................................................................................................................. 9 3.7 Household Income and Household Size ............................................................................... 9 3.8 Users Highest Level of Education ...................................................................................... 11 3.9 Users Residence Municipality and Neighborhood ............................................................. 12 3.10 Fare Plan Usage ................................................................................................................ 14 3.11 Car ownership and amount of cars per household ............................................................ 15 3.12 Users Arrival Modal Distribution ..................................................................................... 16 3.13 Users Destination Stations ................................................................................................ 17 3.14 Final Destination and Radius of Action ............................................................................ 19 3.15 Trip Purpose ...................................................................................................................... 21 3.16 Users Travel Frequencies .................................................................................................. 22 3.17 Users Typical Boarding Time Urbano .............................................................................. 22 4. TREN URBANO USER PROFILE BY PERIOD ................................................................ 23 4.1 Gender, Age and Users with Disabilities ............................................................................ 23 4.3 Household Income, Car Ownership and Educational Level ............................................... 24 4.4 Users Travel Frequency and Used Fares ............................................................................ 25 5. COMPARISON TO 2012 SURVEY ..................................................................................... 27 5.1 Socio-demographic characteristics of the Tren Urbano users ............................................ 27 5.2 Tren Urbano users Trips Patterns ....................................................................................... 29 ADDENDUM I: TITLE VI REQUIREMENTS SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRE ........................ 31 ADDENDUM II: TREN URBANO USERS RESIDENCE MUNICIPALITY .......................... 32 ADDENDUM III: TREN URBANBO USERS BY NEIGHBORHOOD .................................... 33 ADDENDUM IV: USERS DESTINATIONS AND DISTANCE FROM THE STATIONS ...... 38 ADDENDUM V: STATIONS RADIUS OF ACTIONS ............................................................. 47 ADDENDUM VI: PR 2010 CENSUS SUMMARY .................................................................... 55 ADDENDUM VII: U.S. CENSUS BUREAU POVERTY THRESHOLDS FOR 2013 ............. 56 ii 1. INTRODUCTION This report summarizes the most important findings of the Tren Urbano Title VI Requirement Survey for compliance of Federal Requirements. The main objectives of the survey were: 1. Evaluate if Tren Urbano service is given to everyone without limitations 2. Identify the main characteristics of the Tren Urbano user population 3. Establish Tren Urbano trips patterns and the radius of action of each station In order to accomplish the proposed objectives, the questionnaire used in the 2012 Title VI Requirements survey was revised and was used to interview the TU users. Addendum I presents a copy of the questionnaire used for this survey. A total of 1080 surveys were completed from March 10 to March 12, 2015 between 6:00 AM and 11:00 PM. The first part of the study evaluates the main socio-demographic characteristics of the Tren Urbano users. The questions in this section were focused on: age group, gender, declared disability, ethnic origins, race, language, annual household income, civil status, highest educational level attained and occupation. The second part of the study evaluates trips patterns of Tren Urbano users. This section of the report was focused on: • type of fare used • municipality of residence • how the user arrived to the origin station • destination station • final destination • trip purpose • travel frequency and • typical period when they use the TU service The last section of the report presents a comparison of the parameters in common with the 2012 survey. 1 2. METODOLOGY The process to perform this study was subdivided into the following stages: Stage IV Stage II Stage I Stage III Report Planning ,Design Data Collection Data analysis Elaboration and and Management Submital and Training Mar 18 - Mar 25 Jan23-Mar 9 2015 Mar 10-Mar 17 Mar 26 to 2015 2015 April 22 2015 2.1 Stage I: Planning Design and Training This phase consisted of the design of the questionnaire that was used for the survey, the sample size design, personnel recruiting and training. 2.1.1 Questionnaire Design The first stage of the project consisted of the revision of the questionnaire previously used in the 2012 Title VI Requirements Survey. An example of the revised questionnaire is presented in the Addendum I. The 2012 Survey questionnaire was modified to include four (4) new questions that provide more insight of the user profile. Also, the order of the questionnaire was changed, so the last questions relate to more personal information such as household income; this change helped improve the flow of the interview. Of the four new questions, the first two questions consider if the user owns a car and how many cars are in the same household. These questions are intended to determine if the user depends on the system or has other options to reach his/her final destination. The third question is intended to establish the typical time of day the user rides the train. This information is useful to determine a typical user profile by time of the day. The fourth question provides information about how many persons live in the household. Other changes included to the 2012 Survey questions are related to annual income and ethnicity. These questions were tempered to 2010 Census Questionnaire. The Tren Urbano Title VI Requirement Survey questionnaire has two parts and 21 questions. The first part of the questionnaire evaluates the main socio-demographic characteristics of the Tren Urbano users. This section has 10 questions to evaluate the Tren Urbano Users: age group, gender, declared disability, ethnic origins, race, language, annual household income, civil status, highest educational level attained and occupation. The second part of the questionnaire was developed to evaluate the Tren Urbano user trips patterns and the radius of activity of each station. This section has 11 questions to designed to evaluate the: • type of fares used • residence municipality • how the user arrives to the origin station 2 • Station were they trip end (destination station) • final destination • trip purpose • travel frequency and • the typical period when they use the TU service 2.1.2 Sample Size Design The survey sample size was designed based on Tren Urbano weekday average ridership for September 2014, which is a regular month when the universities, schools and colleges are in session. Table 2.1 presents the estimation of the Tren Urbano average ridership used to determine the sample size for a 95% confidence level and a 3% margin of error. After completing the appropriate calculations, the required sample size was 1,041 surveys. Figure 2.1 shows the sample size estimation based on Tren Urbano weekday average ridership for September 2014 (month with highest recorded usage without special events). Table 2.1 Tren Urbano Average Weekday Ridership Date Ridership Employee SOC Total Entries Tuesday, September 02, 2014 42,360 473 187 43,020 Wednesday, September 03, 2014 43,800 397 155 44,352 Thursday, September 04,