St Andrews and Panton Hill: Transport Needs Assessment - Public ...

Survey Results - Weekday travelThis section of the survey was used to gauge community attitudes and interest in using publictransport to make their regular weekday journeys.Participants were asked to state whether or not they have a preference towards using publictransport, and if yes, when and why they might make these trips. Figure 11 demonstrates that 77per cent of respondents stated that they do regularly make weekday trips where they would preferto make their journeys using public transport, if it were available.Figure 11: Preference for weekday public transport useDo you regularly make weekday trips where youwould prefer to use public transport?23%NoYes77%Respondents identified a preference to use public transport on each weekday (evenlyspread across all days);Purpose of travel was spread evenly across most categories (work, education, medical,shopping/errands, social);Access to train services (Hurstbridge) and to Melbourne CBD were the most populardestinations for respondents;Preferred time of departure for almost 80% of respondents was before 9am; andPreferred time of return travel for over 70% of respondents was between 3pm-6pm.Survey Results - Weekend travelThe project team used this section of the survey to gauge community attitudes and interest inusing public transport on the weekend.Participants were asked to state whether or not they have a preference towards using publictransport on weekends, and if yes, when and why they might make these trips. Figure 12demonstrates that 72 per cent of respondents stated that they would prefer to make theirweekend journeys using public transport if it were available.Page 23