From: wc4223@writer.yorku.ca (Yoram Chisik)
Newsgroups: sci.environment,misc.misc,sci.misc,can.general,tor.general
Subject: electrical car questionaire, 2nd chance
Date: 10 Apr 92 01:52:34 GMT
Organization: Computer Assisted Writing Centre, York University, Toronto, Canada
Originator: wc4223@grant

I order to generate a wider set of responses I would ask those of you
who belong to the female persuasion to answer this questionaire.  So
far most of the responses came from the male side of the human
spectrum, I would apreciate it if the gender with the longer life span
will take part in this as well, Thank you.

THANKS TO ALL THOSE WHO ALREADY ANSWERED
RESULTS WILL BE POSTED IN THE NEAR FUTURE

The following is a questionaire survey which is part of a research
project designed to evaluate the viability of future use of electrical
cars as a form of urban transportation.  I would apreciate it if you
will devote 10 minutes of your time to answer this questionaire.

Please e-mail responses to wc4223@writer.Yorku.ca

 Thank you for your time and effort.

                                       Yoram I. Chisik
                                       Geography Student
                                       York University
                                       Toronto, Canada

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                         Transportation Survey                     


1. Age

2. Sex (M/F)

3. Do you own a car (Y/N), if no skip to question 5.

4. Do you own more than one car, if yes how many ________

5. Do you live in the downtown area of your city or in the suburbs
   (Downtown/Suburbs)

6.Do you live in a :
                    house
                    apartment building
                    university residence

7. Do you park your car in:
                            Your driveway
                            in the street in front or near the house
                            in a parking lot

8. How do you get to work:
                           car (drive yourself)
                           car (car pool)
                           bus/subway/train
                           bicycle
                           walk

9. Approximetly how much time per day do you spend driving your car:
   1 hour
   2 hours
   3 hours or more

10. what do you use your car for on a daily basis:
                                            Go to work
                                            Go shopping
                                            Pick kids from school
                                            Recreation (go to movies,
                                            restaurants, etc.)
           (indicate all the ones that apply)

11. If you own more than one car, what is the other car used for, see
    categories in question no. 10. 

12.  If you or your spouse pick your kids from school or other
     activities on a regular basis using a car:
                                 
                    do you participate in a car pool for that purpose
                    
                    If no, would you participate in a car pool, if one
                    was organized by the school, your friends or
                    neighbours.

 13. What kind of car do you drive:
                                   
                 Sub-Compact (Fiesta, Uno, Firefly, Festiva, etc.)
                 Compact (Escort, Golf, Civic, etc.)
                 Medium size (Accord, Celebrity, etc.)
                 Large size  (Caprice Classic, Audi 100, etc.)
                 Sports Car
                 Mini van
                 Four wheel drive (Jeep, Pathfinder, etc.)
                 Full sized van, Pickup
                 
14. What kind of car is your second car( see categories in 
    question 13)

15. What are the qualities you value most in a car:

                 Performance (speed, acceleration, etc.)
                 Economy (fuel economy, low maintenance cost, etc.)
                 Environment friendliness (Low emmission levels, etc.)
                 Low price
                 Beauty
                 Image / prestige

16. When you go to buy a car do you specifically look for these
    qualities in the car as long as they were within your price range,
    or would you buy the cheapest car that will satisfy your needs.

    >___________________________________________________________________  


How serious do you thing the following problems are, please rank them
according to the following scale: 
                                 1. very serious
                                 2. quite serious
                                 3. neutral
                                 4. not very serious
                                 5. not serious at all

 

17.  Oil reserves will be depleted in 45 years (1-5)

18.  Green house gases (emmited by automobiles) are warming up the
     environment and may cause climatic changes (1-5)

19.  Smog (pollution) in cities (1-5)

20.  Road congestion in cities (1-5)

21.  Rising price of petrol (1-5)


22.  Would you buy an electrical car if it had a restricted range
(i.e. you can only drive it 100 kilometres a day) and had a higher
price than a regular car because it is good for the environment (it
has no exhaust emmissions, and therefore will reduce pollution in
cities, and does not consume any petrol) 

(Yes / No)


23.  Would you consider buying such a car if it still had the
restricted range but had the same price as a regular car, but had
lower running and maintenance costs.  (Yes/No)

24.  Would you consider buying such a car as your second car
     (Yes/No)
             
Thank You For your Time.