Survey of State Funding for Public Transportation—Ways to Improve It (2012)

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E-1 APPENDIX E – SURVEY TO OTHER RECIPIENTS OF STATE SURVEY REPORT ICF International and High Street Consulting Group are managing a research effort funded by the National Highway Cooperative Research Program to evaluate the "Survey of State Funding for Public Transportation" report. The most recent report is available on AASHTO's Standing Committee on Public Transport (SCOPT) webpage. As a part of this review, we are reaching out to those individuals who are potential users of the report. It is our understanding that you have received the report and may be a report user. We would greatly appreciate your input and ask that you fill out the attached survey. We expect that this survey will take 5 minutes to complete. We hope that, with your input, we can make improvements to this valuable product. For questions, please contact Rob Padgette at High Street Consulting Group at padgette@highstreetconsulting.com. 1. Do you regularly use the “Survey of State Funding for Public Transportation” report? ☐ Yes ☐ No 2. How often do you seek information from the report? ☐ Never ☐ Once or twice a year ☐ Once every few months ☐ Approximately once per month ☐ Multiple times per month 3. Please indicate your preferred report medium (mark all that apply). ☐ Hard copy report ☐ PDF available on-line/via email ☐ Data files with all information as reported for independent analysis

E-2 4. Please indicate the summary information you have used from the “Survey of State Funding for Public Transportation” report (all are contained in Chapter 1). (Mark all that apply.) ☐ Trends in funding for each state (Tables 1-1, 1-2, 1-8) ☐ Comparison of state and federal funding by state (Figure 1-1, Table 1-3) ☐ State sources of funding by state (fuel tax, sales tax, etc.) (Table 1-4) ☐ Eligible uses for state transit funding (operating, capital) (Table 1-5, Figure 1-2) ☐ Types of state funding by state (dedicated, non-dedicated) (Table 1-6) ☐ Methods of funding distribution (how funds are distributed to recipients) (Table 1-7) ☐ Per capita funding levels by state (Table 1-8, Figure 1-3) ☐ Ranking of funding levels (total or per capita) (Tables 1-9, 1-10) Please provide additional comments as needed: 5. Please indicate the state-level information you have used from the report (all are contained in Chapter 2 for each state). (Mark all that apply.) ☐ “Major features” descriptions for each state ☐ General information on “transit programs” as provided by each state ☐ Total state funding for each program ☐ Source of state funds for each program (fuel tax, sales tax, etc.) ☐ Eligible uses for each program (operating, capital) ☐ Types of state funding for each program (dedicated, non-dedicated) ☐ Methods of funding distribution for each program (how funds are distributed to recipients) Please provide additional comments as needed: 6. Chapter 1 of this report contains a number of summary tables and graphics highlighting various levels of transit funding by state. In addition to the information currently included in the various tables and graphics, is there other summary information on transit funding that would be useful to include? 7. Chapter 2 provides detailed state-level funding by program for each state. Is there additional state-level information not currently included in the report that would be useful to include?

E-3 Thank you for participating in this survey to help us evaluate the "Survey of State Funding for Public Transportation" report. We hope that, with your input, we can make improvements to this valuable product. For questions, please contact Rob Padgette at High Street Consulting Group at padgette@highstreetconsulting.com.