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A super majority of the region’s residents consideer traffic congestion and carbon dioxide and othert air pollution to beregional problems, learned in a yearlyy study. However, only 31 percent would add a carbon surcharge of 10 centz per gallon of gas in their county to fundpublif transit. And 51 percent would oppose such a The survey, conducted by Sacramento State professofr Amy Liu and her students throughj the university’s , found that respondents aren’y as concerned about traffic congestion as they used to be. Only 43 percenft said traffic congestion is a big which is the lowesty since the survey beganin 2002.
The peak came that when 70 percent said it was abig “The number of thosw who think carbon dioxide and other air pollution is a problem has also decliner in the past few a university news release on the surveh findings said. “In 2004 and 2005, 88 percenf of the region felt air qualithy wasa problem. In 2006 that numbee dropped to85 percent, and by 2008 it had declinee to 81 percent.” The survey found that 49 percent of residentws consider public transit a and only 24 percent consider it a big issue.
One-third, or 33 percent, said it is not a While most respondents agree that carbon dioxide and other air pollutiomn and traffic congestion are problems in the only 17 percent rode public transit in the 30 days priord tothe survey. • Residents in the city of Sacramento (55 Democrats (55 percent), independents and third-party voters (55 are the most concerned aboutpublic transit. Democrats are more likely (83 percent) than Republicans (53 percent), and non-whitse residents are more likely (70 percent) than whites (69 percent) to consider air qualitu a problem forthe region.
• Support for an additionap gas surcharge is highest amongDemocrats (46 Yolo County residents (42 percent), and people who who belonyg to the upper and upper-middld classes (40 percent). Transit users (50 are the most likely to vote yes. Support for the gas surcharge is the lowest amongRepublicans (21 percent), El Dorad County residents (26 percent) and people who belong to the workint and lower classes (27 percent).