Transportation leadership you can trust. presented to Southeast Florida Model Users Group presented by Krishnan Viswanathan Cambridge Systematics, Inc. February 6, 2009 I-95 OD Survey

1 I-95 O-D Survey Overview To Understand Drivers and Their Trips: How long do they drive on I-95?How long do they drive on I-95? Where they come from and where they go to?Where they come from and where they go to? Awareness of Transit AlternativeAwareness of Transit Alternative Degree of interest on Transit ?Degree of interest on Transit ? Like the High Occupancy Toll (HOT) concept?Like the High Occupancy Toll (HOT) concept? Data Collected at Every I-95 Exit in Broward and Palm Beach counties 3 AM Peak Hours & 3 PM Peak Hours

2 Survey Instrument 32 questions asked English and Spanish versions Responses could be mailed back using prepaid postage as well as online

3 Survey Response 83,000 distributed along I-95 Additional questionnaires distributed to 22 public agencies 12,380 usable surveys returned 11,441 from field survey [14% response rate] 939 from agency survey

4 Trip Purpose

5 Trip Length Distribution Average Trip Length on I-95 = 13.3 Miles

6 Trip Length Distribution [Only Work Trips] Average Trip Length on I-95 = 12.9 Miles

Trip Origins and Destinations 7

8 Trip Ends Proximity to I-95 (Broward)

9 Trip Ends Proximity to I-95 (Palm Beach)

10 Other Major Facilities Used 84% of respondents used only I-95

11 Ever Used Tri-Rail

12 Awareness of Existing Transit Alternatives

13 Other findings 30% could have used the Turnpike but chose to use I-95 to avoid tolls 79% driving alone 2.9% own Hybrid Vehicles 24.5% was thinking about purchasing or leasing hybrid Vehicles

14 Interest in New Transit Alternatives

15 Interest in HOT Lanes

16 Should Public Agency be Investing in HOT Lanes

17 Agency Respondents: Interest in HOT Lanes Around 3% of respondents did not respond AgencyVery LikelyLikely Neither Likely nor UnlikelyUnlikely Very Unlikely No. of Respondents Boynton Beach13%16%14%22%30%79 Broward County16% 12%22%31%341 FDOT19%18%14%22% 130 Ft. Lauderdale26%19%9%20%23%70 Jupiter18%14%18%21%25%28 Lake Worth4%29%18%21%29%28 Miami-Dade21%20%17%16%23%172 Turnpike15%20%18%25%23%40

18 Summary of Key Observations Long distance Trips: Average 13.3 miles on the freeway segment alone versus the Average of 6.9 miles found on the 1995 Broward Household Survey High Percentages of trip begin and/or end near by I-95 Currently, transit is not the alternative for 2/3 of I-95 Motorists About 1/3 of I-95 Motorists would consider using HOT Lanes