MAGIC Transportation Forum

Melissa Santley, Outreach Coordinator

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Statewide Travel Options Program

Devens Area Commuter Survey

Distributed through Nashoba Valley Chamber of Commerce and Bristol-Myers Squibb

171 Responses from people who commute to work in Devens

Focus on how they currently get to work

Interest in taking another mode to work (carpool, vanpool, public transit, etc.)

Motivating factors for taking public transit to work

Likelihood of taking Fitchburg Commuter Line once service increases

Weekly Commute Modes

Drive Alone Commute: 130 Commuters drove alone to work 5 days per week. 28 drove alone to work 4 days per week and 4 commuters drove alone 3 times per week.

Carpool Commute: Only 5 people responded to carpooling to work 4 or 5 days each week.

Public Transit Commute: Three people commute by public transit once a week. There is one person commuting to work 2, 4 and 5 times a week by public transit

# Days Per Week

# of Commuters Driving Alone

# of Commuters Carpooling

# Days Per Week # Days Per Week

# of Commuters taking Public Transit

Employee Schedule

Improving Commuter Options

What other commute options are of interest to you?

Improving Commuter OptionsWhat would encourage you to take public transit to work?

Count of how many times a motivating factor was chosen

Improving Commuter Options

By January 2016, the MBTA will have finished all construction on the Fitchburg Commuter Rail Line that will result in improved and increased service to the line. Once this work is complete and if local service was provided to get you from the commuter rail stop to your worksite, would you consider taking public transit to work?

Improving Commuter Options

If the MBTA were to pilot a new schedule for increased service on the Fitchburg Commuter Line by January 2015, would you try this new service?

Improving Commuter OptionsAny suggestions or comments for getting to work on the Fitchburg Commuter Line?

“I live close to a commuter rail station in the city and would absolutely use rail if the train schedule and connecting service to the plant would allow me to arrive by 8am.”

“I live so close to work that public transportation is not an option. However, I would like to be able to get to Boston on weekends and evenings on a more frequent basis.”

“Fitchburg Commuter Line is not an option for myself.”

“I don't really have access to the Fitchburg commuter line from Chelmsford, but if I lived on the Fitchburg Line I would absolutely consider it. Still, the closest station is 2 miles from my work so I would need to be allowed to take a bike onto the rail, and I would probably not do it during the winter.”

“I would consider using the commuter line but my commute is a reverse commute. I would need to be able to take the line in the morning from Weston or Waltham out to Devens and home in the evening. Currently the commuter line schedule does not allow for this. I would also like to be able to bring my bike on the commuter line so that I could ride to the station on either side of the train ride.”