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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
Figure 12: Preference for weekend public transport useDo you regularly make weekend trips where youwould prefer to be using public transport?28%NoYes72%The two most popular reasons for weekend travel were shopping/errands and socialoccasions;Just over 80% of respondents cited the railway station as their destination;Preferred time of departure for almost 60% of respondents was between 9am-12pm; andPreferred time of return travel for over 70% of respondents was between 3pm-6pm.The level of community interest towards using a weekend service is being demonstrated in thepatronage on the free Saturday St Andrews-Hurstbridge community bus. The project teamwanted to better understand the percentage of residents who were aware of this service. Figure13 shows that 62 per cent of respondents were aware of the service.Figure 13: Awareness of community busAre you aware of the free Saturday community bus?25%Blank / UnsureNoYes62%13%Page 24
Page 1 and 2: St Andrews and Panton HillTRANSPORT
Page 3 and 4: disadvantage, as measured by the So
Page 5 and 6: 1. IntroductionIn 2010, local resid
Page 7 and 8: 2.2 PopulationPopulation levels in
Page 9 and 10: Figure 4: Population Density (ABS,
Page 11 and 12: Figure 6: SEIFA Disadvantage (ABS,
Page 13 and 14: 2.4 EducationThere are two primary
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Page 17 and 18: 2.8 Road NetworkThe main roads in t
Page 19 and 20: 2.8 Summary of FindingsThe main fin
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