2007 transportation needs and issues survey : summary of statewide results.

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• Alternative Title:
  Transportation needs and issues survey
• Creators:
  Kirk, Alan R. ; VanDerHyde, Vincent A.
• Corporate Creators:
  Oregon. Dept. of Transportation. Research Unit
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Public opinion
  • Surveys
  • Transportation--Oregon--Public opinion
  • Transportation and state--Oregon--Planning
• Publication/ Report Number:
  FHWA-OR-RD-08-02
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Oregon
• Edition:
  Summary report.
• Corporate Publisher:
  Oregon. Dept. of Transportation. Research Unit
• Abstract:
  The Transportation Needs and Issues Survey was conducted in October and November of 2006 by the Survey Research Center at ; Oregon State University. The survey used a random digit dialing telephone survey method and completed a total of 1,013 interviews. ; The random sample was stratified by ODOT Region and contained at least 200 completed interviews per region. The statewide data was ; weighted to reflect the different population sizes within each region, household non-response by region, the variable number of landlines ; within a household, the number of adults in the household, and population characteristics of gender, age, and race/ethnicity. Notable ; highlights from the survey findings are as follows: ; • About three-fourths of respondents statewide feel that ODOT is doing a good or excellent job overall. ; • Highest levels of satisfaction with transportation services are with how ODOT maintains roadside rest areas; the way the DMV ; provides driver licenses and other services; and how well ODOT communicates to the public about current road construction on ; freeways. ; • More than 8 out of 10 respondents feel they are safe traveling in an automobile on Oregon highways. ; • Among those who use public transportation, about 7 out of 10 respondents feel safe using it. ; • About half of all respondents statewide see congestion as a somewhat serious or very serious problem. ; • Spending resources to maintain the existing highways, roads and bridges in Oregon is generally seen as more important than ; expanding and improving them. ; • Among the various transportation modes and services, spending resources for transportation services for the elderly and ; disadvantaged is seen as very important by 7 out of 10 respondents. ; • Spending resources on conserving and protecting clean air and water is seen as very important by 8 out of 10 respondents. ; • If more funds need to be raised for transportation projects, neither raising the gas tax nor charging user tolls is widely supported. A ; majority of respondents feels that tolling should only be considered in special, project-by-project situations. ; • Nearly two-thirds of the respondents feel that the state should explore ways to expand passenger rail services to segments of the rail ; system beyond the rail corridor between Portland, Salem, Albany and Eugene. Respondents are about evenly divided, however, on ; whether the state should develop some other funding source to pay for rail passenger service.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  RS 500-161, SPR 043
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/21845/dot_21845_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.13 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
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