We represent 700 Michigan households!
I was pretty excited. Finally, a voice for bikes, a voice for buses, a voice for slapping on a pair of shoes and hoofing it!
Of course, I was also concerned. What if they looked at my data and said, "This guy gets around fine without a car. I guess we don't need to improve our transportation system!"
At any rate, I just now had a good time relaying my travel diary data to someone over the phone. I got to explain my trip to the Beer Depot on my lunch hour, and I had to emphasize a couple times that Red Hot Lovers is a restaurant. I walked, biked, and rode buses--no cars necessary. She told me I was the only person she'd talked to who used a bike to get anywhere. I felt a little disheartened by that.
I do wonder what they'll do with the data. I'd already been thinking about mobility a lot, but because of the survey I've been thinking it even more. I want to take a train somewhere.