Ventura County Comprehensive Transportation Plan - Community Survey

In the Fall of 2021, we asked Ventura County residents to provide their thoughts on transportation needs and challenges in Ventura County. Now, we’d like your input to help us identify potential transportation projects, strategies, and solutions, and to prioritize potential future transportation improvements throughout Ventura County. The objective of these questions is to consider trade-offs between project types and strategies when reviewing a variety of factors, including funding constraints, transportation mode, and what you want transportation in Ventura County to look like in the future.

For reference, the draft goals of the Comprehensive Transportation Plan (CTP) are the following:

a)    Balance Transportation and Land Use – Transportation investments support healthy and sustainable land use that improves housing choice and affordability.

b)    Emissions and Climate – Reduce countywide transportation emissions and improve the sustainability of the transportation network.

c)     Economic Prosperity – Transportation helps to provide for regional economic prosperity and improves quality of life for residents and businesses.

d)    Access and Choice – Improve multimodal transportation choice and access to destinations within the county and regionally.

e)    Safety – Improve transport system design and operation to eliminate traffic deaths and serious injuries.

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* 1. Please rank the plan goals from 1 to 5, with 1 being least important and 5 being most important

	Least Important (1)				Most Important (5)
Balance Transportation and Land Use	Balance Transportation and Land Use Least Important (1)	Balance Transportation and Land Use	Balance Transportation and Land Use	Balance Transportation and Land Use	Balance Transportation and Land Use Most Important (5)
Emissions and Climate	Emissions and Climate Least Important (1)	Emissions and Climate	Emissions and Climate	Emissions and Climate	Emissions and Climate Most Important (5)
Economic Prosperity	Economic Prosperity Least Important (1)	Economic Prosperity	Economic Prosperity	Economic Prosperity	Economic Prosperity Most Important (5)
Access and Choice	Access and Choice Least Important (1)	Access and Choice	Access and Choice	Access and Choice	Access and Choice Most Important (5)
Safety	Safety Least Important (1)	Safety	Safety	Safety	Safety Most Important (5)

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* 2. Please select your top 2 strategies and projects that should be emphasized in the CTP to help achieve the Balance Transportation and Land Use Goal.

Expand bus transit services (frequency, hours of service, number of routes)

Introduce flexible transit services (on-demand services, community/local shuttles, expanded rideshare services)

Improve access to transit stops

Make transit services more affordable

Expand walking and bicycling infrastructure

Expand access to micro-mobility devices (electric scooters, electric bicycles, etc.)

Better coordinate transportation and land use decisions at the local level

Better coordinate transportation and land use decisions at the countywide level

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* 3. Please select your top 2 strategies and projects that should be emphasized in the CTP to help achieve the Emissions and Climate Goal.

Better integrate transit services across providers

Improve access to transit stops

Make transit services more affordable

Expand walking and bicycling infrastructure

Expand access to micro-mobility devices (electric scooters, electric bicycles, etc.)

Expand the network of electric vehicle charging infrastructure across Ventura County

Require or incentivize more electric vehicle charging infrastructure for new development

Facilitate quicker transition to all-electric or alternative fuel fleets for transit buses, school buses, and agency vehicles

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* 4. Please select your top 2 ways to measure how projects could help achieve the Economic Prosperity Goal.

Reduce household transportation costs

Increase access to different transportation modes

Increase countywide economic activity

Reduce commute travel times

Increase accessibility to jobs

Volume of freight/goods movement via highway and rail

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* 5. Please select your top 2 strategies, projects, and metrics to be emphasized in the CTP to help achieve the Access and Choice Goal.

Expand access to quality transit service (i.e. frequency 15 minutes or better during peak periods)

Expand access to walking and bicycling infrastructure

Reduce personal vehicle trips

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* 6. Please select your top 2 strategies and projects to be emphasized in the CTP to help achieve the Safety Goal?

Reduce vehicle speeds on local and regional roadways and streets

Create separated and protect walking and bicycling infrastructure

Reduce the number of vehicle trips on roadways

Education programs for safer driving, walking, and cycling

Strategies that seek to achieve zero traffic deaths (Vision Zero)

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* 7. A range of ideas and strategies are available to potentially increase locally-controlled funding for transportation improvements. Please rank these options in order:

County-wide gasoline tax

Employer payroll tax for transportation

Tolled/managed lanes

Local sales tax for transportation

Rental car/hotel tax

Vehicle miles travelled tax

None of the above

Other (specify below)

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* 8. If you have a suggestion for another way to pay for improvements, enter it in the comment box below.

