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69 APPENDIX D Survey Responses by Questions

70 All respondents Schools Gov't/Transit Agencies Count Count Count 2. What type of organization do you represent? 94 58 37 3. What is the name of the (main) college or university served by this system? (For the rest of the survey, please answer questions in reference to this school only.) 94 58 37 4. What is the total population of the city/community in which the school is located? 93 58 37 5. How would you classify the school’s immediate setting? 94 0 0 6. What type of school is this? 94 59 25 7. What is the overall school enrollment? 85 54 30 8. How many of these students are: undergraduates/graduates? 82 52 30 9. Is this school predominantly commuter or residential? 67 44 24 10. How many faculty and staff are employed at your university? (Either total or full-time employees, please specify) 76 50 27 12. For which of these transit services will you be providing service details? 94 58 37 13. Who manages or contracts for the transit service that is provided at the school? 92 56 37 14. How is the coverage of this transit system structured? 93 58 37 15. Is the service open to the general public? 76 46 31 16. Does the school have multiple campuses served by transit? 75 45 31 17. What primary purpose(s) does transit serve for the school? 92 56 37 18. How many bus routes serve the campus? 89 58 37 19. What is the annual number of passenger trips for the transit system about which you are reporting? (as specified in Question 12) 81 50 32 20. If you have information on ridership trends, has your ridership... 62 40 25 21. What, in your opinion, are the reasons for changes in ridership? 62 0 0 22. How many of your routes have standing-room-only riders for at least one peak period every weekday? 65 0 0 23. For each weekday time period, what is the average headway for the most frequent and the least frequent route? 62 0 0 24. How many vehicles are in the transit fleet serving the school? 76 0 0 25. How many vehicles in the fleet use the following fuel types? 81 0 0 26. How many vehicles in the fleet have the following passenger capacities? 66 0 0 27. How many vehicles have the following features? 84 0 0 28. How many transit stops are there at the school? 64 0 0 29. What percentage of transit stops at the school have the following amenities? 85 53 33 30. Is real-time arrival information available on the web or by phone? 87 54 34 31. What special roadway technologies or treatments do you utilize for transit (transit malls, bus lanes, signal pre-emption, etc.)? 48 0 0 32. What additional technologies (vehicle, roadway or other) do you plan to implement within the next five years (for example, pavement lighting, passive pedestrian detection, AVL, etc.) 47 0 0 TABLE D1 SURVEY RESPONSES BY QUESTION (continued on next page)

71 All respondents Schools Gov't/Transit Agencies Count Count Count 33. How many people does the transit system employ? 79 0 0 34. How many employees are students or direct employees of the school (number or percentage)? 60 0 0 35. Are drivers given bicycle and/or pedestrian safety training? 83 50 34 36. How do you handle special events? 57 0 0 37. Are student-drivers allowed? 80 49 33 38. Are student-drivers actively sought by the transit system? 46 26 14 39. What special restrictions are student drivers subject to, if any? 39 0 0 40. Is any special training given to student drivers that is not given to other drivers? 39 24 14 41. What is the annual transit system operatin g budget? 75 0 0 42. What amount of the operating budget is paid by the school (dollars or percent)? 73 0 0 43. What are the sources of transit system operating revenue and their dollar amounts (or percentage)? 60 0 0 44. What is the school’s annual budget for Travel Demand Management (TDM) programs, including ridematching, transit subsidies, cash-out, walking & biking programs, etc.) 61 0 0 45. What is the average annual transit system capita l budget? 60 0 0 46. What amount of the capital budget is paid by the school (dollars or percent)? 60 0 0 47. What are the sources of transit system capital funds and their dollar amounts (or percentage)? 53 0 0 48. How are the operational and funding challenges of meeting ADA requirements met? 56 0 0 49. How are the operational and funding challenges posed by the seasonality of the school handled? (i.e. summer staffing, fare structures, etc.) 50 0 0 50. Have any studies been conducted to determine the economic impact of school transit in the community? 70 42 21 51. What financing challenges have impacted operations in recent years? (e.g., interest rates, insurance costs, fuel costs, etc.) 74 0 0 52. Are there (or will there be) any efforts to partner with other local agencies in order to boost transit services or to gain access to funds through the Small Transit Intensive Cities Program or through other programs. If so, please describe. 61 39 17 53. Are there any creative partnering programs to finance transit service? (For example, apartment developers paying a fee to gain access to the transit system; partnerships between urban and school transit systems.) If so, please describe. 94 0 0 54. Is transit considered, by policy, in the planning for new buildings? 78 50 22 55. Who participates in the campus transit planning process? (check all that apply) 79 51 29 56. Have any changes in campus demographics, student body composition or student residential locations/geography impacted transit cost, service or effectiveness? 70 37 20 57. Have changes in school administration or policies changed transit service and/or policies? 71 42 20 58. How is transit schedul e information distributed? (check all that apply) 67 42 26 59. Where are transit system maps available? (check all that apply) 68 43 26 TABLE D1 (Continued) (continued on next page)

