Southeast Bakersfield Transportation Equity Survey
Please take a few minutes to offer your thoughts on creating an equitable transportation roadmap in Southeast Bakersfield.
The Rebound the MLKcommUNITY Transportation Equity project will equip community members with the knowledge and tools necessary to identify neighborhood-scale clean transportation needs and opportunities.
Your input will help to identify community needs and perspectives, to help define equity and help inform and improve future decision making.
Please answer as many or as few questions as you would like. The survey will be anonymous, however you will be asked if you would like to provide contact information in order to be entered into a drawing for a visa gift card and to be contacted about future opportunities to contribute to the project. Your time is truly appreciated!
1.
Does your household own a car?
Yes
No
2.
How do you define equity?
3.
The transportation systems in Kern County/Southeast Bakersfield impacts equity
Strongly agree
Agree
Strongly Disagree
Disagree
No Opinion
4.
Equity should be a key input in making decisions about transportation.
5.
Equity in Transportation Planning
In the following section we are going to ask a few questions about your community identity in
order to better understand your perspective. This information will remain anonymous.
Race/Ethnicity
White American
European American
Middle Eastern American
Black or African American
Native American
Alaska Native
Asian American
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
Other:
Two or more races
Prefer not to answer
6.
Do you identify as Hispanic or Latino?
Yes
No
7.
What best describes your current gender identify?
Cisgender woman/female (relating to, or being a person whose gender identity
corresponds with the sex the person had or was identified as having at birth)
Cisgender man (relating to, or being a person whose gender identity corresponds
with the sex the person had or was identified as having at birth)
Gender non-binary, or gender fluid
Transgender female/woman
Transgender male/man
8.
Which of these best describes your current sexual orientation?
Asexual
Bisexual
Gay/Lesbian
Heterosexual/Straight
Pansexual
Queer
Prefer not to answer
9.
Ability Status
No known chronic conditions or stability issues
Legally Blind
Need glasses or contacts
Mental Health condition
Wheelchair-bound
Hearing impaired
Deaf
Use other mobility devices (walker, artificial limbs, crutches, etc)
None of the above
10.
Which of these best describes your personal income last year?
$0
$1 – 9999
$10,000 – 24,999
$25,000 – 49,999
$50,000 – 74,999
$75,000 – 99,999
$100,000 - $149,000
$150,000 and greater
Prefer not to answer
11.
Education: What is the highest degree or level of school you have completed? If
currently enrolled, the highest degree received.
No schooling completed
Nursery school to 8th grade
Some high school, no diploma
High school graduate, diploma or the equivalent (for example: GED)
Some college credit, no degree
Trade/technical/vocational training
Associates
Bachelor’s Degree
Master’s Degree
Professional
Doctorate
Prefer not to answer
12.
What is the main mode of transportation you use?
Automobile
Public Transit
Biking
Walking
Other (please specify)
13.
What is the secondary mode of transportation you use? (Select all that apply)
Automobile
Public Transit
Biking
Walking
Other (please specify)
14.
What mode of transportation would you prefer to be able to use?
Automobile
Public Transit
Biking
Walking
Other (please specify)
15.
Are you the primary caretaker for someone who cannot drive (a child, elder, etc.)?
Yes
No
Sometimes
Other (please specify)
16.
In the past year, have you felt your opportunities to be limited by your access to a mode
of transportation (for example, I wasn’t able to take a job because I couldn’t reach the
job location)? Please describe
Transportation Decision Making
Next, we’d like to understand more about your participation in transportation decision-making
processes in the past.
17.
In the past, have your participated in a process where decisions about transportation
have been made?
Yes
No
Maybe
Other (please explain)
18.
If yes, please provide examples
19.
Did you feel heard in that public engagement process?
Yes
No
Maybe
Other (please explain)
20.
Did you feel hurt or harmed in that public engagement process?
Yes
No
Maybe
Other (please explain)
21.
Do you feel like the communities (as defined by the checkboxes above that you’ve
indicated membership in) are HELPED by those processes?
Yes
No
Maybe
22.
Do you feel like the communities (as defined by the checkboxes above that you’ve
indicated membership in) are HURT by those processes?
Yes
No
Maybe
23.
Do you feel like the communities (as defined by the checkboxes above that you’ve
indicated membership in) are HEARD by those processes?
Yes
No
Maybe
24.
Do you feel like what you want out of this process (and any other prior efforts to improve
transportation and quality of life in Kern County/Southeast Bakersfield) will actually be
done?
Yes
No
Maybe
25.
Do you feel like what your communities want out of this process (and any other prior
efforts to improve transportation and quality of life in Kern County/Southeast Bakersfield)
will actually be done?
Yes
No
Maybe
26.
Do you feel as if participating in this process or processes is a good use of time?
Yes
No
Maybe
27.
Are you willing to take part in future questionnaires pertaining to this process?
Yes
No
28.
Please enter your email address to be entered in a drawing for a $50 Visa Gift Card.
Thank you for participating
