Merrimack Valley Access to Jobs Survey

Help us improve transportation challenges across the Merrimack Valley!

Recruitment and retention concerns are often exacerbated by mobility needs of employees. Many of you may have concerns with respect to employee commuting challenges – worksites oftentimes are not located within reasonable access to public transportation or public transportation days/hours of service may not meet the needs of your worksite. Many employees do not have access to or choose not have personal transportation.

The Merrimack Valley Chamber of Commerce, Merrimack Valley Planning Commission, and the Merrimack Valley Transportation Management Association invite you to share your perspective and points of view in this brief survey. The results of this survey will help us learn about the specific challenges you face in order to identify and develop opportunities for collaborative solutions to transportation across the Merrimack Valley. This survey should take about 8-10 minutes.

If you have any questions about this survey or project, please contact Betsy Goodrich at bgoodrich@mvpc.org.

Thank you for your time!

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* 1. In what ZIP CODE is your business located?

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* 2. What is the total number of employees at this location?

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* 3. Please list the top 5 communities where your employees live (please separate community names with a comma, i.e., Lawrence, Andover, Haverhill)

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* 4. What percent of employees arrive or depart from your work site at the following times:

6:00am-9:00am

9:01am-3:00pm

3:01pm-6:00pm

6:01pm-9:00pm

9:01pm-12:00am

12:01am-5:59am

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* 5. Which 30-minute window do most of your employees arrive and depart? (e.g., 7:00am-7:30am and 4:00-4:30pm, etc.)

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* 6. What are the top three transportation modes your employees use commute to work? Please choose three of the following.

Drive alone

Public transit

Carpool/vanpool

Company shuttle

Shuttle/vanpool through a Transp. Management Association (TMA)

Walk or bicycle

Dropped off by family member or friend

Other (please specify)

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* 7. Does your business provide any transportation assistance, incentives or services for employees? (check all that apply)

None (please skip to next question)

Door-to-door shuttle

Shuttle with fixed pick-up/drop-off locations

Transportation reimbursement

Transit subsidy

Transit card/pass (for travel to/from work)

Preferential parking for carpools, vanpools, etc.

Guaranteed ride home in case of emergency

Other (please specify)

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* 8. During the past year, has your business been negatively impacted by a lack of transportation options for employees? (check all that apply)

No, we have not experienced any negative impacts by a lack of employee transportation options. (Please proceed to the next question)

It is difficult to fill positions/prospective employees do not accept offers due to a lack of transportation.

It is difficult to fill positions for specific shifts (e.g. late night) due to a lack of transportation options.

Some shifts/work hours are understaffed, or some employees regularly arrive late, due to no transit service, infrequent transit service, or unreliable transit service.

Other (Please briefly describe the negative impacts, including an estimate the number or percent of employees impacted.)

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* 9. Have you had employees who have quit in the past year due to transportation problems? (For example, the employee left because their commute takes too long, transportation costs too much, transportation services are not available when they need them)

Yes

Comments:

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* 10. Please describe any other transportation issues that impact your company or your employees:

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* 11. Please enter your contact information. Thank you for completing the survey!

Name

Company

Email Address