Road Transportation

• 1How many vans or SUVs do you use in your business?
• 2How many trucks do you use in your business?
• 3How many cars do you use in your business?
• 4Total vehicles used in the business (includes SUVs, cars and trucks):?Top 100 question
• 5Do you deliver anything to, or haul anything for customers with your registered ROAD vehicles?Top 100 question
• 5Aa(response to traffic) Change the time of day you deliver or haul.
• 5Ba(response to traffic) Change the route or routes you use when delivering or hauling.
• 5Ca(response to traffic) Change the type of vehicle you use to deliver or haul.
• 5Da(response to traffic) Spend more time to make the same deliveries or hauls.
• 5Ea(response to traffic) Stop delivering or hauling to some areas or customers.
• 6In the last three years, has traffic congestion or poor road conditions forced you to cancel delivery or hauling services to areas or customers where it was previously offered?
• 7In the last three years, has the timeliness of deliveries made to your business improved, deteriorated or remained the same?
• 8Do all, most, some or none of your customers need to reach your business premises in order for you to operate your business normally?
• 8aDo your customers typically reach your place of business by:?
• 8bDo your customers have reasonable access to parking near your business?
• 9Do the largest number of your employees get to work by:?
• 9aEven though the largest share of your employees reach work by driving, do you have a substantial number of employees who:?
• 10Do you have a parking lot where your employees may park?
• 10aAs an employee benefit, do you help employees pay for parking in commercial lots or garages?
• 11Is your business accessible by public transportation?Top 100 question
• 11aAs an employee benefit, do you help employees pay for using public transportation to and from work?
• 12Do you have one or more employees who work primarily from their homes?Top 100 question
• 12aHow many work primarily from their homes?
• 12bAre they working primarily from the home because of a:?
• 13How do you get to work?
• 13aDoor-to-door, how long does it take you to get to work on a typical day?
• 14In the last five years, have you changed business location?
• 14aWas your commuting time a major factor, a minor factor, or not a factor in your decision to relocate?
• 14bWas parking for your employees and/or customers a major factor, minor factor, or not a factor in your decision to relocate?
• 14cWas convenience to a form of transportation other than roads a major, minor, or not a factor in your location choice?
• 15In the last five years, have you added one or more business locations?
• 15aWas your commuting time a major factor, a minor factor, or not a factor in the decision where to add the new location?
• 15bWas parking for your employees and/or customers a major factor, minor factor, or not a factor in your decision where to add the new location?
• 15cWas convenience to a form of transportation other than roads a major, minor, or not a factor in your decision where to add the new location?
• 16Is traffic congestion or road conditions hurting your sales:?
• 17Is traffic congestion or road conditions increasing your costs of doing business:?
• 18What is the condition of the streets, roads, highways, and bridges where you do business?
• 19What is the state of traffic where you do business?Top 100 question
• 20Is the more serious transportation problem where you do business:?

Volume 3, Issue 7, 2003
ISSN 1534-8326

William J. Dennis, Jr.
NFIB Research Foundation