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EBOM-2009 SSc4:Alternative Commuting Transportation

carpool vs fuel efficent vehicle

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Erin Holdenried
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Bell Architects
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How should a person carpooling in a fuel efficient vehicle be account for? As carpool trip or a FEV trip? Thanks!

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Trista Brown
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Tue, 09/01/2015 - 21:45

Hi Erin, you’ll get the most credit in this situation by counting all of the riders as fuel-efficient trips.

Wed, 01/20/2016 - 22:24

Hello Erin, To create a survey question in order to capture the number of occupants car-pooling in a FEV, and get the biggest bang, how would you word the survey? Would you ask the person answering the survey to identify the vehicle's Model, Make and Year for ALL of the vehicles they were a passenger in as well as provide the same information for their own vehicle on days they did not car-pool? This could get tedious and people that car-pool with different people throughout the week, could get confused. I may be overthinking this, but your thoughts are appreciated.

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