Saint Lucia Public Transportation Pilot Study

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Saint Lucia Public Transportation Pilot Study

• John Rosendo
• Kim Ianelli
• Sarah Corey
• Thomas DeSisto

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Presentation Agenda

• Background
• Project Goal
• Objectives
• Research Process
• Outputs Recommendations
• Future Goals

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Background

• Partnership Development

• Preparation
• Literature review
• Survey

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Project Goal
To evaluate how consumers perceive the public
transportation system in St Lucia
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Project Objectives

• Develop a survey template based on the original
  provided by the Ministry of Consumer Affairs
• Run a preliminary test of the survey in St. Lucia
• Provide an intensive three day workshop on social
  research methods
• Revise Pilot Survey with inputs from the
  workshops

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Research Process
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Exploratory Research
Interviews
Observations
Discussion Groups
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Field Work

• Safety
• Vehicle conditions
• Dress Code
• Scheduling

• Pilot Survey
• 30 people
• Rodney Bay

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Work Groups
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Outputs

• Research skill development
• Consume
• Produce
• Suggested survey design
• Survey instrument
• Sampling method

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Recommendations

• Finalize and conduct survey
• Code data
• Prepare data for analysis

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Future Goals

• Develop itinerary for Ministry personnel visit to
  Vermont
• Sustain partnership between Ministry of Consumer
  Affairs, CDAE department, and UVM students

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Thank You!