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Transportation	Air travel \| Road/Off-road See also: War on Terrorism (air safety)

Data are from nationwide surveys of Americans 18 & older.

Air Travel

Gallup Poll. Dec. 6-9, 2007. N=1,027 adults nationwide. MoE ą 3 (for all adults).
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"How many air trips, if any, have you taken on a commercial airliner in the past twelve months -- counting each round trip as one trip?"
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		None	1-2	3-4	5 or More
		%	%	%	%
	12/6-9/07	57	23	12	8
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	"Overall, would you say you are satisfied or dissatisfied with the job the nation's major airlines are doing?" N=473 adults who have flown on an airplane at least once in the past year, MoE ą 5
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		Satisfied	Dissatisfied	Unsure
		%	%	%
	12/6-9/07	72	24	3

FOX News/Opinion Dynamics Poll. Aug. 21-22, 2007. N=900 registered voters nationwide. MoE ą 3.
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"Finally, some people would like Congress to pass an Airline Passengers' Bill of Rights that would require airlines to provide passengers with things like fresh water and clean bathrooms, as well as possibly the right to exit the airplane when there are flight delays. Other people oppose this idea because they say it would make flying more expensive and result in more canceled flights. What about you? Do you support or oppose passing an Airline Passengers' Bill of Rights?"
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		Support	Oppose	Depends (vol.)	Unsure
		%	%	%	%
	8/21-22/07	57	24	9	10

FOX News/Opinion Dynamics Poll. June 4-5, 2002. N=900 registered voters nationwide. MoE ą 3.
			.
"Do you approve or disapprove of airline pilots being armed?"
		%
	Approve	68
	Disapprove	22
	Not sure	10
			.
"Do you approve or disapprove of flight attendants being armed with so-called 'stun guns'?"
		%
	Approve	70
	Disapprove	22
	Not sure	8
			.
"Do you approve or disapprove of using racial profiling to screen Arab male airline passengers?"
		%
	Approve	54
	Disapprove	34
	Not sure	12

CBS News Poll. Feb. 24-26, 2002. N=861 adults nationwide. MoE ą 3.
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"Do you think the federal government has done enough to improve airport security since September 11th, or not?"
		2/02	1/02
		%	%
	Done enough	48	41
	Not done enough	45	54
	Don't know	7	5
				.
"Do you think the airlines have done enough to improve airport security since September 11th, or not?"
		2/02	1/02
		%	%
	Done enough	38	35
	Not done enough	54	59
	Don't know	8	6

"To improve security, the airlines have made a number of changes in the past few months, such as not giving passengers metal knives with their meals, or requiring people to remain in their seats during the flight. Do you think the airlines have gone too far with these measures, have the airlines done the right thing, or have the airlines still not done enough?"
		%
	Gone too far	10
	Done the right thing	55
	Not done enough	31
	Don't know	4

"Do you think in general that airport security personnel who check passengers in the airport are going too far in checking passengers, or are they generally doing the right thing, or are airport security personnel not doing enough to check passengers?"
		%
	Going too far	4
	Doing the right thing	54
	Not doing enough	36
	Don't know	6

"Would you be willing or not willing to experience longer and more intrusive bag checks and passenger searches when flying in order to improve airport and airline security?"
		%
	Willing	89
	Not willing	8
	Don't know	3

CBS News Poll. Jan. 5-6, 2002. N=1,060 adults nationwide. MoE ą 3.
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"Whatever your personal feelings about flying, how would you rate the overall safety record of commercial airline travel: excellent, good, only fair, or poor?"
		1/02	11/01	7/96
		%	%	%
	Excellent	19	16	26
	Good	42	40	40
	Only fair	24	25	22
	Poor	10	16	10
	Don't know	5	3	3
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"How do you feel about flying in an airplane? Would you tell me whether you're afraid of it, whether it bothers you slightly, or whether you're not at all afraid of it?"
		1/02	11/01	10/01
		%	%	%
	Afraid	20	25	21
	Bothered slightly	31	31	31
	Not at all afraid	48	42	46
	Don't know	1	2	2
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"Do you think the federal government has done enough to improve airport security since September 11th, or not? ... Do you think the airlines have done enough to improve airport security since September 11th, or not?"
		Federal Gov't	Airlines
		%	%
	Done enough	41	35
	Not done enough	54	59
	Don't know	5	6
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"In December, an Arab-American Secret Service agent who was carrying a gun was prevented from boarding an airplane. The airline officials said that the forms he had for carrying the gun on the plane were not filled out properly and that they kept him off the flight in the interest of keeping the passengers safe. The Secret Service agent says he was kept off the plane because he is Arab-American and that he asked the airline to call and verify that he was a Secret Service agent. Do you think the airline did the right thing in keeping the man off the flight, or did the airline go too far?"
		%
	Airline did right thing	74
	Airline went too far	18
	Depends (vol.)	3
	Don't know	5