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* 9. Please weight each of the following performance measures from less important to essential:

	Less important		Nice to have		Essential
Improvements to Safety	Improvements to Safety Less important	Improvements to Safety	Improvements to Safety Nice to have	Improvements to Safety	Improvements to Safety Essential
Improvements to Health and Air Quality	Improvements to Health and Air Quality Less important	Improvements to Health and Air Quality	Improvements to Health and Air Quality Nice to have	Improvements to Health and Air Quality	Improvements to Health and Air Quality Essential
Traffic Congestion Relief	Traffic Congestion Relief Less important	Traffic Congestion Relief	Traffic Congestion Relief Nice to have	Traffic Congestion Relief	Traffic Congestion Relief Essential
Automobile Trip Reduction	Automobile Trip Reduction Less important	Automobile Trip Reduction	Automobile Trip Reduction Nice to have	Automobile Trip Reduction	Automobile Trip Reduction Essential
Access to Job and Educational Opportunities	Access to Job and Educational Opportunities Less important	Access to Job and Educational Opportunities	Access to Job and Educational Opportunities Nice to have	Access to Job and Educational Opportunities	Access to Job and Educational Opportunities Essential
Connectivity to Transit	Connectivity to Transit Less important	Connectivity to Transit	Connectivity to Transit Nice to have	Connectivity to Transit	Connectivity to Transit Essential
Access to Additional Forms of Transportation	Access to Additional Forms of Transportation Less important	Access to Additional Forms of Transportation	Access to Additional Forms of Transportation Nice to have	Access to Additional Forms of Transportation	Access to Additional Forms of Transportation Essential
Equity For Residents Regardless of Location or Income	Equity For Residents Regardless of Location or Income Less important	Equity For Residents Regardless of Location or Income	Equity For Residents Regardless of Location or Income Nice to have	Equity For Residents Regardless of Location or Income	Equity For Residents Regardless of Location or Income Essential

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* 10. Should freeway projects emphasize capacity enhancements (to increase space for traffic) or operational improvements (to make roadways more efficient)?

Capacity Enhancements

Operational Improvements

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* 11. Should roadway projects emphasize vehicle capacity enhancements or complete streets (defined as streets that serve transit, walking, and bicycling?

Capacity Enhancements

Complete Streets

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* 12. Should transit projects emphasize regional connections or local/on-demand services?

Regional Connections

Local/ On-Demand Services

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* 13. Should sustainability projects focus on fewer auto trips or cleaner auto trips?

Fewer Auto Trips

Cleaner Auto Trips

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* 14. Should bicycle projects emphasize recreational trips or commute trips to work or school?

Recreational Trips

Commute Trips

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* 15. Should aviation-related projects emphasize local commercial flights or connections to Santa Barbara/Burbank/LAX?

Local Commercial Flights

Connections to Santa Barbara/Burbank/LAX

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* 16. Should freight projects emphasize truck capacity or rail capacity?

Truck Capacity

Rail Capacity

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* 17. Should transportation projects help to grow the number of single-use districts (one land use in a zone or area) or mixed-use districts (multiple land uses in a zone or area)?

Single-Use Districts

Mixed-Use Districts

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* 18. Should transportation projects support medium density/compact design or higher density land uses?

Medium Density/Compact Design

Higher Density

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* 19. What else would you like us to know?

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* 20. Please provide your:

Home ZIP Code

Work ZIP Code

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* 21. Please provide your age:

Under 18

18-24

25-34

35-44

45-54

55-64

65+

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* 22. Please provide your annual household income:

Under $15,000

Between $15,000 and $29,999

Between $30,000 and $49,999

Between $50,000 and $74,999

Between $75,000 and $99,999

Between $100,000 and $150,000

Over $150,000

None of the above

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* 23. Please identify the mode of transportation you use most often to get to work or school:

Driving

Transit

Walking

Bicycling

Other (please specify)

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* 24. I am (select all that apply):

A resident of Ventura County

Work in Ventura County

Go to school in Ventura County

None of the above

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* 25. If you would like to stay informed about this project, please enter your email address below:

Email Address

Thank you for sharing! We appreciate your help making transportation in Ventura County safer, greener and more equitable.

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Email Address

Phone Number