Cortes Island Transportation Study

The Strathcona Regional District has contracted Bunt & Associates Engineering in partnership with local residents Max Thaysen and Kate Maddigan to conduct a Cortes Transportation Study this fall/winter season. This initiative is funded by Gas Tax funds. The study’s goal is to explore strategies and provide recommendations that will help Cortes Island increase its transportation options and reduce its greenhouse gas emissions. If you have questions or comments on this study, contact Bunt and Associates at cortes.transpo.study@gmail.com.

This survey is directed toward residents who live on the island for 6 months or more a year. Visitors and seasonal residents are asked to fill out a different survey -- available at, http://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/3006152/Cortes-Transportation-Study-Visitor-Survey .

If you are a Cortes Island resident, please help our efforts by answering these fourteen questions. You can complete this survey as an individual or for the household.

1. How many people are you including in your household for the purposes of this
survey (including yourself)? And what are their ages?

You
Other person
Person 3
Person 4
Person 5
Person 6
Person 7

3. Approximately, what percentage of your income do you or your household spend on transportation on cortes and trips to Campbell River? Consider insurance, fuel, vehicle purchase, ferries, maintenance costs etc.

25%

50%

4. To which part of Cortes Island do you live nearest?

Please enter an 'other' value for this selection.

5. How many trips on the island do you and others of your household take per week, by each mode and distance? (Please estimate/average, as best you can. For each mode, choose the number of trips of the appropriate distance. Leave the option on 'please select' if you have no trips for that mode or distance.)

Space Cell	Short trips 1-3 kms per week	Trips halfway across the island ~5kms per week	Trips Across the island ~10-16kms per week
Walking	Walking: Short trips 1-3 kms per week	Walking: Trips halfway across the island ~5kms per week	Walking: Trips Across the island ~10-16kms per week
Bicycle	Bicycle: Short trips 1-3 kms per week	Bicycle: Trips halfway across the island ~5kms per week	Bicycle: Trips Across the island ~10-16kms per week
Hitch-hiking	Hitch-hiking: Short trips 1-3 kms per week	Hitch-hiking: Trips halfway across the island ~5kms per week	Hitch-hiking: Trips Across the island ~10-16kms per week
Personal vehicle - driving alone	Personal vehicle - driving alone: Short trips 1-3 kms per week	Personal vehicle - driving alone: Trips halfway across the island ~5kms per week	Personal vehicle - driving alone: Trips Across the island ~10-16kms per week
Personal vehicle with passenger(s)	Personal vehicle with passenger(s): Short trips 1-3 kms per week	Personal vehicle with passenger(s): Trips halfway across the island ~5kms per week	Personal vehicle with passenger(s): Trips Across the island ~10-16kms per week
Motorcycle/ Scooter	Motorcycle/ Scooter: Short trips 1-3 kms per week	Motorcycle/ Scooter: Trips halfway across the island ~5kms per week	Motorcycle/ Scooter: Trips Across the island ~10-16kms per week
Shared vehicle (eg. borrowed, co- op owned, carpooling)	Shared vehicle (eg. borrowed, co- op owned, carpooling): Short trips 1-3 kms per week	Shared vehicle (eg. borrowed, co- op owned, carpooling): Trips halfway across the island ~5kms per week	Shared vehicle (eg. borrowed, co- op owned, carpooling): Trips Across the island ~10-16kms per week
Electric vehicle	Electric vehicle : Short trips 1-3 kms per week	Electric vehicle : Trips halfway across the island ~5kms per week	Electric vehicle : Trips Across the island ~10-16kms per week
E-bike	E-bike: Short trips 1-3 kms per week	E-bike: Trips halfway across the island ~5kms per week	E-bike: Trips Across the island ~10-16kms per week
Enter another option	Other: Short trips 1-3 kms per week	Other: Trips halfway across the island ~5kms per week	Other: Trips Across the island ~10-16kms per week
Enter another option	Other: Short trips 1-3 kms per week	Other: Trips halfway across the island ~5kms per week	Other: Trips Across the island ~10-16kms per week

6. How many times per month does your household need to access the following goods or services? (add a figure even if it is part of a combined trip.)

Recycling centre
Shopping
Meetings
Medical care
Work
Post office
Delivery/ pickup of items
Recreation/ socialising
Drive kids to school/ Lakehouse/ homeschool activity
Family responsibilities (kids, elder care)
Other

7. Approximately how many times per month do you park your car in the ferry lineup
overnight to catch an early ferry the next day?

