April 23, 2007 -
GROUP DISCUSSION – discuss this question with your
group, then write your individual answer below:
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INDIVIDUAL RESPONSE – answer questions 2 through 11 on
your own:
2. Where do you live?
o
Within the City limits of
o
Outside the City limits,
but within
o
Outside of
3. How close to your home to your primary
grocery store (i.e. where you typically buy milk, bread,
etc.)?
o
Less than three blocks
away – it’s walkable.
o
A half mile to two miles
away – I could bike there.
o
Farther than two miles
away – I have to take the bus or drive there.
4. What is the most common way you travel to
work?
o
Automobile
o
Walk
o
Bike
o
Public Transit (bus,
vanpool, etc.)
5. When traveling to work or school, what 2
things would make you more likely to:
Carpool/vanpool
more? ____________________________ __________
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Ride the bus
more? ____________________________ __________
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Walk more? ____________________________ __________ ______________________________________
Bicycle more? ____________________________ __________
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6. List 3 places where you would most likely travel by bus or commuter rail:
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7.
In
your opinion, what is the…
o area
you most avoid due to congestion?
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o
biggest barrier to using public transit?
___________________________________________
o
location with most bicycle or pedestrian hazards?
___________________________________________
o most
convenient park and ride facility?
___________________________________________
o street on which vehicles travel too fast? ___________________________________________
o place that is most difficult to find? ___________________________________________
NOW, please mark the 3
boxes from the above list that are most important to
you.
8. Place a check mark in
the box that best completes this sentence:
“Visitors to Downtown
o have adequate and convenient automobile
parking available near their destination.”
o be willing to park their
cars away from the downtown and use transit or walk.”
o leave their cars closer to home and use
regional and local transit.”
o
have to pay a premium
price to park in prime downtown locations.”
9.
How do you feel about this statement: “Streets should accommodate all forms of
transportation (cars, trucks, buses, bicycles,
etc.)”
o Strongly agree
o
Agree
o
Indifferent/No
opinion
o
Disagree o
Strongly disagree
10. My
neighborhood…
o Has convenient walking and biking
facilities. Few, if any, improvements are needed.
o Is okay to walk and
bike. We could always use some
improvements, such as ____________________________________.
o Is difficult to walk or bike. Significant improvements are needed,
such as _______________________________________.
11. I am willing to pay
higher taxes (check only 3) …
o to widen streets.
o to make sure that streets
are shared safely by cars, buses and bikes.
o for more frequent bus service and more
routes.
o for better public transit access to
destinations throughout
o for more park and ride areas with
convenient bus service connections.
o to connect all the
sidewalks and bike paths to create a comprehensive pathway
network.
o
for better maintenance of
bike lanes and sidewalks and trails/pathways.
o for other priorities
(list) _________________________________________________________________
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