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Presentation Overview• Study Objectives• Survey Design• Trip Purpose and Trip Chaining• Overview – Satisfaction with Roadways and
Transportation in Communities• Satisfaction with Major Highways
– Changes in Satisfaction Since 1995– Factors Contributing to Greater Satisfaction– Factors Contributing to Greater Dissatisfaction
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Presentation Overview (cont.)
• Satisfaction with the Transportation System and Options in Communities
• Satisfaction with National Parks and Forests• Suggested Improvements: Actions the Public
Would Find Helpful• Study Conclusions• Comparison of Major Highway Characteristics
1995 – 2000
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Study Objectives• Provide national measures of public satisfaction with:
– The nation’s highways– Community transportation systems and options– Access to and travel on Federal lands
• Describe travel patterns• Understand how community transportation systems
affect where people live and work and, thus, indirectly affect community development
• Identify the public’s priorities and preferred approaches to solving transportation problems
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Survey DesignOperations and Planning/ Environment Survey
• 2,057 people participated in Random Digit Dial (RDD) telephone survey
• ±2 percentage point margin of sampling error• Baseline for traditional and emerging issues
Infrastructure Survey
• 2,030 people participated in RDD telephone survey• ±2 percentage point margin of sampling error• Follow-up to the 1995 National Highway User Survey• Also assessed satisfaction from a community
perspective
Federal Lands Highway Survey
• 1,236 people interviewed at six National Parks and six National Forests
• ±3 percentage point margin of sampling error• Determined gap between satisfaction with and
importance of roadway and operational characteristics
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Trip Purpose and Trip Chaining
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Overview: Satisfaction with Roadways and Transportation in
Communities
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Satisfaction with Major Highways
Changes in Satisfaction Since 1995
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Satisfaction with Major Highways
Factors Contributing to Greater Satisfaction
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Satisfaction with Major Highways
Factors Contributing to Greater Dissatisfaction
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Satisfaction with the Transportation System
and Options in Communities
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Satisfaction with National Parks and Forests –
Recreational Opportunities for the Nation
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Suggested Improvements: Actions the Public Would
Find Helpful
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Study Conclusions
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Study Results Suggest What the Public Would
Find Helpful• Improve traffic flow by expanding existing
highways and public transit and by providing better information about traffic congestion
• Encourage smarter road management and operation
• Encourage greater understanding/awareness of how placement/design of highway projects can affect community quality of life
• Focus on road safety in National Parks and Forests
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Comparison of MajorHighway Characteristics
1995 – 2000
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