SAN FERNANDO VALLEY : Survey Finds Willingness to Shift to Public Transit
Nearly 70% of San Fernando Valley residents who drive alone to work say they are willing to use car pools or public transit, but about half believe public transit is not readily accessible, according to a survey for the Los Angeles County Transportation Commission.
To entice more people to use public transit or car pools, a consulting firm hired to conduct the survey suggested increasing the cost of parking in the Valley while lowering the cost of local public transit. The report said commuter behavior changes dramatically when parking costs more than $5 a day.
The Transportation Commission requested the survey of 750 Valley residents to glean information about commuters in order to help city and county transit officials redesign the Valley’s bus and shuttle routes, which were laid out in the late 1970s.
The results of the survey were presented Wednesday to the transportation commission’s Planning and Mobility Improvement Committee, which recommended that the survey be reviewed by the entire commission.
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