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1    

How many vans or SUVs do you use in your business?

2    

How many trucks do you use in your business?

3    

How many cars do you use in your business?

4    
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Total vehicles used in the business (includes SUVs, cars and trucks):?

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Do you deliver anything to, or haul anything for customers with your registered ROAD vehicles?

5 Aa 

(response to traffic) Change the time of day you deliver or haul.

5 Ba 

(response to traffic) Change the route or routes you use when delivering or hauling.

5 Ca 

(response to traffic) Change the type of vehicle you use to deliver or haul.

5 Da 

(response to traffic) Spend more time to make the same deliveries or hauls.

5 Ea 

(response to traffic) Stop delivering or hauling to some areas or customers.

6    

In 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?

7    

In the last three years, has the timeliness of deliveries made to your business improved, deteriorated or remained the same?

8    

Do all, most, some or none of your customers need to reach your business premises in order for you to operate your business normally?

8  a 

Do your customers typically reach your place of business by:?

8  b 

Do your customers have reasonable access to parking near your business?

9    

Do the largest number of your employees get to work by:?

9  a 

Even though the largest share of your employees reach work by driving, do you have a substantial number of employees who:?

10    

Do you have a parking lot where your employees may park?

10  a 

As an employee benefit, do you help employees pay for parking in commercial lots or garages?

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Is your business accessible by public transportation?

11  a 

As an employee benefit, do you help employees pay for using public transportation to and from work?

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Do you have one or more employees who work primarily from their homes?

12  a 

How many work primarily from their homes?

12  b 

Are they working primarily from the home because of a:?

13    

How do you get to work?

13  a 

Door-to-door, how long does it take you to get to work on a typical day?

14    

In the last five years, have you changed business location?

14  a 

Was your commuting time a major factor, a minor factor, or not a factor in your decision to relocate?

14  b 

Was parking for your employees and/or customers a major factor, minor factor, or not a factor in your decision to relocate?

14  c 

Was convenience to a form of transportation other than roads a major, minor, or not a factor in your location choice?

15    

In the last five years, have you added one or more business locations?

15  a 

Was your commuting time a major factor, a minor factor, or not a factor in the decision where to add the new location?

15  b 

Was 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?

15  c 

Was 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?

16    

Is traffic congestion or road conditions hurting your sales:?

17    

Is traffic congestion or road conditions increasing your costs of doing business:?

18    

What is the condition of the streets, roads, highways, and bridges where you do business?

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What is the state of traffic where you do business?

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Is the more serious transportation problem where you do business:?

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Volume 3, Issue 7, 2003
ISSN - 1534-8326

William J. Dennis, Jr.
NFIB Research Foundation



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