Interview Questions For Problems

A) QUESTIONS FOR THE TEACHERS / SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION

INFRASTRUCTURAL ASPECT

1. Is there any new school built near SMJA?

If yes, how many school? _______________

Do you think this new school near SMJA has worsened the problem of traffic congestion in SMJA due to:

Please tick (ü) where appropriate:

	YES	NO
no adequate plan for the traffic the school generates

2. Is there any new housing settlement built near SMJA? ________________

If yes, do you think this new housing settlement has led to an increase in school population in SMJA and worsened the problem of traffic congestion in SMJA due to:

Please tick (ü) where appropriate:

	YES	NO
More drop-offs and pick-ups
the addition of school buses
Use of temporary classroom (on supposed to be parking areas)?
The building up of new block of classroom (on supposed to be parking areas)

B) QUESTIONS FOR THE PRINCIPAL

1. How many complaints does the school receive about traffic congestion? _____________________

2. Who is making the complaints – residents, school staff, parents, or all of the above? _______________________________________________________________________________.

3. How many vehicular accidents have occurred round the school? ____________________________

4. How many pedestrian injuries have occurred around the school? ___________________________

5. What are the main access points to and from the school (main drive, pedestrian entrances, side streets, etc.)? ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

6. Where are the existing drop-offs and pick-up sites that could be used?

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

7. Where are the crosswalks and associated limit lines?

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

8. What speed zones exist in and around the school? _____________

Do they appear to affect traffic flow? ________________

9. Where are no-parking zones and student drop-off and pick-up areas located?

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

10. What is the maximum number of students who could walk to school (distance is less than 3 km)? ______________________

11. Do the students who walk to school live closer to the school than those who don’t? ______________________________________

INTERVIEW QUESTIONS FOR SOLUTIONS

QUESTIONS FOR THE PARENTS

1) INTERVIEW QUESTIONS ON ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS.

a) What will you do to help reduce / stop the emission of carbon dioxide and other harmful gases into the air while idling and waiting to pick up your children from school?

b) In your opinion, will the imposition of strict regulation / or pay fine by the government help to solve the problems of polluting the air by transportation?

c) What other measures that you think will help the government / community to solve the problems?

2) INTERVIEW QUESTIONS ON INFRASRUCTURAL ASPECTS

- No interview will be conducted as questionnaires will be used for this purpose.

3) INTERVIEW QUESTIONS ON SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ASPECTS

a) What do you think can be done to improve bus services so that students will regularly use them?

b) Why, in your opinion, the students don’t often use bus services to travel to and from school?

c) What measures, plans or incentives are introduced to attract/encourage students to use the bus service?

d) If there are bus services in your residential area, would you let your children use them?

e) If there is parent-teacher meeting regarding traffic congestion in school, would you attend them?

f) How often do you drive your children to school? Daily? Special occasions only?

g) What alternative modes of transportation are available?

4) INTERVIEW QUESTIONS ON ECONOMICAL ASPECTS

a) Do you know what car pooling is? If yes, how would you go about doing it?

b) How many cars do you have? How much do you pay road tax per year?

c) To the limit the number of large displacement cars on the road, the road tax will be increase. Any thoughts on that?

d) Is your car fuel efficient? If so, how do you know?

e) Do you know what a hybrid car is?

f) Would you buy a hybrid car and why?

OBSERVATION CHECKLIST (SURVEY)

S1) To find out problems relating to the emission of poisonous gases, big cars emit more gases than smaller cars.

Type of car	Tally	Total
Small Cars
Saloon
4 Wheel
Van
Motorcycle
Bus

S2) To find out the number of passengers (students) picked-up by a car (parents)

No of passengers	Tally	Total
1
2
3
4
5

S3) How much parents have spent on fuel each week?

Types of fuel used	(BND$) per week
	$10	$15	$20	$25	$30	More (please specify)
Super
Premium
Diesel
Regular

S4) Do the children who walk to school live closer to the school than those who don’t?

Students’ Residential Area	Tally
	Car	Cycle	Walk	Bus

S5) Factors contributing to traffic congestion around school: Tick (ü) where appropriate.

		Yes	No
a)	Narrow streets
b)	Double parking along the road of the school
c)	Parking on both sides of the road
d)	Less space for maneuver around the school
e)	Poor traffic light
f)	Poor entrance passageway
g)	Poor exit passageway
h)	Shortage of temporary parking areas
i)	Absence of pathways for pedestrian
j)	Absence of pathways for bikers
k)	Absence of pathways for crosswalks
l)	No proper zoning for school on the main roads
m)	No buffers and the entrance of the school is on the main road
n)	The drop-off and pick-up areas for cars are not located
o)	There is no alternative drop-off ad pick-up areas that could be used