2008 Economic Impact of I-5 & I-90 Highway Closures on Shipping, Freight, and Trucking Businesses: A Telephone and Web Survey. Graphical Summary

The Social and Economic Sciences Research Center (SESRC) at Washington State University conducted a mixed mode (telephone and Internet) survey for the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) Freight Systems Division. The purpose of the survey was to determine the economic impact of the I-5 and I-90 emergency highway closures that occurred during December 2007 and January 2008. The survey obtained information from companies in the trucking industry and companies in the freight dependent sectors who also own commercial trucks with emphasis on those businesses reliant on Interstate-5 through SW Washington and Interstate-90 transportation which connects Eastern and Western Washington through the Cascade mountain pass. WSDOT plans to use this information to help the state government make better decisions on highway transportation related issues. This graphical summary displays the survey results from businesses participating in this survey. The results are based on the 1283 businesses who completed a questionnaire by phone and the 235 who completed it on the Internet (1518 total respondents). Please note that the number of the completed cases included in the final dataset is different from the sample disposition table. Only the cases with valid data are in the final dataset. In this report, each page displays a frequency table showing the number and percent of respondents giving responses to each question. When possible, a graphic chart showing the results is presented as well.