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: