2035 Regional Transportation Plan Survey

What are your thoughts about the future of northern and central New Jersey’s transportation system? Are we headed in the right direction? What forces do you think will shape our region in the coming decades?

Please take a few minutes to complete our survey of 16 questions below to help us shape our region’s 25-year vision for transportation. Through your answers we will better understand how people in our region travel and what you think is important for our transportation system.

Please be sure to give us your email address at the end and we will enter you in a drawing to win a $50 gift card! Thank you in advance for your time and for your concern about our regional transportation system.

1.Please enter the zip code where you live
Zip code:  

2.For each of the trip purposes below, please tell us how you make your typical trip: (Select as many as apply for each type of trip)

WorkSchoolShopping/ErrandsRecreationOther
Driving alone in car:
Driven by a friend or relative:
Taxi/car service:
Bus:
Train:
Shuttle or van:
Motorcycle:
Carpool:
Bicycle:
Walking:
Ferry:

3.If you could use any form of transportation for more of your trips, which would you prefer? (Select 3)

My own car
Taxi/car service
Bus
Train
Shuttle or van
Motorcycle
Carpool
Car-sharing
Biking
Walking
Ferry
Other

4.Gas prices have risen dramatically over the past two years, and due to factors beyond our local control prices may continue to rise in the future. What personal changes have you made to adjust to higher fuel prices and what changes would you make if the price of gas rose to $6 or more per gallon? (Select as many as apply in each column)

Have already doneWould consider at $6 or more per gallonDoes not apply
Drive at a slower speed on the highway
Buy a more fuel-efficient car
Telecommute more often
Use mass transit more
Carpool/ride share more
Drive less
Find a new job closer to home
Do more shopping online
Combine more errands into a single trip
Commute more often at non-peak hours
Cut back long-distance travel
Walk or use bicycle more
Move closer to work

5.What are the three most significant transportation challenges you feel New Jersey faces in the next 25 years? (Select 3)

Increasing distances we have to travel
Safety and security threats
Rising transportation costs (fuel, fares, tolls)
Reliability of our public transportation system
Increasing traffic/congestion delays
Lack of choices in public transportation and destinations served
Lack of parking
Aging and deteriorating bridges, roads, and railroads
Increasing truck traffic on our highways
The travel needs of the elderly
Other

6.Which of the following do you think represent the greatest challenges other than transportation northern New Jersey faces in the next 25 years? (select 3)

Aging population and other demographic changes
Climate change
Rising cost of living
Rising energy costs
Weakening economy
Suburban sprawl
Other

7.Please tell us how you feel about the following transportation and land use strategies to address the challenges and issues you selected in the previous two questions.

Strongly supportSomewhat supportSomewhat opposeStrongly opposeNot sure/No opinion
Encourage redevelopment and revitalization of our downtowns and main streets
Increase service on the existing public transit system
Build more and improve existing freight only facilities
Encourage less suburban development/growth
Build more roads
Add more lanes to our existing highways
Encourage more tolling and/or congestion pricing
Limit the growth and spread of large shopping centers and strip malls
Increase Carpool/Vanpool and bus shuttle service
Expand our public transit system
Improve traffic flow through more electronic highway signs, personal notifications about traffic conditions, traffic signal timing, highway ramp metering, etc.
Build more and improve existing facilities for bicycling and walking
Encourage flextime and telecommuting by major employers
Encourage more job growth around transit hubs
Support more affordable housing near job centers
Encourage more residential growth around transit hubs

8.If you could decide how northern New Jersey would spend every $100 of its transportation funds, how would you want it spent among the following categories? Please make sure that the responses add to $100.

Expand and improve existing public transit services and facilities:$
Create more sidewalks and bicycle paths:$
Increase the use of technology solutions to reduce congestion and delays:$
Improve the security of all types of transportation:$
Maintain existing highways and bridges in a state of good repair:$
Build new highways and/or add more highway lanes:$
Improve freight movement throughout the region:$
Encourage better coordination of transportation and land use:$
Make safety improvements on existing highways and bridges:$
TOTAL:$

9.If you knew that the money from the options below would be used to maintain and improve the transportation system would you support:

YesNoDon't Know
Seeking private funds to help pay for improvements
Raising existing tolls
Increasing New Jersey’s gas tax
Putting new tolls on roads that are currently free
Increasing transit fares
Replacing New Jersey's gas tax with a fee based on the distance driven
Seeking more transportation money from the federal government
Leasing transportation facilities to private operators
New tolled lanes
Charging more to use some roads during congested times

10.Please feel free to note any additional thoughts, or if you would like to elaborate on any of the issues raised.

The following questions are for classification purposes only.

D1.What is your age?

Under 18
18 to 24
25 to 34
35 to 44
45 to 54
55 to 64
65 or older

D2.What is your race/ethnicity?

White
Black or African-American
Hispanic or Latino
Asian or Pacific Islander
American Indian or Alaskan Native
Multiracial or Other: 

D3.What is your gender?

Male
Female

D4How many vehicles are owned by members of your household?

0
1
2
3+

D5.What is the highest level of education you have completed?

Some high school or less
High school degree
Some college, technical/vocational school
4-year/Bachelor's degree
Post-graduate/Master's/Ph.D./Professional degree

D6.What is your total household income?

Less than $35,000
$35,000 but less than $75,000
$75,000 but less than $200,000
$200,000 or more

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