You need to know the pain points before you can fix them
The focus of this really is data collection, to find out what problems exist for those people and then once you have that data you can shift the focus towards fixing the problems
So just ask people to answer survey questions. Go to some college campuses where a lot of students commute to and ask why are they paying hundreds a semester to park in a parking lot instead of taking the horrifyingly slow and inconsistent public transport.
You need all kinds of people to respond, not just young people living on a handful of college campuses. There’s only one way to do that in an area where the vast majority of people have a car.
“It’s a waste of money” is a thought-terminating phrase that ruins a lot of attempts at progress. This is a drop in the bucket for a city as large as LA.
You need to know the pain points before you can fix them
The focus of this really is data collection, to find out what problems exist for those people and then once you have that data you can shift the focus towards fixing the problems
So just ask people to answer survey questions. Go to some college campuses where a lot of students commute to and ask why are they paying hundreds a semester to park in a parking lot instead of taking the horrifyingly slow and inconsistent public transport.
That will only get one income level, with one group of people in it.
For good data you need DIVERSE INPUTS, which just canvassing those who already don’t have cars won’t do.
You need all kinds of people to respond, not just young people living on a handful of college campuses. There’s only one way to do that in an area where the vast majority of people have a car.
“It’s a waste of money” is a thought-terminating phrase that ruins a lot of attempts at progress. This is a drop in the bucket for a city as large as LA.
I’m just saying that people will gladly give their opinions on a short survey without $500 being offered