72 All respondents Schools Gov't/Transit Agencies Count Count Count 60. How many cars are registered or known to park on campus on an average day? 51 0 0 61. Are there any remote park & ride lots? 77 51 22 62. How many total parking spaces of all types (permit, meter etc.) directly serve the school, including park & ride lots? 56 0 0 63. How would you describe the parking situation on or around campus? (check all that apply) 85 54 32 64. If you use a parking permit system, is the number of parking permits limited? 85 54 32 65. Is there a fee to park on campus? (If no, skip to Question 69) 73 52 18 66. What is the average fee for parking on the main campus (i.e. not park and ride)? 61 0 0 67. Does the charge act as a deterrent to driving? 69 50 17 68. Is this charge designed to encourage the use of park & ride lots? 69 48 18 69. Is the organization a member of a Transportation Management Association (TMA) or other rider outreach & advocacy organization? 53 33 16 70. How is the transit service advertised to potential riders? (check all that apply) 75 48 27 71. If you have data on commute modes, approximately what percentage of each group commutes by each mode? 18 0 0 72. Which of the following programs/services are formalized and available to faculty, staff and/or students of the school? 68 47 25 73. Are any transit subsidies provided by the school? 30 0 0 74. How is this subsidy paid for? 85 54 32 75. What is the “base” per-ride transit fare for the general public (exclusive of passes or discounts)? 71 0 0 76. What is the “base” per-ride transit fare for students (exclusive of passes or discounts)? 70 0 0 77. What other Travel Demand Management (TDM) programs are offered by the school or the TMA? 19 0 0 78. Do you have a goal for transit ridership on routes serving the campus? 56 34 17 79. Please rate the following statements regarding various communities’ satisfaction with available transit: 76 50 28 How does the school community & its affiliates rate the quality of the transit service available? 75 50 23 How does the surrounding community rate the quality of the transit service available? 75 50 25 How does the school rate the community or local public transit operator’s financial contribution to the transit system? 76 50 20 How does the surrounding community or local public transit operator rate the school’s financial contribution to the transit system? 76 50 23 80. Please describe any notable interactions, relationships or issues between the community and the campus transit system. 35 0 0 81. What, if any, changes in the transit or higher education fields do you anticipate may affect transit operations on the campus in the upcoming years (for example, charter regulation changes)? 32 0 0 TABLE D1 (Continued) (continued on next page)

73 All respondents Schools Gov't/Transit Agencies Count Count Count 82. Is there anything else you’d like to add about your system, the university, or transit on university campuses? 32 0 0 83. Would you be willing to provide additional information about your experience and be considered as a case study for this synthesis project? 72 46 21 84. Do you have any questions about transportation on colleges and university campuses that we could address in this study? How could this or future studies of campus transportation better help your system? 23 0 0 TABLE D1 (Continued)

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