0 times

15 times

30 times

8. How many trips off the island do you and others of your household take per month, by each mode and to which destination? (Please estimate/average, as best you can. For each mode, choose the number of trips of the appropriate destination. Leave blank if that mode/destination does not apply to you.)

Space Cell	Across Quadra (per month)	Around Campbell River (per month)	Beyond Campbell River (per month)
Personal vehicle - driving alone	Personal vehicle - driving alone: Across Quadra (per month)	Personal vehicle - driving alone: Around Campbell River (per month)	Personal vehicle - driving alone: Beyond Campbell River (per month)
Personal vehicle with passenger(s)	Personal vehicle with passenger(s): Across Quadra (per month)	Personal vehicle with passenger(s): Around Campbell River (per month)	Personal vehicle with passenger(s): Beyond Campbell River (per month)
Requesting rides at the ferry	Requesting rides at the ferry: Across Quadra (per month)	Requesting rides at the ferry: Around Campbell River (per month)	Requesting rides at the ferry: Beyond Campbell River (per month)
Walking	Walking: Across Quadra (per month)	Walking: Around Campbell River (per month)	Walking: Beyond Campbell River (per month)
Bicycle	Bicycle: Across Quadra (per month)	Bicycle: Around Campbell River (per month)	Bicycle: Beyond Campbell River (per month)
BC transit	BC transit: Across Quadra (per month)	BC transit: Around Campbell River (per month)	BC transit: Beyond Campbell River (per month)
Borrowed vehicle	Borrowed vehicle: Across Quadra (per month)	Borrowed vehicle: Around Campbell River (per month)	Borrowed vehicle: Beyond Campbell River (per month)
Electric cars and trucks	Electric cars and trucks: Across Quadra (per month)	Electric cars and trucks: Around Campbell River (per month)	Electric cars and trucks: Beyond Campbell River (per month)
E-bike	E-bike: Across Quadra (per month)	E-bike: Around Campbell River (per month)	E-bike: Beyond Campbell River (per month)
Cortes Connection	Cortes Connection: Across Quadra (per month)	Cortes Connection: Around Campbell River (per month)	Cortes Connection: Beyond Campbell River (per month)
Island link Bus	Island link Bus: Across Quadra (per month)	Island link Bus: Around Campbell River (per month)	Island link Bus: Beyond Campbell River (per month)
cortesrideshare.ca	cortesrideshare.ca: Across Quadra (per month)	cortesrideshare.ca: Around Campbell River (per month)	cortesrideshare.ca: Beyond Campbell River (per month)
Enter another option	Other: Across Quadra (per month)	Other: Around Campbell River (per month)	Other: Beyond Campbell River (per month)
Enter another option	Other: Across Quadra (per month)	Other: Around Campbell River (per month)	Other: Beyond Campbell River (per month)

9. Please indicate the purposes of your trips off Cortes, and how many times per month that need arises. Leave on 'please select' if the purpose does not come up for you.

Shopping
Meetings
Medical care
Banking
Personal business (eg.insurance,registration, legal proceedings)
Work
Post office
Delivery/pickup of items
Recreation/socializing
School or homeschooling activity
Family responsibilities (elder care, kids, visiting)
Other

10. Below is a list of potential future transportation considerations for Cortes including
connections to Quadra and Campbell River. Please indicate how likely your household is to take REGULAR advantage of each option.

** Car Stops: strategic places around the community providing recognized spots for people to wait if they require a lift. You may have seen them in other communities such as Quadra Island or Pender Island. For more info, see: https://barrymathias.net/car-stops/

11. Please provide the reasons your household does not use the following modes of transportation.

Picking up hitch-hikers
Hitch-hiking (requesting rides)
Cortes Connection
Lane 8 (freight service)
Island Link bus (Nanaimo to Campbell River)
Ride-share board (offering rides)
Ride-share board (requesting rides)
Water-taxi from Campbell River to Cortes
Cycling
E-Commuting
electric cars and bikes

12. Are you looking for ways to decrease your carbon emissions in response to climate
change?

No, not at all.

I'm not sure.

Yes, definitely

13. How satisfied are you with the range of transportation options available to you and your household?

Very Dissatisfied	Dissatisfied	Neutral	Satisfied	Very Satisfied
Very Dissatisfied	Dissatisfied	Neutral	Satisfied	Very Satisfied

14. Please share any other comments or suggestions regarding the transportation needs for Cortes Islanders.

15. If you would be willing to receive further correspondence about this project to keep up to date, and possibly to supply additional feedback and experience, please provide your email address below. We promise not to share it and only use it to consult with you on this topic or keep you up to date on study progress. This question requires a valid email address.

