A STUDY OF STAFF AND FACULTY COMMUTERS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES
The University of California, Los Angeles, Transportation Services Administration (UCLA/TSA) and Commuter Computer studied the transportation needs of UCLA faculty and staff to determine the market for ridesharing. Study results are to be used by UCLA/TSA and Commuter Computer to develop a campus ridesharing program. Survey results revealed that most respondents (74 percent) drove alone to campus, the average distance from home to UCLA was 11.5 mi, and commuting and parking costs were the primary transportation-related concerns. Driving time and stress were also mentioned frequently as concerns. Only 3 percent of the faculty and staff were registered for ridesharing. Although "need for a car" was one of the most common reasons given for not ridesharing, people used their cars an average of only 1.36 days a week for noncommuting purposes. Other rationales for not ridesharing included inflexible and irregular work schedules. Reduced costs, pool flexibility, and availability of a ridesharing coordinator were cited as factors that would encourage carpooling. Respondents also indicated that university-provided vans would encourage vanpooling.
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- Publication of this paper sponsored by Committee on Ridesharing. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved
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Authors:
- Pearlstein, Adele
- Publication Date: 1986
Media Info
- Media Type: Print
- Features: Figures;
- Pagination: pp 26-33
- Monograph Title: Innovations in ridesharing
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Serial:
- Transportation Research Record
- Issue Number: 1082
- Publisher: Transportation Research Board
- ISSN: 0361-1981
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Carpools; Commuters; Costs; Data collection; Hours of labor; Incentives; Needs assessment; Ridesharing; Stress (Psychology); Surveys; Travel time; Vanpools
- Identifier Terms: University of California, Los Angeles
- Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Finance; Highways; Passenger Transportation; Public Transportation; Society; I10: Economics and Administration;
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- Accession Number: 00474395
- Record Type: Publication
- ISBN: 0309041023
- Files: TRIS, TRB
- Created Date: Oct 31 1987 12:00AM