Table of Contents

• 1. A Description of Transit Survey Respondents
  • 1.1 Data Collection
  • 1.2 Response by Class
  • 1.3 Response by Gender
  • 1.4 Full-time Status
  • 1.5 Employment Status
• 2. Mobility Demands of NDSU, MSUM, & Concordia Students
  • 2.1 Location of Residence
  • 2.2 Distance from Campus
  • 2.3 Origins of Campus Bound Trips
  • 2.4 Vehicle Access
  • 2.5 Time on Campus
  • 2.6 Number of Daily One-Way Trips
  • 2.7 Most Common Mode of Transportation
  • 2.8 Locations Which are too Far to Walk Between
  • 2.9 Time to Travel to Campus
  • 2.10 Mode Selection
  • 2.11 Reasons for Leaving Campus
  • 2.12 The Impacts of Weather on Acceptable Walking Distance
• 3. Student Perceptions of MAT Services
  • 3.1 Benefits of Public Transportation
  • 3.2 MAT Ridership
  • 3.3 Trip Purpose
  • 3.4 Reasons for Not Using MAT
  • 3.5 Valued Attributes of MAT
  • 3.6 MAT User Experiences
  • 3.7 Acceptable Wait Times for Next Bus
  • 3.8 Acceptable Trip Times by Bus
• 4. Student Perceptions of Parking
  • 4.1 Parking Convenience
  • 4.2 Parking Affordability
  • 4.3 On Street Parking
  • 4.4 MAT Service to Off-campus Parking Lot
• 5. Intercampus Public Transportation
  • 5.1 MSUM-Concordia College Circulator
  • 5.2 Knowledge and Use of NDSU Campus Circulators
  • 5.3 Wait for NDSU Circulator
  • 5.4 Deuce Use
  • 5.5 Dragon Drive
  • 5.6 Doyle Taxi
  • 5.7 MAT Evening Service
  • 5.8 Guaranteed Ride Home Program
• 6. Campus Transit Accommodation
  • 6.1 Bus Stop Amenities
  • 6.2 Willingness to Pay for MAT Service
• 7. Summary

Campus Transit Survey
Spring 2005 Results

David Ripplinger
Associate Research Fellow

Dustin Ulmer
Graduate Research Associate

Small Urban & Rural Transit Center
Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute
North Dakota State University

June 2005

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