Round two is here of the annual commuter survey required by the South Coast Air Quality Management District.
Loma Linda University completed its survey in April, and now it is time for employees of LLU Medical Center, Surgical Hospital, East Campus, Health Care, Children’s Hospital, Shared Services, and LLIECHE to fill out the survey.
Exempt from the requirement are attending physicians, contract workers and employees of the Behavioral Medicine Center.
Employees must report how they commuted to work during the week of July 10-14, 2017: drove alone, carpooled, walked, biked, rode the bus or vanpooled. Employees who worked from home (telecommuted), were sick, or on vacation that week must still complete the survey.
This area is among the smoggiest regions of the United States, and the survey data is used to compute the Loma Linda University Health’s average vehicle ridership (AVR).
“We must improve on last year’s AVR, which was 1.175,” said Patricia Ibarra, employee transportation coordinator at Loma Linda University Health. “This can be achieved if we all work together and complete the survey.”
As of the morning of Aug. 7, only 65 percent of required employees had completed the survey, and target is 90 to 100 percent. “Please complete your survey today and encourage your teammates to complete theirs,” Ibarra said.
Departments with a 100 percent response rate will be entered into a drawing, and a person from the winning department will be randomly chosen to receive a 40-inch television. Last year’s winner was Judith Holbeck, technical assistant II in Histocompatibility (pictured above).
Paper surveys and detailed instructions to complete the survey are available by contacting the Rideshare program at rideshare@llu.edu or ext. 53033.