Which of these is the biggest reason why you, personally, do not ride Metro more often? (asked of those who are not regular Metro riders)
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| I live too far away from a Metro station. |  25% |
| No big reason | 13% |
| It is too hard to find parking near the Metro. | 5% |
| I need my car to run errands on my way to or from work. | 7% |
| I work too far away from a Metro station. | 13% |
| It is too expensive. | 2% |
| It takes too long to get where I want to go. | 5% |
| It does not go where I want to go. | 9% |
| I prefer driving. | 17% |
| The trains are too crowded. | 2% |
| DK/No opinion | 1% |
Source: A Washington Post poll conducted by telephone January 27-31, 2005, among 1,003 randomly selected adults living in the Washington region, including 110 DC residents, 519 Maryland residents and 374 Virginia residents. Margin of sampling error for overall results is plus or minus 3 percentage points; for regional commuters, it is plus or minus 4 percentage points. Fieldwork by TNS of Horsham, PA. |
