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