A STUDY TO DETERMINE ATTITUDES TOWARDS MAXI-CAB, SURVEY RESULTS

THIS IS A SURVEY OF AN ATTITUDE STUDY CONDUCTED BY THE FLINT TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY TO DETERMINE THE REACTION OF THE PEOPLE OF FLINT, MICHIGAN TOWARD THE MAXI-CAB COMMUTER CLUB PROJECT, WHICH HAD THEN BEEN IN OPERATION FOR TWO YEARS. THREE DIFFERENT GROUPS WERE UNDER STUDY: THOSE WHO WERE PRESENTLY SUBSCRIBING TO THE SERVICE, THOSE WHO HAD USED THE SERVICE IN THE PAST AND HAD CANCELED, AND THOSE WHO HAD NEVER USED THE SERVICE. USERS AND FORMER USERS WERE INTERVIEWED THROUGH THE MAIL WHILE NON-USERS WERE INTERVIEWED OVER THE TELEPHONE BECAUSE IT WAS FELT THAT A MORE PERSONAL APPROACH WAS REQUIRED SINCE THEY HAD HAD NO EXPERIENCE WITH THE SERVICE. THEIR NAMES WERE PICKED AT RANDOM FROM THE FLINT TELEPHONE DIRECTORY. RESULTS OF THE STUDY ARE GENERALLY POSITIVE. /UMTA/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • MI-06-0007 UMTA-MTCH-MTD-2-71-2
• Corporate Authors:

  Flint Transportation Authority, Michigan

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  Ross Roy, Inc

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• Publication Date: 1971-4

Media Info

• Pagination: 220 p.
• Serial:
  • Issue Number: 6

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Attitudes; Demand responsive transportation; Market research; Paratransit services; Ridership; Social values
• Old TRIS Terms: Community values
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00228298
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Urban Mass Transportation Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: Tech Rept
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Oct 16 1982 12:00AM