Transit is one of many factors that influence livability of non-metro rural and metro urban areas in the United States. Some communities do not have public transit services of any kind, while others operate a wide variety of services all days of the week 24-hours each day. Community demographic, social, and economic characteristics vary widely. The day-to-day lives of each resident in a community is unique.
The first-ever National Community Livability Survey (NCLS) was conducted in 2017 by the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) and Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute’s Small Urban and Rural Transit Center (SURTC) at North Dakota State University. The NCLS collected statistically valid random sample survey data via multi-modal survey instruments in five languages. The final NCLS dataset consists of 994 high-quality, high-confidence survey samples and provides unprecedented view into the connection between community quality-of-life (QOL) dimensions and transportation, most specifically the nexus between varying personal views on QOL and public transit in the United States.
The data set, including metadata, is available for download: NCLS Dataset.