Telephone Survey to Determine Travel Behavior of Residents of Transit Oriented Development in the Inland Empire

As articulated in Rick Willson's proposal (Phase 1 of the project), policy makers are seeking to coordinate land use and transportation planning to support environmental goals. This is required in the Sustainable Communities Strategy plans mandated by SB 375, and many other regional and local planning efforts. Part of that coordination involves clustering development near transit services (transit-oriented development). This effort requires high quality, local information about the travel behavior of those who live in transit-oriented development (TOD). In order to gather this information, telephone surveys will be conducted with four target populations. A survey of the first target population (200 residents living within ½ mile of commuter rail stations) will be undertaken as part of Phase 1 of this project. This second phase of the study addresses the three other target populations: 200 residents living within ½ mile of high frequency bus stops, 200 residents living farther than ½ mile but within a 5 mile radius of commuter rail stations, and 200 residents living farther than ½ mile but within a 5 mile radius of high frequency bus stops. Data derived from the survey will be used to understand how travel behavior and auto ownership vary with transit proximity and to understand the factors that affect those relationships. The results will be useful for modelers and policy makers in the Inland Empire and across the state.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $49105.00
• Contract Numbers:

  2009-NBG-1054

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Research and Innovative Technology Administration

  Department of Transportation
  1200 New Jersey Avneue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  California Department of Transportation

  1227 O Street
  Sacramento, CA  United States  95843
• Project Managers:

  Thornton, Rusty

• Performing Organizations:

  Leonard Transportation Center

  California State University, San Bernardino
  5500 University Parkway
  San Bernardino, CA  United States  92497-2897
• Principal Investigators:

  Sirotnik, Barbara

  Bockman, Shel

• Start Date: 20091001
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 20100930
• Source Data: RiP Project 24407

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cluster analysis; Data collection; Land use planning; Public transit; Railroad commuter service; Research projects; Sustainable development; Transit oriented development; Travel behavior; Travel surveys
• Geographic Terms: Inland Empire (California)
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Public Transportation; Railroads; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01468285
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Leonard Transportation Center
• Contract Numbers: 2009-NBG-1054
• Files: UTC, RIP, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Jan 3 2013 3:48PM