In 2015, PVTA surveyed the riders of its southern service area (centered on Springfield)--among the results were these findings re: trip purpose Work - 32.4% Medical - 18.3% Shopping - 17.2% Other - 16% Social/Recreation - 7.8% College - 4.6% School - 3.8%
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Results from a statewide travel survey: less than 8% of trips involve going to work (and it's a safe bet most of those aren't office jobs either!), and 2/3 of households surveyed made more than 5 trips in a day!pic.twitter.com/UYl2qQE3v6
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Travel and transportation is about SO MUCH MORE than "go into the city at 9, go home at 5, relax on the weekend" Yet that one very specific travel pattern still has a stranglehold on planners, officials, and the overall state of transport discussion and imagination
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Say NO MORE to sterile and counterproductive assumptions! Travel is MAGICAL
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