[TRU Research] PSRC data project

[Tom Chartrand]

Yeah, they do! Interestingly, looks like 2017 was the first time they
collected data on race. I'd be glad to take a look at that and see what I
can pull out.
-Tom

On Tue, Jul 9, 2019 at 10:45 AM Katie Wilson <katie at transitriders.org>
wrote:

> 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> 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>
> 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
>> 206-781-7204
>>
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