Transportation Survey
The SDSU Transportation Survey gathers data to help improve transportation services and inform SDSU’s Climate Action Planning. We need your help, and your voice matters.
We would like your input. The survey is expected to take less than 10 minutes and can be accessed from a mobile device. Participants will have the option to be entered into a drawing for a chance to win one of 40 $50 gift cards.
*If you are a student employee, please take the student survey*
About the Survey
This survey exists through a partnership between the School of Public Affairs, the Office of Energy and Sustainability, and Parking and Transportation Services. It is overseen by Dr. Bruce Appleyard, Professor of City Planning and Urban Design at SDSU. The survey is conducted on an annual basis, and the data is the primary source for quantifying SDSU’s transportation mode split (i.e., how our affiliates get to, from, and around SDSU) as well as Scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions from commuting.
Privacy and Confidentiality
Protecting survey respondents’ privacy is a top priority. The survey is anonymous. Neither your name nor your personally identifiable information will be used in any reports, and all results will be provided in aggregate. Also, your personally identifiable data will not be sold or shared outside of SDSU and we do not anticipate any privacy risks from your participation. As with all research, there is a minimal chance that anonymity could be compromised; nevertheless, we are following best practices to minimize this risk, such as encrypting all data files and storing them in a secure location.
$50 Gift Cards
40 names will be selected through a random number generator in compliance with sweepstakes laws. You will be notified by email if you are a winner and asked to respond within 14 days to claim the gift card. If you do not respond to claim the gift card, your gift card will be given to another person that has been randomly selected.
Frequently Asked Questions
The survey provides key information to campus leadership and other stakeholders about how students, staff, and faculty are arriving, circulating, and departing SDSU facilities. The data is used for short-term programmatic efforts as well as long-term planning. As SDSU updates the Climate Action Plan and releases the inaugural Carbon Neutrality Plan, respondents’ aggregated data informs many processes.
This survey is a partnership between the School of Public Affairs, the Office of Energy and Sustainability (OES), and Parking and Transportation Services (PATS). OES and PATS each provide 50% of the survey costs. It is overseen by Dr. Bruce Appleyard, Professor of City Planning and Urban Design at SDSU.
There are two questions that ask if you want to be contacted further that may result in you receiving emails or other messages:
- There is an optional check-box to sign up for newsletters from the Office of Energy and Sustainability (OES), and Parking and Transportation Services (PATS). If you opt-in, you will receive occasional newsletters via email.
- There is a question that asks if you would be willing to participate in a focus group.
You will not be contacted in any other way as a result of taking the survey.
The survey data is not published, but available upon request. You can request data from [email protected].
Per CSU Policy and the Education Code, parking is a self-sustaining entity. It is “unbundled” from the cost of education, events, and other university resources so that those who do not drive to campus are not paying for parking system costs. Parking fees are used to support the parking system. Student’s tuition and mandatory fees as well as state funding cannot be used for parking costs. Parking requires ongoing maintenance and replacement, so those who park are required to help pay for the costs of keeping parking assets in a good state of repair.
For parking permits to be effective, they must be enforced. To ensure equity to those who pay for parking, SDSU issues citations to those who do not follow proper parking guidelines. Learn more here.
