1 / 17

2006 Metro Residents Survey

2006 Metro Residents Survey. What citizens think about the region’s quality of life, leading regional issues, problems and solutions. Background. An opinion poll – measuring and understanding public opinion Similar to Gallup Poll’s Soul of the City survey in 20 metro areas

teryl
Download Presentation

2006 Metro Residents Survey

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. 2006 Metro Residents Survey What citizens think about the region’s quality of life, leading regional issues, problems and solutions

  2. Background • An opinion poll – measuring and understanding public opinion • Similar to Gallup Poll’s Soul of the City survey in 20 metro areas • Provides a time-series –1982-2006

  3. Topics investigated • Assets of the region – quality of place • Major problems facing the region • Transportation solutions • The Metropolitan Council, its responsibilities and performance

  4. Most attractive feature or asset

  5. The most important problem facing the Twin Cities Transportation and traffic, 33%

  6. Most important problem: Economy and taxes

  7. Most important problem: Crime and social

  8. Most important problem: Transportation and traffic

  9. Concern over traffic and transportation • Vehicle miles traveled have been growing steadily for years • Roads filled – and congestion delays quickly doubled (1996-2000) • Public concern erupted – transportation identified by 58% as most important problem (2003)

  10. Still a concern? • Some bottleneck relief • Some drivers have become accustomed to the new commuting environment • Congestion delays have not noticeably worsened since 2003

  11. Support for transportation solutions

  12. Metropolitan Council name recognition and public opinion

  13. Heard of the Metropolitan Council

  14. Approve of performance

  15. Importance of Council programs

  16. All programs considered very or moderately important by 70–90%

  17. 2006 Metro Residents Survey What citizens think about the region’s quality of life, leading regional issues, problems and solutions

More Related