Réseau express métropolitain (REM) Survey : Pilot Anastasia Belikow, Zane Davey, Hanna Demyk, Leila Hawa, James DeWeese, Zoé Poirier Stephens, Benoît Thierry, Yan Kestens and Ahmed El-Geneidy July 2020 Réseau express métropolitain (REM) Survey : Pilot ACKNOWLEDGMENTS We would like to thank Daniel Schwartz from McGill IT Customer Services for his assistance in developing the online survey. We would also like to thank Boer Cui for her invaluable help designing the survey. Thanks to Trent Bonsall for his help in the recruitment. This research is funded by the Collaborative Health Research Projects Grant (CIHR 00035 – 007) of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) in partnership with the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC CHRPJ 549576-20). REM Survey Wave 1 Report 2019-2020 Contents Contents LIST OF FIGURES ....................................................................................................................... 4 LIST OF TABLES ......................................................................................................................... 5 SECTION I – SUMMARY ........................................................................................................... 5 SECTION II –INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................ 8 SECTION III – RECRUITMENT ............................................................................................. 11 SECTION IV – DATA CLEANING .......................................................................................... 14 PRELIMINARY PILOT DATA CLEANING ...................................................................................................................... 14 OTHER POTENTIAL DATA CLEANING APPROACHES ................................................................................................. 15 SECTION V – WAVE 1 ANALYSIS ......................................................................................... 16 SAMPLE CHARACTERISTICS ........................................................................................................................................ 17 GENERAL TRAVEL PATTERNS .................................................................................................................................... 21 GENERAL HEALTH PERCEPTIONS AND LIFE SATISFACTION .................................................................................... 26 PERCEPTIONS TOWARDS THE REM’S CONSTRUCTION AND COMPLETION ............................................................... 27 SECTION VI – ETHICA APP DATA ....................................................................................... 37 DATA COLLECTION ...................................................................................................................................................... 37 MOOD ANALYSIS ......................................................................................................................................................... 39 SECTION VII – CONCLUSION ............................................................................................... 44 BIBLIOGRAPHY ........................................................................................................................ 47 NEW SUGGESTED COVID-19 QUESTIONS ........................................................................ 48 NEW CYCLING COVID-19 QUESTIONS .............................................................................. 51 REM SURVEY WAVE 1 QUESTIONS .................................................................................... 53 GETTING STARTED ...................................................................................................................................................... 53 LOCAL TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS ........................................................................................................................ 53 REM - FUTURE TRAVEL ............................................................................................................................................. 54 REM CONSTRUCTION IMPACTS - CONSTRUCTION IS IN THE FUTURE ..................................................................... 56 REM CONSTRUCTION IMPACTS - CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION ................................................................. 57 REM CONSTRUCTION IMPACTS - CONSTRUCTION COMPLETE ................................................................................ 58 LOCAL TRANSPORT PROJECTS - REM - WHAT'S THE REM? .................................................................................. 59 COMMUTER-LINE QUESTIONS: MASCOUCHE ............................................................................................................ 61 OTHER LOCAL TRANSPORT PROJECTS - PIE-IX BUS RAPID TRANSIT ..................................................................... 63 OTHER LOCAL TRANSPORT PROJECTS - RÉSEAU EXPRESS VÉLO/EXPRESS BIKE NETWORK ............................... 65 YOUR NEIGHBOURHOOD ............................................................................................................................................. 68 HOW YOU GET AROUND ............................................................................................................................................. 70 GENERAL PHYSICAL ACTIVITY .................................................................................................................................. 83 3 | Page REM Survey Wave 1 Report 2019-2020 List of Figures WORK PHYSICAL ACTIVITY ....................................................................................................................................... 84 ACTIVE TRAVEL .......................................................................................................................................................... 85 RECREATION ACTIVITIES ........................................................................................................................................... 86 PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS ................................................................................................................................... 87 ETHICA SURVEY QUESTIONS – W1 .................................................................................... 90 MENTAL HEALTH CONTINUUM – SHORT FORM (KEYES, 2002) ............................................................................... 90 SHORT MOOD SCALE (WILHELM & SCHOEBI, 2007) ................................................................................................ 90 FEEDBACK .................................................................................................................................................................... 92 DATA CHECKS .............................................................................................................................................................. 92 AUXILIARY VARIABLES EXPLAINED ............................................................................... 94 APPENDIX : REM SURVEY WAVE 1 REPORT 2019-2020 .............................................. 102 List of Figures Figure 1 – Montreal Public Transport System, including projected REM line ............................................................. 9 Figure 2 – Recruitment REM wave 1 survey flyers .................................................................................................... 13 Figure 3: REM survey respondents by age compared to population in Montreal and the affected area ..................... 18 Figure 4: REM survey respondents by income compared to the population in Montreal and the affected area ......... 19 Figure 5: REM survey respondents' travel mode to work compared to the population in Montreal and the affected area ..................................................................................................................................................................... 20 Figure 6: School, home and work locations for REM survey respondents ................................................................. 21 Figure 7: Average daily walking and cycling times among participants who reported any walking or biking ........... 23 Figure 8: Weekly walking and cycling frequencies among participants who reported any walking or biking ........... 23 Figure 9: Frequency of Travel times per mode for women ......................................................................................... 25 Figure 10: Frequency of Travel times per mode for men ............................................................................................ 25 Figure 11: Satisfaction levels in life, standard of living, and health ........................................................................... 27 Figure 12: Mode change due to REM construction in proximity to residence ............................................................ 28 29 Figure 13: Mode change perception related to future REM construction in proximity to residence .......................... 29 Figure 15: Perceived impact of current REM construction on travel behavior ........................................................... 31 Figure 16: Perceived impact of future REM construction on travel behavior ............................................................. 32 Figure 17: Perceived impact of REM construction on wellbeing ............................................................................... 33 Figure 18: Perceived impact