Eastern Montgomery County
Transportation Needs Survey

If you live in Eastern Montgomery County, you are encouraged to participate in this survey. You may complete and submit this survey online. For questions that ask you to check or mark a response, please click on the blank beside the appropriate response. For questions that ask you to write in a response, please type your response in the space provided. When you have completed the form, please click the “Submit” button at the end of the form.

Please take a few minutes to answer the questions on this form. This survey is part of an effort undertaken by the Eastern Montgomery County Service Providers Coalition to assess transportation needs. If you have already participated in this survey through another office or organization, please do not fill out this form. Your responses will assist the Service Providers Coalition in addressing transportation issues.

1. Please check the community/area in which you reside:

Shawsville

Elliston

Lafayette

Ironto

Alleghany Springs

Other (please write in: )

2. How many vehicles are owned by or available to persons in your household?

0

1

2

3

4 or more

3. Please respond to this question only if you do not have a car of your own. Does not having a car affect where and/or when you can work?

Yes

No


4. If you are unemployed, is lack of a car the main reason you are unable to obtain employment?

Yes

No


5. If you ride to work with someone else, do you believe that you could get a better job if you had access to other transportation options?

Yes

No

6. From the list of activities below, please check what you need transportation for:

Work

Services (social, medical, housing, court, training/education)

Shopping

Leisure/recreation/entertainment

All of the above

None of the above

7. If bus or van transportation service was available for your services/shopping/recreational needs would you use the service?

Yes

No

If you checked “yes”, how often would you use the service?

1 day per week

2-3 days per week

4-5 days per week

Other (please write in: )

What time of day do you need to travel for your services/shopping/recreation? (Please write in approximate time and indicate AM or PM)

Leave Home:

Return:

8. What is your preferred place to go for services/shopping/recreation?

Christiansburg

Blacksburg

Salem area

Roanoke area

Other (please write in: )


9. If bus or van transportation service was available for your trips to and from work, would you use the service?

Yes

No

If you checked “yes”, how often would you use the service?

1 day per week

2-3 days per week

4-5 days per week

Other (please write in: )

What time of day do you need to travel to work? (Please write in approximate time and indicate AM or PM)

Leave Home:

Return:

10. What is your preferred place to go to work?

Christiansburg

Blacksburg

Radford

Dublin/Pulaski area

Salem area

Roanoke area

Other ( )

11. If you used a bus or van transportation service, would you be willing to pay a small fee or fare to help offset the cost of the service?

Yes

No

12. Assume that a bus service (with a one-way fare of $3) operates between Blacksburg and downtown Roanoke, and stops only at the following locations:

· downtown Roanoke;
· Roanoke Regional Airport;
· park-and-ride lot at I-81 exit 140 (Salem);
· park-and-ride lot at I-81 exit 118A (Christiansburg);
· Christiansburg K-Mart; and
· Virginia Tech campus.

If this service stopped at the park-and-ride lot at I-81 exit 128 (Elliston exit), would you use the service?

Yes

No

If “yes,” how often would you use the service?

days per week; or

days per month.

 

Please type in the zip code for the community/area in which you live:

 

If you would like to provide further comments, please type those below:

If you would like to keep a hard copy of your responses, you should print out your completed survey form before clicking the “Submit” button below. If you prefer to fax or mail in your survey printout, please fax to the NRVPDC at 540-831-6093 or mail to NRVPDC, 6580 Valley Center Drive, Radford, VA 24141.

Thank you for participating in the Eastern Montgomery County Transportation Needs Survey!

Last updated 1/18/05