[TRU Research] PSRC data project

[Katie Wilson]

Tom, do you know whether the PSRC data includes info on gender and race? It would be interesting to see stats from their data about who gets subsidized transit by these demographics as well as by income.

> On Jun 14, 2019, at 9:25 AM, Katie Wilson <katie at transitriders.org> wrote:
> 
> This is great! So in our report, we can link to this and say that our survey data is consistent with these findings.
> 
>> On Jun 13, 2019, at 2:54 PM, Tom Chartrand <tmchartrand at gmail.com <mailto:tmchartrand at gmail.com>> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi all, regarding the PSRC survey, I'd signed on to take a look at it but have been letting this all slip for a while, sorry! This mention is good reason to actually get on that.
>> I took a quick look and there's a nice summary in  Regional Travel Survey 2017 Story: Employer Benefits, Parking and Transit
>>  <https://www.psrc.org/sites/default/files/travel-survey-story-2017-employer-benefits.pdf>
>> "Lower income workers were less likely than higher income workers to be offered free or subsidized transit, and less likely to use it when it was offered"
>> I'll look into actually loading and diving into their data a bit. If anyone has suggestions for more specific versions of this question than what they show in the summary, let me know. The other "Travel Survey Stories" on their website may also be worth taking a quick look at, they're nice high-level summaries, with simple graphs.
>> 
>> On Wed, Jun 12, 2019 at 8:08 AM Katie Wilson <katie at transitriders.org <mailto:katie at transitriders.org>> wrote:
>> Hi folks,
>> 
>> On Monday I met with the Port of Seattle's Environmental Program manager working on ground transportation policy for SeaTac airport— which apparently has a horrendous drive-alone rate, by the way. He mentioned that the Puget Sound Regional Council’s survey data shows that lower-wage workers are less likely to get transit benefits through work. It would be a good mini-project someone could take on to look at PSRC’s 2017 Travel Survey data <https://www.psrc.org/household-travel-survey-program> to try to find that, plus any other info we think is relevant to our project.
>> 
>> It’s probably useful for more than one person to look at the data, but if you’re going to pursue the transit benefits piece in particular, say something so we don’t duplicate efforts.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Katie
>> 
>> Katie Wilson
>> General Secretary
>> Transit Riders Union
>> https://transitriders.org <https://transitriders.org/>
>> 206-781-7204
>> 
>> The Transit Riders Union is a democratic organization of working and poor people, including students, seniors, and people with disabilities, taking control over our own lives, and building up the power we need to change society for the good of humanity and of the planet. We will fight to preserve, expand, and improve the public transportation system in Seattle and beyond, so that every human being has access to safe, affordable, and reliable public transit.
>> 
>> 
> 
> 

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.transitriders.org/pipermail/research/attachments/20190709/7a105315/attachment.html>