Page 6 - The City of Greensboro Community Preference Survey

Executive Summary – Transportation

Greensboro residents’ feelings about daily travel are mostly consistent with national attitudes. Most residents say they like

walking as well as driving (over 80 percent), but a bare majority say that they drive because they do not have other options.

 Maintaining roads, bridges, and highways remains residents’ overwhelming priority for the government, but majorities are

interested in providing and expanding on transportation alternatives as well as building more roads to alleviate traffic.

 Most residents like driving (83 percent) and walking (82 percent), while about half say they like riding a bike. Just under a

quarter (23 percent) say they like taking the city or regional bus – less than the 38 percent who like taking public transport

nationally. Younger generations in Greensboro like driving as much or more than older ones do – a difference from the
national survey – and do not show a greater preference for taking public transport. However, as in the national survey,

younger generations do like riding bikes more than older generations.

 Six-in-ten Greensboro residents travel to work or school with nearly all (93 percent) getting to their destination by private

vehicle. Just 4 percent walk or bike, and 3 percent take the bus.

 Overall, only 13 percent of Greensboro residents had used public transportation in the past month, but convenience was not

the determining factor: among those who did NOT take transit, a majority said that it was convenient and available to them.

All proposed improvements merit positive responses from residents, with six-in-ten saying those changes would make them
more likely to use local bus services. Among lower income residents, the most significant improvements would be more

reliable, faster, lower costs, and safer service.