a bicycle survey by a bicycle advocate
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a bicycle survey by a bicycle advocate
Here's a bicycle survey that's actually being conducted by a bicyclist. (Imagine!)
>From: De Clarke <de@ucolick.org>
>Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2001 14:57:29 -0700
>I'm a bike advocate
>
> https://www.ucolick.org/~de/AltTrans
>
>and I and some like-minded researchers/advocates last
>spring decided that we were very frustrated by a lot
>of the literature on bike "safety", "planning" etc.
>We looked at the surveys on which published papers
>were based and many of them seemed very biased -- for
>a start, most were only interested in cycling as a
>cause of injury, not as a cause of health and
>wellbeing!
>
>Anyway, we designed our own survey (an effort taking
>several months) and it is finally ready for release --
>unfortunate timing, but perhaps it will take people's
>minds off our troubles for a few minutes to think
>about something pleasant and encouraging like cycling.
>
> https://www.bicyclinglife.com/survey.htm
>
>or if that doesn't work,
>
>
>https://www.ucolick.org/cgi-bin/Survey/start.cgi
>
>
>This is not a commercial or official effort. It's
>strictly by cyclists for cyclists. Summary results
>are available to anyone who completes the survey, and
>any advocate or advocacy group can obtain the results
>in tabular form from me, for free, on request. but
>they will have to complete the survey of course :-)
>
>Surveys are useless for research purposes unless you
>can collect a broad base of respondents. You could help us immensely in our
>research effort by publicizing this URL somehow --
>email, web site, anything.
>
>My personal objective (research objective that is) is
>to show that cycling is beneficial & fundamentally
>safe, and should be encouraged and made freer and
>easier -- not increasingly legislated, restricted,
>controlled and "managed" by car-centric authorities.
>I think than an honest, unbiased survey of real
>cyclists across the country (and in other countries)
>will bear this out, so I'm hoping that lots of cyclists
>will take some time to fill it out and tell us what
>they think about cycling, life, the universe, and
>everything.
>From: De Clarke <de@ucolick.org>
>Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2001 14:57:29 -0700
>I'm a bike advocate
>
> https://www.ucolick.org/~de/AltTrans
>
>and I and some like-minded researchers/advocates last
>spring decided that we were very frustrated by a lot
>of the literature on bike "safety", "planning" etc.
>We looked at the surveys on which published papers
>were based and many of them seemed very biased -- for
>a start, most were only interested in cycling as a
>cause of injury, not as a cause of health and
>wellbeing!
>
>Anyway, we designed our own survey (an effort taking
>several months) and it is finally ready for release --
>unfortunate timing, but perhaps it will take people's
>minds off our troubles for a few minutes to think
>about something pleasant and encouraging like cycling.
>
> https://www.bicyclinglife.com/survey.htm
>
>or if that doesn't work,
>
>
>https://www.ucolick.org/cgi-bin/Survey/start.cgi
>
>
>This is not a commercial or official effort. It's
>strictly by cyclists for cyclists. Summary results
>are available to anyone who completes the survey, and
>any advocate or advocacy group can obtain the results
>in tabular form from me, for free, on request. but
>they will have to complete the survey of course :-)
>
>Surveys are useless for research purposes unless you
>can collect a broad base of respondents. You could help us immensely in our
>research effort by publicizing this URL somehow --
>email, web site, anything.
>
>My personal objective (research objective that is) is
>to show that cycling is beneficial & fundamentally
>safe, and should be encouraged and made freer and
>easier -- not increasingly legislated, restricted,
>controlled and "managed" by car-centric authorities.
>I think than an honest, unbiased survey of real
>cyclists across the country (and in other countries)
>will bear this out, so I'm hoping that lots of cyclists
>will take some time to fill it out and tell us what
>they think about cycling, life, the universe, and
>everything.
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Thanks VC. I've had my $0.02 worth.
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Velocipedio's Third Law: Never sign up for a survey that asks for your e-mail address.
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Originally posted by velocipedio
Velocipedio's Third Law: Never sign up for a survey that asks for your e-mail address.
Velocipedio's Third Law: Never sign up for a survey that asks for your e-mail address.
That was a very indepth survey. They seemed to be very interested in the safety of cycling. In my entire life, I have only had two minor mishaps. So, I never had a 'major' wreck. Well, I am sure when they are done with the survey they will have some very comprehensive results to show the non-cycling community.
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Every lane is a bike lane
Originally posted by velocipedio
Velocipedio's Third Law: Never sign up for a survey that asks for your e-mail address.
Velocipedio's Third Law: Never sign up for a survey that asks for your e-mail address.
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I am responding, as well. Spam is a problem, but not being heard is a bigger problem.
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I took the survey. Too bad the results won't be sent to a planning person at the Georgia Dept of Transportation.
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Velocipedio's Third Law: Never sign up for a survey that asks for your e-mail address.
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Every lane is a bike lane
Well, I've had to dump my e-mail address at certain websites in the course of my university study as some of them want that before they let you access any of their information (can sometimes be a good place for research). That's the real use for a hotmail account. I generally siphon all my spam to that one (it gets spammed heaps anyway). My proper e-mail hardly ever gets spammed as a result.
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