8.1 Características de los TIPS-Pesos
8.1.21 Procedimiento para la transferencia y gravamen de los TIPS-Pesos
1. Where is your home located? [Can give closest intersection.] 2. In what year were you born?
Employment Trips – only ask after determining individual is employed 3. When did you last go to work? Where did you leave from?
a. Where is your work located? b. How did you get there?
c. When you finished work, where did you go next? d. How often do you go to work?
e. How long did it take you to get to work?
f. If you drove to work, did you drive alone? If not, were you the passenger or the driver?
g. Was there any fare or parking charge associated with that trip? If so, how much did you pay? [No need to ask if walked/biked.]
h. Do you sometimes work from home? If yes, how often?
i. Is there a vanpool or carpool service that your work provides? Grocery Shopping Trips
4. When did you last go grocery shopping? Where did you leave from? 5. Where did you shop at that trip?
6. How did you get there?
7. When you finished shopping, where did you go next? 8. How often do you go grocery shopping?
9. How long did it take you to get to the grocery store?
10. If you drove to the grocery store, did you drive alone? If not, were you the passenger or the driver?
11. Was there any fare or parking charge associated with that trip? If so, how much did you pay? [No need to ask if walked/biked.]
Medical Care Trips
12. When did you last go to a medical appointment? This may include a trip to the doctor/therapist/physical therapist. Where did you leave from?
13. Where was your appointment located? 14. How did you get there?
15. When you finished, where did you go next? 16. How often do you make healthcare-related trips? 17. How long did it take you to get to the appointment?
18. If you drove to the appointment, did you drive alone? If not, were you the passenger or the driver?
19. Was there any fare or parking charge associated with that trip? If so, how much did you pay? [No need to ask if walked/biked.]
Pharmacy Trips
20. When did you last go to a pharmacy? Where did you leave from? 21. Where was your pharmacy located?
22. How did you get there?
23. When you finished, where did you go next? 24. How often do you make pharmacy trips?
25. How long did it take you to get to the pharmacy?
26. Was there any fare or parking charge associated with that trip? If so, how much did you pay? [No need to ask if walked/biked.]
Bank or ATM
27. When did you last go to the bank (or other financial institution) or ATM? Where did you leave from?
28. Where is your bank/ATM located? 29. How did you get there?
30. When you finished, where did you go next? 31. How often do you go to the bank/ATM?
32. How long did it take you to get to the bank/ATM?
33. If you drove, did you drive alone? If not, were you the passenger or the driver? 34. Was there any fare or parking charge associated with that trip? If so, how much did
you pay? [No need to ask if walked/biked.] Visiting Senior Center (SBSS)
(If person currently at senior center, refer to previous trip.)
35. When did you last go to the senior center? Where did you leave from? 36. Where is the senior center located? [If SBSS, no need to ask.] 37. How did you get there?
38. When you finished at the center, where did you go next? 39. How often do you go to the senior center?
40. How long did it take you to get to the senior center?
41. If you drove to the senior center, did you drive alone? If not, were you the passenger or the driver?
42. Was there any fare or parking charge associated with that trip? If so, how much did you pay? [No need to ask if walked/biked.]
Recreation
(If last social/rec trip was not visiting friends/family, ask “When was the last time you visited friends or family?”)
43. When did you last take a trip for entertainment/socializing/recreation, such as going to the movies, to the park, or a cultural event or visiting a friend or family member’s home?
44. Where did you leave from? 45. Where did you go?
46. How did you get there?
47. When you finished your activity, where did you go next? 48. How often do you take trips for entertainment?
49. How long did it take you to get there?
50. If you drove, did you drive alone? If not, were you the passenger or the driver? 51. Was there any fare or parking charge associated with that trip? If so, how much did
you pay? [No need to ask if walked/biked.] Additional Topics
Besides the trips I already asked about, are there any other trips outside of your home that you make regularly that I have not yet asked about? [Prompts: personal care (spa/ hairdresser), exercise outside of the home, religious purpose (church, temple).]
Technology
52. Do you have a smartphone?
53. Have you ever used Uber or Lyft? If so, when was the last time, where did you go and for what purpose? Where did you go and what did it cost?
54. If you have a smartphone but have not used Uber or Lyft, why not? Taxis
55. When was the last time you took a taxi in Los Angeles? Did you phone for a cab, get it at a taxi stand or hail it on the street? Where did you go and how much did it cost? How often do you use taxis?