ABC News.com Poll. Oct. 3-7, 2001. N=1,024 adults nationwide. MoE ą 3. Field work by TNS Intersearch.
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"Are you personally worried about traveling by commercial airplane because of the risk of terrorism, or do you think the risk is not that great?"
		10/3-7/01	9/13/01
		%	%
	Personally worried	42	59
	Think risk not that great	56	40
	No opinion	2	1
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"Which do you feel is safer: flying in a commercial airplane or driving in a car?"
		10/3-7/01	11/99
		%	%
	Flying	44	58
	Driving	48	39
	No opinion	8	3

Gallup/CNN/USA Today Poll. Feb. 4-6, 2000. N=1,018 adults nationwide. MoE ą 3.
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"How confident do you feel about the safety standards of the major commercial airlines, in general: very confident, somewhat confident, not too confident, not at all confident?"
		2/00	11/99
		%	%
	Very confident	33	29
	Somewhat confident	39	51
	Not too confident	15	15
	Not at all confident	11	5
	No opinion	2	-
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"Compared to a few years ago, how do you feel about the safety of flying on airlines today? Do you have much more confidence, somewhat more confidence, somewhat less confidence, much less confidence?"
		2/00	11/99
		%	%
	Much more	12	8
	Somewhat more	35	33
	Somewhat less	32	34
	Much less	17	20
	No opinion	4	5
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"As you may know, an Alaska Airlines jet crashed off the California coast earlier this week. As a result of this crash, are you less likely to fly on major commercial airlines, or not?"
		%
	Less likely	24
	Not less likely	74
	No opinion	2

Fox News/Opinion Dynamics Poll. Nov. 17-18, 1999. N=900 registered voters nationwide. MoE ą 3.
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"What do you think is most likely to be the cause of the EgyptAir Flight 990 crash: a bomb or other terrorism, mechanical failure, pilot error, or intentional acts on the part of the pilot?"
		%
	Intentional acts of pilot	34
	Pilot error	11
	Mechanical failure	10
	A bomb or other terrorism	9
	Other (vol.)	4
	Not sure	32

ABC News.com Poll. Nov. 3-7, 1999. N=1,001 adults nationwide. MoE ą 3. Field work by ICR.
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"Whatever your personal feelings about flying, how would you rate the overall safety record of commercial airline travel: excellent, good, only fair, or poor?"
		%
	Excellent	26
	Good	49
	Only fair	16
	Poor	6
	No opinion	4
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"And what about your personal feelings? Would you say you're afraid of flying on an airplane, it bothers you slightly, or you're not at all afraid of it?"
		%
	Afraid	14
	Bothered	29
	Not at all afraid	56
	No opinion	1
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"As you may have heard, an EgyptAir jet crashed off the East Coast last week. This follows the crashes of a Swissair jet a year ago and a TWA jet three years ago. Do you think these incidents mean that air travel is getting less safe, or do you think they do not reflect on the overall safety of air travel?"
			%
	Getting less safe		29
	Do not reflect on overall safety		65
	No opinion		6

Fox News/Opinion Dynamics Poll. Nov. 3-4, 1999. N=900 registered voters nationwide. MoE ą 3.
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"What do you think is most likely to be the cause of the EgyptAir Flight 990 crash: a bomb or other terrorism, mechanical failure, or pilot error?"
		%
	Mechanical failure	65
	A bomb or other terrorism	11
	Pilot error	5
	Other (vol.)	2
	Not sure	17
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"Which do you think is a greater threat to airline safety: terrorist attacks or poor maintenance?"
		%
	Poor maintenance	78
	Terrorist attacks	15
	Not sure	7
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"Do you think U.S.-owned airlines are safer than foreign airlines, or not?"
			%
	U.S. safer		58
	U.S. not safer		14
	Safer than some/Worse than others (vol.)		9
	Not sure		19

Road / Off-road

CBS News Poll. Aug. 8-12, 2007. N=1,214 adults nationwide. MoE ą 3.
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"Overall, how would you rate the condition of the system of roads and bridges in the area where you live? Is it very good, fairly good, fairly bad, or very bad?"
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		Very Good	Fairly Good	Fairly Bad	Very Bad	Unsure
		%	%	%	%	%
	8/8-12/07	13	57	18	10	2
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"Should federal spending on rebuilding and maintaining roads and bridges be increased, decreased, or kept the same?"
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		Increased	Decreased	Kept the Same	Unsure
		%	%	%	%
	8/8-12/07	64	2	30	4
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"Would you be willing to pay more in taxes to improve roads, bridges, and public structures?"
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		Yes	No	Unsure
		%	%	%
	8/8-12/07	56	40	4

Associated Press-Ipsos poll conducted by Ipsos Public Affairs. Aug. 6-8, 2007. N=1,003 adults nationwide. MoE ą 3.1.
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"Thinking about the condition of various public works in your area today, in general, how would you rate the condition of each of the following: excellent, good, fair, poor, or very poor? How about [see below]?"
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		Excellent	Good	Fair	Poor	Very Poor
		%	%	%	%	%
	Water and sewer systems
	8/6-8/07	13	48	23	11	2
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	The electrical grid
	8/6-8/07	12	48	25	10	2
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	Public school buildings
	8/6-8/07	14	43	27	12	2
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	Bridges
	8/6-8/07	6	45	28	13	4
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	Roads
	8/6-8/07	7