San Luis Obispo - Caltrans - State of California

SAN LUIS OBISPO REGION
COORDINATED HUMAN SERVICES-PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION PLAN
Public agencies were either most likely to be public transit operators (7 agencies-28 percent)
serving the general public or to be subsidizing purchase of bus passes and tokens (7
agencies-28 percent), followed by no transportation services (5 agencies- 20 percent). The
two faith-based organizations reported either no transportation services provided or
arranging for volunteer drivers.
Table 3-5- 2007 Stakeholder Survey,
Transportation Services Provided by Agency Type
Transportation Services
Provided
No transportation provided, contracted,
arranged
Private, For Private, Non- Public Faith Based
Total
Profit Profit Agency Org.
n= 61 7 27 25 2
21 34% 1 14% 14 52% 5 20% 1 50%
Arranges by assisting w/information 14 23% 5 71% 6 22% 3 12% 0 0%
Subsidizes passes, tokens, mileage 12 20% 1 14% 4 15% 7 28% 0 0%
Agency operates / full responsibility 10 16% 2 29% 5 19% 3 12% 0 0%
Arranges for volunteer drivers or car 9 15% 0 0% 6 22% 2 8% 1 50%
Public transit provided to general public 8 13% 0 0% 1 4% 7 28% 0 0%
Contract for service with other entity 6 10% 1 14% 1 4% 4 16% 0 0%
Note: \1 Although more agencies are reported as "other" in the detailed reports in the appendices, in fact all but two
were offering comments as to the nature of their transportation service.
3.2.2 Transportation Needs and Issues Presented
Responding agencies were asked to characterize the needs of consumers they believe to be
poorly served.
Figure 3-4 shows the ranking of transportation needs reported by for all responding agencies,
with medical trips, shopping with morning errand trips and training/ education classes
ranked as the top three areas of need. Medical trip needs (43 agencies-75 percent) far outrank
the others.
The next tier of needs, generally grouped together as shown in Figure 3-4 following, were
reported as:
work between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. (17 agencies-30 percent)
long-distance trips (14 agencies-28 percent)
recreational trips (15 agencies-26 percent)
night-time or early morning work shifts (15 agencies-26 percent)
children to daycare (14 agencies-25 percent)
visiting family and friends (12 agencies-21 percent)
weekend and holiday trips (11 agencies-19 percent)
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