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INDICATOR |
Residents' choice of sustainable transit, and their perception of the availability of sustainable modes of transit |
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Good |
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TREND |
Mixed |
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DESCRIPTION |
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This indicator identifies the percent of residents who have intentionally not used their car but have instead used a sustainable mode of transportation. Additionally, it identifies the percent of people who feel that their public transportation need is met in the City of Santa Monica.
The city has not set targets for residential use of sustainable transportation or the sufficiency of transportation options. Naturally, an increase in both survey results would be beneficial to the community.
The
International City/County Management Association
conducted the survey.
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PERFORMANCE SUMMARY |
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Use of Sustainable Transportation
The percent of residents who have intentionally not used their car but have instead used a sustainable mode of transportation comes from data collected in an annual citywide
residents survey. In 2002, 72% of Santa Monica residents reported that they had intentionally not used their car in the past month.
In 2005, that number had dropped to 71%, and to
63% by 2007.
Sufficiency of Sustainable Transportation
"The percent of residents who feel that the public transportation need is met in the
city was generated from data collected in the City of Santa Monica Sustainable City Plan Survey. The survey conducted asked people if they thought the public transportation need was met in the City of Santa Monica. About 44 percent of respondents thought that the public transportation need in the
city was met by the current public transportation system. Another roughly 42% felt that the current system falls short, citing slight to major problems with sustainable transit options in their responses. The remaining 14% didn't know whether the whether the availability of
sustainable transit options is adequate.
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HIGHLIGHTS |
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● Seventy-two percent of residents intentionally didn't use their cars! |
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ANALYSIS |
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The City of
Santa Monica provides a variety of resources for
residents to choose sustainable modes of travel.
This includes bus, rail, bicycles, walking and
alternative fuelled vehicles. These
transportation options are considered more
sustainable because they can reduce congestion
and vehicle emissions.
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city has identified the need for sufficient
services to support residents in choosing
sustainable transportation options. The
Big Blue Bus
is an award winning bus service which serves
residents and non-residents. In addition to its
regular service, Big Blue Bus launched the
Mini Blue
in July 2007. The Mini Blue has five lines
providing smaller, faster neighborhood rides.
The Mini Blue buses are, like the rest of the
Big Blue Bus fleet, 100% alternatively fueled
are equipped
with bike for rider convenience. Comprehensive
counts of Mini Blue ridership won’t be available
until next year, but initial usage surpassed all
expectations. Perhaps the drop in percentage of
residents choosing sustainable transportation
options reported above will be addressed by the
launch of the Mini Blue lines. |
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WHAT CAN WE DO TO IMPROVE? |
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Get smart about the public transit options
available in the city's
alternative transportation site.
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DATA SOURCES |
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View source material in Excel:
T23_Options.xls.
Email contact for data source inquires. |
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PRINTING TIPS
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Printing tips for MS Internet Explorer |
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LAST UPDATED
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October 2007 |
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CITATION |
www.smepd.org/scpr |
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