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Poll: How do TOD readers transport themselves?

Posted by Yankee on May 15, 2006 - 11:21am
Topic: Demand/Consumption
Tags: automobile, bicycling, hybrids, poll, suv, transportation, trucks, walking [list all tags]

Over time, I think we've gotten a sense of how TOD readers feel about various transportation issues. Now I've put together a poll to find out what the reality is: how prevalent is driving (and how many miles a day do people drive)? How many people have a hybrid? How many people use a bike as their predominant form of transportation? What about subways, light rails, or even walking?

Update [2006-5-15 16:25:5 by Yankee]: I usually read Treehugger everyday, but I must have missed their post from the other day called "Have You Reduced Your Dependence on Cars?" 90 Treehuggers left comments, and a lot of their sentiments seem pretty similar to the ones seen here.

Here are some guidelines for the poll:

  1. Pick the single best answer for a typical day. A typical day probably means going to work, running errands, visiting friends, etc. Whatever is typical for you, pool together your activities in a day when answering the poll.

  2. If more than one of these applies to you (e.g. you drive your car to the train station), please pick the mode of transportation that is used to go the furthest distance.

Unfortunately, the number of items I can put in the poll is limited, so if none of these choices apply to you, please pick "other" and explain in the comments.

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