[TRU Research] New ORCA for All survey? etc.

[Jim Walseth]

Katie *et al*,
On the topic of " a survey specifically for businesses ", I think we would
have more complete data on existing transit subsidies if we go to the
employers directly. Like, just call them and ask. The data would go a long
way to answering " how many employees our legislation would impact ".
I wonder what it would cost to hire someone to do that.
Jim

On Tue, Jan 14, 2020 at 12:12 PM Katie Wilson <katie at transitriders.org>
wrote:

> Hey folks,
>
> Happy new year! 2020 is the year we extend employer-subsidized transit
> passes to thousands more Seattle workers. Our goal is to pass legislation
> in the first half of the year.
>
> TRU’s organizing team will be meeting later this month to develop our
> organizing plan. But we also need a research & data plan. I’m wondering if
> we can schedule a meeting soon to discuss what role this group might be
> play in the campaign. Here’s a doodle poll
> <https://doodle.com/poll/cdvi9gp8shz4nprp> for evenings the week starting
> Jan. 27. If you’re interested in this discussion, please fill out the poll
> by the end of this week. (I chose 5:30-7pm as the meeting time, but we
> could shift this earlier or later depending on people’s schedules— if you
> prefer a different start time, maybe make a note of that in the poll.)
>
> My main idea so far is that we could design an online survey to collect
> input on the details of the legislation. Something like:
>
> Here’s our basic proposal: employers with over 500 employees worldwide
> have to offer a 50% transit subsidy. What do you think of it? (Hate it to
> love it, scale 1-10 or whatever)
> Here’s ten ways the proposal could get more complicated, what do you think
> of each one?
> - include an upper tier for employers with 1000+ or 5000+ employees in
> Seattle, require 75% or 90% or 100% transit subsidy
> - exempt non-profits
> - include v. exclude part-time, temporary/seasonal, and contract employees
> - etc.
> Any other thoughts or ideas? (open-ended)
>
>
> And maybe we also do a survey specifically for businesses… not sure if
> that’s a good idea, but worth considering.
>
> Maybe there are other projects we could work on too that would be helpful
> to the campaign at this point. For example, it would be great to get a
> better sense of how many employees our legislation would impact. It’s
> possible we could do some back-of-the-napkin calculations and be able to
> say “this would result in at least X workers being offered better transit
> benefits” or something like that.
>
> Katie
>
> Katie Wilson
> General Secretary
> Transit Riders Union
> 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
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>
>
>
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