Which finding, if true, would most directly support the researcher's … | Verbal SAT Question

A group of public transit specialists in Portland is planning a new streetcar stop for the Burnside Corridor Streetcar line that will serve a neighborhood that currently has no stop. To determine where to place the stop, the group is relying on a survey from ten years ago that surveyed neighborhood residents who would be willing to walk to reach a streetcar stop. The group also reviewed studies showing that people’s willingness to walk to public transit is affected by factors such as weather and the presence of well-enforced low speed limits for cars. A researcher has argued that the survey does not accurately reflect the views of people who live in this neighborhood today.

Which finding, if true, would most directly support the researcher’s claim?

There has been a sharp increase in the last ten years in the number of cyclists using roads in the neighborhood that the streetcar stop will serve.

Residents of Portland are much less likely to use public transit on rainy days than on clear days.

The enforcement of posted speed limits in the neighborhood that the streetcar stop will serve has increased substantially in the last ten years.

Current riders of the Burnside Corridor Streetcar are satisfied with the number of stops along the line.