Survey of State Funding for Public Transportation—Ways to Improve It (2012)

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D-1 APPENDIX D – SURVEY TO STATE DOT REPORTERS OF FUNDING DATA ICF International and High Street Consulting Group are managing a research effort funded by the National Highway Cooperative Research Program to evaluate the "Survey of State Funding for Public Transportation" report. The most recent report is available on AASHTO's Standing Committee on Public Transport (SCOPT) webpage. As a part of this review, we are reaching out to those individuals within state DOTs who are responsible for reporting the data that is included in this report. It is our understanding that you responded to the most recent report for your state. We would greatly appreciate your input and ask that you fill out the attached survey. We expect that this survey will take 5-10 minutes to complete. We hope that, with your input, we can make improvements to this valuable product. For questions, please contact Rob Padgette at High Street Consulting Group at padgette@highstreetconsulting.com. 1. For which state do you report data for the “Survey of State Funding for Public Transportation” report? 2. Please indicate your role within the state DOT (mark all that apply). ☐ Transit Grants Administration ☐ Budgeting and Finance ☐ Planning Other: 3. Please provide an estimate of the total amount of time it takes to complete your state’s submission. ☐ Less than 2 hours ☐ 2-4 hours ☐ 4-8 hours ☐ 8-16 hours ☐ More than 16 hours 4. Please indicate your preferred method of reporting transit funding information for your state. ☐ Excel-based reporting tool (current approach) ☐ Paper survey

D-2 ☐ Web-based reporting tool ☐ No preference 5. Please indicate the approach used to collect all of your state’s data for your state’s submission (mark all that apply). ☐ All data are readily available to me ☐ Collect and consolidate some or all data from others WITHIN the state DOT for submission ☐ Collect and consolidate all or some data from others OUTSIDE of the state DOT for submission If you indicated that you collect some funding data from organizations OUTSIDE of the state DOT, please list the organizations from which you collect additional information: 6. The “Survey of State Funding for Public Transportation" report is intended to collect information on all state-level funding provided to transit agencies, regardless as to whether the funding is administered by the state DOT. In some cases, states have indicated that it is unclear as to whether funds are identified as state or local funds (e.g., a state-administered local sales tax). Please indicate which statement most accurately describes your state’s approach to public transportation funding and the administration of funds. ☐ No state funds are provided for public transportation ☐ All state public transportation funds are administered by or pass through the state DOT ☐ Some state public transportation funds are distributed directly to transit agencies without the involvement of the state DOT, but these funds are included in our report submission ☐ Some state public transportation funds are distributed directly to transit agencies without the involvement of the state DOT, and these funds are NOT included in our report submission Please provide additional comments as needed: 7. For each data element reported, please indicate the level of difficulty you face in generating the requested information for each of your state’s transit programs. 1 (easy) 2 3 (neutral) 4 5 (very challenging) N/A Total $ amounts for each program ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ $ amounts for each program by source of state funding (vehicle sales tax, gas tax, etc.) ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐

D-3 Eligible uses by $ amount for each program (operating, capital) ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Type of funding by $ amount for each program (Dedicated, non-dedicated) ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Method of distribution by $ amount for each program (discretionary, non- discretionary) ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Please provide additional comments as needed: 8. For each data element reported, please indicate your level of confidence in the data reported. 1 (very confident) 2 3 (neutral) 4 5 (data accuracy is difficult to verify) N/A Total $ amounts for each program ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ $ amounts for each program by source of state funding (vehicle sales tax, gas tax, etc.) ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Eligible uses by $ amount for each program (operating, capital) ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Type of funding by $ amount for each program (Dedicated, non-dedicated) ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Method of distribution by $ amount for each program (discretionary, non- discretionary) ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ Please provide additional comments as needed: 9. Please describe any areas in which you have had difficulty in obtaining data or have had difficulty in understanding the information requested: 10. Local funding information for transit agencies (e.g., revenue from taxes levied by municipalities, counties, or regional transportation authorities) is not currently collected for this report but proposals have been made by some to make this addition. Do you have data readily available on local funding provided for transit agencies in your state? (Please choose the statement that most accurately describes the availability of such information.) ☐ I have full information on local funding provided for all transit systems in the state, including both rural and urban providers ☐ I have some information on a local funding for some systems in the state ☐ I have no information on local funding for transit systems in the state Please provide additional comments as needed: 11. Do you have any other suggestions to improve the reporting process?

D-4 12. Do you regularly use the “Survey of State Funding for Public Transportation” report? ☐ Yes ☐ No 13. Please indicate your use of the “Survey of State Funding for Public Transportation” report (mark all that apply). ☐ Use directly ☐ Refer others to the report ☐ Do not use the report, inly report data 14. How often do you seek information from the report? ☐ Never ☐ Once or twice a year ☐ Once every few months ☐ Approximately once per month ☐ Multiple times per month 15. Please indicate your preferred report medium (mark all that apply). ☐ Hard copy report ☐ PDF available on-line/via email ☐ Data files with all information as reported for independent analysis 16. Please indicate the summary information you have used from the “Survey of State Funding for Public Transportation” report (all are contained in Chapter 1). (Mark all that apply.) ☐ Trends in funding for each state (Tables 1-1, 1-2, 1-8) ☐ Comparison of state and federal funding by state (Figure 1-1, Table 1-3) ☐ State sources of funding by state (fuel tax, sales tax, etc.) (Table 1-4)

D-5 ☐ Eligible uses for state transit funding (operating, capital) (Table 1-5, Figure 1-2) ☐ Types of state funding by state (dedicated, non-dedicated) (Table 1-6) ☐ Methods of funding distribution (how funds are distributed to recipients) (Table 1-7) ☐ Per capita funding levels by state (Table 1-8, Figure 1-3) ☐ Ranking of funding levels (total or per capita) (Tables 1-9, 1-10) Please provide additional comments as needed: 17. Please indicate the state-level information you have used from the report (all are contained in Chapter 2 for each state). (Mark all that apply.) ☐ “Major features” descriptions for each state ☐ General information on “transit programs” as provided by each state ☐ Total state funding for each program ☐ Source of state funds for each program (fuel tax, sales tax, etc.) ☐ Eligible uses for each program (operating, capital) ☐ Types of state funding for each program (dedicated, non-dedicated) ☐ Methods of funding distribution for each program (how funds are distributed to recipients) Please provide additional comments as needed: 18. Chapter 1 of this report contains a number of summary tables and graphics highlighting various levels of transit funding by state. In addition to the information currently included in the various tables and graphics, is there other summary information on transit funding that would be useful to include? 19. Chapter 2 provides detailed state-level funding by program for each state. Is there additional state-level information not currently included in the report that would be useful to include? Thank you for participating in this survey to help us evaluate the "Survey of State Funding for Public Transportation" report. We hope that, with your input, we can make improvements to this valuable product. For questions, please contact Rob Padgette at High Street Consulting Group at padgette@highstreetconsulting.com.