{"id":1023,"date":"2023-04-19T14:46:23","date_gmt":"2023-04-19T18:46:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/siliconheartland.com\/?p=1023"},"modified":"2023-04-19T16:31:26","modified_gmt":"2023-04-19T20:31:26","slug":"survey-says-we-want-more-transportation-options","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siliconheartland.com\/survey-says-we-want-more-transportation-options\/","title":{"rendered":"Survey says: We want more transportation options"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Change is not only coming to northwest Licking County, but also all of Central Ohio. As the region is expected to grow by up to 800,000 people in the next few decades, area leaders are grappling with how to control growth.<\/span><\/p>\n One recent development is a survey series called Leaders Listen, which is a partnership of the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission, The Columbus Dispatch and CHRR (a research center) at Ohio State University.<\/span><\/p>\n The series started with a survey on transportation and mobility. More than 2,500 residents in 15 counties participated. Here are some key findings:<\/span><\/p>\n What are the moderate to extreme barriers to buy and use an electronic vehicle?<\/b><\/p>\n 85 percent: Purchase price<\/span><\/p>\n 77 percent: Access to charging<\/span><\/p>\n 52 percent: Knowledge of EV<\/span><\/p>\n Convenience when not driving a car<\/b><\/p>\n 56 percent: Inconvenient to walk to work<\/span><\/p>\n 46 percent: Inconvenient to bike to work<\/span><\/p>\n 44 percent: Inconvenient to walk for errands<\/span><\/p>\n 40 percent: Inconvenient to bike for errands<\/span><\/p>\n What should be the No. 1 ranked transportation investment?<\/b><\/p>\n 90 percent: Find passenger rail moderately to extremely helpful<\/span><\/p>\n Concerns about moving around your own community<\/b><\/p>\n The top three answers:<\/span><\/p>\n Key findings on passenger rail, biking, walking and more Change is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"default","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n