For those who live in N.Y.C. and are members of a bicycle club

[brknpromises]

Hello. I'm Farrah from Townsend Harris High School in a Social Research class doing a project on pedestrian-cyclist accidents in New York City. Since my project requires me to conduct a survey for those residing in N.Y.C. who are part of a bicycle club, I would really appreciate it if you could answer the following questions. Because all responses will remain anonymous, please send me your answers to my inbox.

Please answer the following questions as honestly as possible. Place an "X" to all choices that apply. All responses will remain anonymous.

1. What is your gender?
a) Female
b) Male

2. What is your age?
a) 18-22
b) 23-27
c) 28-32
d) 33-37
e) 38-42
f)43-47
g) 48-52
h) 53-57
i) 58 or above

3. How long have you been a resident of New York City?
a) Less than a year
b) 2-5 years
c) 6-9 years
d) 10-13 years
e) 14 years or more but not born in N.Y.C.
f) Since I was born

4. How do you feel about bicycle safety?
a) Highly concerned
b) Somewhat concerned
c) Unconcerned

5. Do you think that bicycle safety should be promoted?
a) Yes
b) No
c) Don’t know

6. Why do you bicycle?
For:
a) Commute
b) Commerce
c) Recreation

7. On a scale of 1-5, with 1 being uninformed and 5 being well informed, how informed are you of the bicycle laws, rules, and regulations of New York City?
1 2 3 4 5
If you are uninformed, please skip questions 8 and 9.

8. How often do you comply?
a) Always
b) Sometimes
c) Rarely
d) Never

9. If you answered “Never”, “Rarely”, or “Sometimes” to the previous question, what are the reasons why you don’t always comply?
a) The laws are not worth following/unreasonable
b) I have no time to follow the laws
c) The laws don’t matter to me

10. What are ways to inform the public about bicycle safety?
a) Availability/distribution of handbooks
b) T.V. and radio advertisements
c) Flyers
d) Other (please indicate) ___________________________________

[Hanyuye]

Hi Farah! I went to Edison High School ( don't look down on me young lady!)

1) Male
2) b
3) f
4) a
5) a
6) c
7) 4)
8) b
9) Irrational answer choice. I follow them as much as possible, but it's pedestrians and cars who refuse to acknowledge us.
10) A,B,C!

[Inertianinja]

1. B
2. C
3. B
4. A
5. A
6. A & C
7. 4
8. A-B
9. A, but it's more complex than that. Bike lanes are great, but the city does not enforce them. They are full of runners, vendors, walkers, parking enforcement officers, NYPD vehicles, cabs, garbage, etc.
10. D - Cyclists do not need to be informed about bicycle safety, because they bear almost all the risk from not biking in a safe manner. Drivers, particularly cabs, need to be educated about cyclists' rights and unsafe driving must be enforced.

[brknpromises]

Thank you so much for participating in the survey. Your response is greatly appreciated and it will be utilized in my project.

1. B
2. C
3. B
4. A
5. A
6. A & C
7. 4
8. A-B
9. A, but it's more complex than that. Bike lanes are great, but the city does not enforce them. They are full of runners, vendors, walkers, parking enforcement officers, NYPD vehicles, cabs, garbage, etc.
10. D - Cyclists do not need to be informed about bicycle safety, because they bear almost all the risk from not biking in a safe manner. Drivers, particularly cabs, need to be educated about cyclists' rights and unsafe driving must be enforced.

[Inertianinja]

Thank you so much for participating in the survey. Your response is greatly appreciated and it will be utilized in my project.

no problem. I was heavily involved with the whole "crackdown" thing that happened earlier this year, and I went to community board meetings and police town hall meetings where issues of pedestrian safety were discussed. If you want to talk about it more, just send me a PM and i'll give you more info.

also check the link in my signature.

[CbadRider]

Moved from Northeast to the Survey forum.

[hotbike]

I live in Nassau County, only a few miles outside of NYC. And I started my own Bicycle club, the Glen Cove Bicycle Club.

But I can ride into Queens anytime, so I/m going to answer the survey anyway:

1. b
2. f
3. f
4. a
5. a
6. c
7. 4
8. b
9. a
10.b

I don't like the "dismount and walk your bike" nonsense. Hey, I can ride 5MPH if the speed limit is 5MPH. But such absurdly low speed limits for bicycles , when taxicabs exceed 55 everyday. Enforce the speed limits for cars.

[brknpromises]

I live in Nassau County, only a few miles outside of NYC. And I started my own Bicycle club, the Glen Cove Bicycle Club.

But I can ride into Queens anytime, so I/m going to answer the survey anyway:

1. b
2. f
3. f
4. a
5. a
6. c
7. 4
8. b
9. a
10.b

I don't like the "dismount and walk your bike" nonsense. Hey, I can ride 5MPH if the speed limit is 5MPH. But such absurdly low speed limits for bicycles , when taxicabs exceed 55 everyday. Enforce the speed limits for cars.

Thank you so much for participating in this survey. Your response is greatly appreciated and will be used in my project.