56. Do you participate in the LA City Taxi Scrip program? If so, how often do you get taxi scrip and do you find the program useful or too complicated to use (reservations in advance, etc.)?
Public Transit
57. Do you use public transportation frequently? If you do not use public transit frequently, why do you choose not to? Is there any obstacle that keeps you from using the bus? 58. If you use transit, what do you enjoy about using transit?
59. If you use the bus, do you ever ask the bus driver to lower the bus for you? Are you hesitant to ask?
60. If you do use transit, are there any challenges you face in doing so? 61. Do you ever fear for your safety on public transit?
62. Are there physical challenges you face using transit (stairs, walking)? Driving
63. If you drive, do you drive differently than when you were young? Do you tend to drive during daylight hours or avoid highways, or take other precautions?
64. If you do not drive, why not?
No Trips
67. Was there any day last week that you did not travel outside of your home at all? (Remember, taking a walk counts as a trip!) If so: Which day?
68. What was the reason? [Record reason, like I felt sick and unable to travel or I had no need to go out.]
69. How many days per week would you say that you usually stay at home? Safety
70. When you go for your walk to the grocery store or bus stop (etc.) is the walk well-lit? Is the sidewalk uneven? Do you find it difficult to cross the street before the light is red? Is there a crosswalk for pedestrians you feel safe using? Is there a park bench to rest nearby?
71. Have you in the last week or two been scared by a person stopping you on the street or at a bus stop? If so, record comments and observations and ask follow-up questions.
72. Do you avoid taking trips at night? If so, why?
73. Are you worried about leaving your home due to crime in your neighborhood? 74. Do you prefer to travel with others? If so, why?
Physical Limitations
75. Can you walk for more than fifteen minutes at a time? If you do not walk far more than a block at a time, or avoid walking far distances, why not?
76. Do you face physical difficulties that make traveling unpleasant? For example, do you walk less frequently because it is painful or tiresome to do so?
77. When you went to the grocery or the doctor, did you use a cane, a walker or any other aid to mobility?
78. Would you consider your neighborhood to have all of your daily destinations (such as the grocery store and pharmacy) within a convenient walking distance? Or is driving/taking transit necessary?
Trip Costs
79. Do you have a tap card? Do you have a senior tap card?
80. If you do not drive, is this because of the high cost of owning and maintaining a vehicle?
81. If you take transit regularly, do you consider the cost to be low, moderate, or high? Trip Coordination/Transportation Services
82. When you take trips by car, who drives you? How do you arrange for trips with that person? When driving, do you prefer to be the driver or the passenger and why? 83. When taking a trip somewhere unfamiliar or somewhere you travel less frequently,
how do you plan for that trip? Do you take any precautions, or avoid any particular routes? If so, why?
84. Are you signed up for Metro’s ACCESS services (door to door vans)? If not, are you eligible or not. [Don’t know is a perfectly appropriate answer.] If you are not signed up, what is the reason? [e.g., I don’t need their services; I tried to sign up and they told me I need a doctor’s note and I don’t have one.]
85. Do you use another transportation service that picks you up from your home? If so, what is the service? Do you find it convenient? How do you arrange trips with that service provider? Is the service provider free of charge? If not, do you find the service cost to be low, moderate, or high?
86. Have you ever heard of Metro’s On the Move Rider’s Club? If so, have you used it? Tell me about your experiences participating in this program. If you have heard of it but have not used it, why not?
Travel Diary Questions:
Travel diary of most recent weekday and most recent weekend day (e.g., if interview Wednesday, ask about yesterday and about last Sunday). If respondent is unable to remember, can ask “where do you go on a typical Sunday?”
Weekday:
Did you take any trips outside your home? If not, why not? Trip 1: When you first left your home, where did you go? Where:
Purpose: Mode: Trip time: Challenges:
Trip 2: Where did you go next? Where: Purpose:
Mode: Trip time: Challenges:
Trip 3: Where did you go next? Where: Purpose:
Mode: Trip time: Challenges:
Weekend day:
“I’m going to ask you about all the trips you took on your last weekend day.” Did you take any trips outside your home three days ago? If not, why not? Trip 1: When you first left your home, where did you go?
Where: Purpose: Mode: Trip time: Challenges:
Trip 2: Where did you go next? Where: Purpose:
Mode: Trip time: Challenges:
Trip 3: Where did you go next? Where: Purpose:
Mode: Trip time: Challenges: