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T(RA Table 1 -Purpose of Trip 1008 Employee Transportation Jurvey Purpose 200b 2007 2008 Commute to Work 87% 78% 93% Errands/Shopping/Library - 4% 3% School S% 12% 1% Davis Street Family Resource Center - 4% 1 Other 6% 2% 1 Total 100% 100% 100% Local Employees As in 2007, the LINKS board wished to know how many riders work for employers who pay into the Business Improvement District (BID). In 2007, the 400 employers in the BID were listed on a large poster. Two hundred riders were asked: "Is your employer on this list?" If they said no, they were asked if they worked locally. In 2008, a similar process was used, but all 800 employers in the BID were listed. To ensure that employees would feel secure acknowledging details of their employment, the poster said, in English and Spanish, "Remember, everyone can ride the LINKS shuttle." Among the 173 people who were asked if their employer was on the list, 117, or 68%, said yes. Among those who said their employer wasn't on the list, 17 said that they worked in West San Leandro, yielding a total of 77% of shuttle riders working in the BID area. The remaining 39, or 23%, said they did not work locally. These findings are almost identical to the 2007 findings. The people who may not be working locally may live nearby and be riding the shuttle to BART to travel to their jobs. Home Locations All respondents were asked their home zipcodes. Shuttle riders were most likely to live in Oakland (24%) or San Leandro (23%). Two-thirds of respondents live in the East Bay, and 10% live in San Francisco. Only a few travel from the Central Valley or Silicon Valley. Nearly all respondents live in the area BART services. Table 2 on the following page shows the cities that shuttle riders live in. Valerie Brotk Consulting 3 June, 1008