Look for our presentation of the results of this survey and the study in general in the new year at www.strathconard.ca. There will also be a community meeting to discuss the final report, advertised on cortesisland.com. Further questions and comments can be sent to cortes.transpo.study@gmail.com . Thanks for your participation!

Space Cell	Not very likely	Somewhat likely	Quite likely
Wider shoulders/sidewalks/trails for walking/biking on roads	Wider shoulders/sidewalks/trails for walking/biking on roads: Not very likely	Wider shoulders/sidewalks/trails for walking/biking on roads: Somewhat likely	Wider shoulders/sidewalks/trails for walking/biking on roads: Quite likely
Cycling, in response to safer drivers (e.g. lower speeds, less drinking and driving etc.)	Cycling, in response to safer drivers (e.g. lower speeds, less drinking and driving etc.): Not very likely	Cycling, in response to safer drivers (e.g. lower speeds, less drinking and driving etc.): Somewhat likely	Cycling, in response to safer drivers (e.g. lower speeds, less drinking and driving etc.): Quite likely
Cortes taxi/ride-hailing like Uber (@ approx. $2/km)	Cortes taxi/ride-hailing like Uber (@ approx. $2/km): Not very likely	Cortes taxi/ride-hailing like Uber (@ approx. $2/km): Somewhat likely	Cortes taxi/ride-hailing like Uber (@ approx. $2/km): Quite likely
A scheduled mini-bus service on Cortes	A scheduled mini-bus service on Cortes: Not very likely	A scheduled mini-bus service on Cortes: Somewhat likely	A scheduled mini-bus service on Cortes: Quite likely
More transit options in Campbell River	More transit options in Campbell River: Not very likely	More transit options in Campbell River: Somewhat likely	More transit options in Campbell River: Quite likely
A shuttle across Quadra	A shuttle across Quadra: Not very likely	A shuttle across Quadra: Somewhat likely	A shuttle across Quadra: Quite likely
Public charging for electric cars on Cortes	Public charging for electric cars on Cortes: Not very likely	Public charging for electric cars on Cortes: Somewhat likely	Public charging for electric cars on Cortes: Quite likely
Public charging stations/financing for electric bikes on Cortes	Public charging stations/financing for electric bikes on Cortes: Not very likely	Public charging stations/financing for electric bikes on Cortes: Somewhat likely	Public charging stations/financing for electric bikes on Cortes: Quite likely
Car sharing (Co-op vehicles on Cortes and in Campbell River; eg. islandcarshare.ca, Zipcar, Car2Go)	Car sharing (Co-op vehicles on Cortes and in Campbell River; eg. islandcarshare.ca, Zipcar, Car2Go): Not very likely	Car sharing (Co-op vehicles on Cortes and in Campbell River; eg. islandcarshare.ca, Zipcar, Car2Go): Somewhat likely	Car sharing (Co-op vehicles on Cortes and in Campbell River; eg. islandcarshare.ca, Zipcar, Car2Go): Quite likely
Designated car stops*, for more comfortable hitchhiking	Designated car stops*, for more comfortable hitchhiking: Not very likely	Designated car stops*, for more comfortable hitchhiking: Somewhat likely	Designated car stops*, for more comfortable hitchhiking: Quite likely
Shuttle service to assist drivers who wish to leave their car overnight in the ferry lineup	Shuttle service to assist drivers who wish to leave their car overnight in the ferry lineup: Not very likely	Shuttle service to assist drivers who wish to leave their car overnight in the ferry lineup: Somewhat likely	Shuttle service to assist drivers who wish to leave their car overnight in the ferry lineup: Quite likely
Reservation system for the ferry	Reservation system for the ferry: Not very likely	Reservation system for the ferry: Somewhat likely	Reservation system for the ferry: Quite likely
Passenger ferry directly to major town centres in the Georgia Straight (eg. Vancouver, Campbell River, Powell River etc., for ~$25-50)	Passenger ferry directly to major town centres in the Georgia Straight (eg. Vancouver, Campbell River, Powell River etc., for ~$25-50): Not very likely	Passenger ferry directly to major town centres in the Georgia Straight (eg. Vancouver, Campbell River, Powell River etc., for ~$25-50): Somewhat likely	Passenger ferry directly to major town centres in the Georgia Straight (eg. Vancouver, Campbell River, Powell River etc., for ~$25-50): Quite likely
Enter another option	Other: Not very likely	Other: Somewhat likely	Other: Quite likely
Enter another option	Other: Not very likely	Other: Somewhat likely	Other: Quite likely

Cortes Island Transportation Study

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