The Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency (NOACA) recently launched a major survey designed to learn more details about travel trends and patterns in Northeast Ohio.
About 550,000 households throughout five counties (Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Lorain, and Medina) will be randomly selected to complete the survey.
The survey data will help set transportation priorities within the region and prioritize local transportation projects. The survey will also help transportation planners determine how to improve mobility, roads, and public transportation; reduce traffic congestion; and enhance walking and bicycling opportunities.
The survey will be sent to a random sample of Northeast Ohio residents. Households are initially contacted by mail and asked to respond to a brief survey about their daily travel, including the places they go and details about the type of transportation they use to get there.
Responses will be used to understand where people are trying to go in their daily lives, how they get there, and how much time and effort it takes them.
The survey results create a snapshot of how the transportation system in the region is used.
Transportation planners will use that snapshot to plan and develop improvements.
Residents can help by participating in the survey if they receive an invitation in the mail.
Each household invited to the survey represents thousands of other households, with similar demands and needs in nearby neighborhoods that were not selected, according to the release.
For more information. call the hotline at 1-877-378-2749 or visit the website at NEOTravelSurvey.com.
Households can also email the team at [email protected] to answer more questions about the survey.