Quality of life : assessment for transportation performance measures.

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• Creators:
  Schneider, Ingrid E. ; Guo, Tian ; Schroeder, Sierra
• Corporate Creators:
  University of Minnesota. Dept. of Forest Resources
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Accessibility Consumer Satisfaction Customer Satisfaction Education Focus Groups Housing Literature Reviews Local Transit Accessibility Mobility Quality Of Life Questionnaires Transparency

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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.
  
  
• Format:
  PDF
• Funding:
  (C) 89261 (G) 198
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
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