1. Saint Lucia Public Transportation Pilot Study John Rosendo Kim Ianelli Sarah Corey & Thomas DeSisto

3. Presentation Agenda Background Background Project Goal Project Goal Objectives Objectives Research Process Research Process Outputs & Recommendations Outputs & Recommendations Future Goals Future Goals

4. Background Partnership Development Partnership Development Preparation Preparation – Literature review – Survey

5. Project Goal To evaluate how consumers perceive the public transportation system in St Lucia

6. Project Objectives Develop a survey template based on the original provided by the Ministry of Consumer Affairs Develop a survey template based on the original provided by the Ministry of Consumer Affairs Run a preliminary test of the survey in St. Lucia Run a preliminary test of the survey in St. Lucia Provide an intensive three day workshop on social research methods Provide an intensive three day workshop on social research methods Revise Pilot Survey with inputs from the workshops Revise Pilot Survey with inputs from the workshops

7. Research Process Descriptive Explanatory Exploratory

8. Exploratory Research Observations Interviews Discussion Groups

9. Field Work Safety Safety Vehicle conditions Vehicle conditions Dress Code Dress Code Scheduling Scheduling Pilot Survey Pilot Survey – 30 people – Rodney Bay

10. Work Groups

12. Outputs Research skill development Research skill development – Consume – Produce Suggested survey design Suggested survey design – Survey instrument – Sampling method

13. Recommendations Finalize and conduct survey Finalize and conduct survey Code data Code data Prepare data for analysis Prepare data for analysis

14. Future Goals Develop itinerary for Ministry personnel visit to Vermont Develop itinerary for Ministry personnel visit to Vermont Sustain partnership between Ministry of Consumer Affairs, CDAE department, and UVM students Sustain partnership between Ministry of Consumer Affairs, CDAE department, and UVM students

15. Thank You!