Quality of life : assessment for transportation performance measures.

Details

• Creators:
  Schneider, Ingrid E. ; Guo, Tian ; Schroeder, Sierra
• Corporate Creators:
  University of Minnesota. Dept. of Forest Resources
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Quality of life
  • Customer satisfaction
  • Focus groups
  • Literature reviews
  • Questionnaires
  • Accessibility
  • Education
  • Housing
  • Mobility
  • Quality of life
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• Publication/ Report Number:
  MN/RC 2013-05
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Minnesota
• Edition:
  Final report.
• Corporate Publisher:
  Minnesota. Dept. of Transportation. Research Services Section
• Abstract:
  Quality of life (QOL) is a commonly used term. Defining QOL, however, is an ongoing challenge that experts ; often take on with minimal input from citizens. This groundbreaking research sought citizen input on what ; comprised QOL and what role transportation played in it. Further, this research explored in detail the important ; factors across the breadth of transportation and how the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) was ; performing on these important factors. The research encompassed three phases between 2010 and 2011: (1) an ; extensive literature review on QOL, (2) 24 focus groups that asked Minnesota’s citizens about their QOL, and (3) a ; mail questionnaire about what matters in quality of life, transportation and their intersection. Eleven related quality ; of life factors emerged, including transportation: education, employment and finances, environment, housing, ; family, friends and neighbors, health, local amenities, recreation and entertainment, safety, spirituality/faith/ ; serenity, and transportation. Within transportation, seven important areas were identified that predicted satisfaction ; with MnDOT services: access, design, environmental issues, maintenance, mobility, safety and transparency. ; Results reveal that a) QOL is complex and transportation plays an important and consistent role in it across ; Minnesota; b) transportation is critical to QOL because it connects us to important destinations in aspects that ; matter most; and c) Minnesotans can readily identify what matters and how the state is performing within the ; breadth of transportation services.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  (C) 89261 (G) 198
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/25675/dot_25675_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.27 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
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