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6. Survey questionnaire

6. Survey questionnaire

Section 1: Candidate selection criteria (should be older than 18yrs of age)

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1. Are you a current resident of Mumbai? ○ Yes ○ No Thank and eliminate this candidate

2. What is your primary mode of transportation for everyday travel? CHOOSE ONLY

ONE OPTION ○ Own self-driven car ○ Own driver-driven car ○ Office-provided car ○ App Taxi Users (Ola/Uber - Single Taxi and Pool included in one) ○ Kaali Peeli Taxi or Auto-Rickshaw (single use, share auto not to be considered) ○ Own two-wheeler self-driven (motorcycle or scooter) ○ Other - Local train, any bus (BEST/Company/Private aggregate), metro/monorail, share-auto, share-taxi, bicycle, walk (Not to be included). Thank and eliminate this candidate

3. How many km (one-way) do you travel everyday? _______________(enter actual data)

○ Less than 5km Thank and eliminate this candidate

4. Do you face serious traffic congestion for most of the length of your trip? ○ Yes ○ No Thank and eliminate this candidate

5. How often does this trip occur in a week? CHOOSE ONLY ONE OPTION ○ 7 days ○ 6 days ○ 5 days ○ 4 days ○ 3 days ○ Less than 3 days - Thank and eliminate this candidate

Section 2: Present trip profile

6. What is the purpose of your frequent travel? CHOOSE ONLY ONE OPTION ○ Travel to workplace ○ Travel for education (student) ○ Travel for errands (includes visiting bank, buying vegetables/groceries, dropping children to school, clinic, visiting place of worship etc). ○ Travel to socialize, recreation (includes meeting friends, gym, daily walk, hobby classes). ○ Other:

7. Which part of the day do you face traffic congestion? CHOOSE ONE OR MORE

OPTIONS ○ Morning ○ Afternoon ○ Evening

8. You mentioned that you travel ‘x’ km one-way (mentioned above) every day. How much time does it take for you to make the trip when the road is congested? _______________ ENTER ACTUAL TIME

9. How much time does it take for the same trip when there is no traffic congestion? _______________ ENTER ACTUAL TIME

10. How has traffic affected your current lifestyle or routine? CHOOSE ONE OR MORE

OPTIONS ○ Health issues- Stress and irritation, bp, backache other ailments ○ Productivity loss- late for meetings, tiredness at work ○ Compromising personal time- loss of family time, time for hobbies, recreation ○ All the above ○ None

Section 3: Pricing and alternatives

11. Would you be willing to pay a premium charge (per trip) to be able to travel on the same road without traffic congestion that you presently face, and save time and avoid other lifestyle related issues? CHOOSE ONLY ONE OPTION ○ YES (Proceed to H) ○ NO (Proceed to J)

12. If the answer to the previous question is yes, keep asking them a premium price in descending order, to understand the amount that the participants are willing to pay.

Fee per trip

If the charge is Rs. 200 per trip, will you pay? If the charge is Rs. 175 per trip, will you still pay? If the charge is Rs. 150 per trip, will you still pay? If the charge is Rs. 100 per trip, will you still pay? If the charge is Rs. 125 per trip, will you still pay? If the charge is Rs. 75 per trip, will you still pay? If the charge is Rs. 50 per trip, will you pay? Charge less than Rs. 50, enter actual value Private car user/Auto rickshaws/Kaali-Peeli/App Taxi

FOR 2-WHEELER USERS

CHARGE For 2-wheeler

If the charge is Rs. 150 per trip, will you pay? If the charge is Rs. 125 per trip, will you still pay? If the charge is Rs. 100 per trip, will you still pay? If the charge is Rs. 75 per trip, will you still pay? If the charge is Rs. 50 per trip, will you pay? If the charge is Rs. 25 per trip, will you pay? Charge less than Rs. 25, enter actual value ○ If NO ask the Q12 ○ Ready to pay more than Rs. 200. Skip Q.12

13. If you don’t want to pay / the price turns out to be higher than what you are willing to pay, what would you do? CHOOSE ONLY ONE OPTION ○ Change the route even if it takes longer and the route is congested ○ Shift the time of travel to avoid congested times ○ Shift to high-quality public transport like Metro, if available ○ Shift to another mode of travel: __________ (potential options: bus, local, carpool, motorcycle) ○ Change location of home or location of destination (workplace, shopping, recreation etc)

Section 4: To estimate their household income profile

14. Where do you live in Mumbai? ○ Location name __________________________

15. Size of apartment o 1R o 1 RK o 1bhk o 2bhk, o 3 bhk o 4 bhk and higher o ______________ (Write house square feet if mentioned) ○ Number of people in the house-hold _____________

16. Is the apartment rented or self-owned? ○ Rented ○ Self-owned

17. If you own/use a vehicle or have an office car, can you please share the model of your car(s) or two-wheeler(s): (Eg. Hyundai Santro) ○ Model: _________________ ○ Model: _________________ ○ Model: _________________

Section 5: Surveyor fills himself/herself 18. Age

○ Under 30 yrs ○ 30-45yrs ○ 45-65yrs ○ Over 65yrs

19. Gender: (observe and tick) ○ Male ○ Female ○ Other ________________

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