Characteristics of the Regular Adult Bicycle User

APPENDIX A:

MAILBACK QUESTIONNAIRE

FOR REGULAR BICYCLE USER STUDY

REGULAR BICYCLE USER QUESTIONNAIRE

Dear Cyclist: The League of American Wheelmen with the Department of Civil Engineering of the University of Maryland, is actively working with Federal, State, and local officials to improve the transportation picture for bicyclists. Transportation planners, traffic engineers, and many local agencies need to know the riding habits of regular bicycle users to help provide for safe and efficient bicycling. We ask you to help by taking a few minutes to fill out the following questionnaire and return it with your ballot in the envelope provided. All responses to the items in the questionnaire will be tabulated such that individual replies will not be identified and only summaries of all responses received will be employed in the results to be reported. Results will be published in the Bulletin as soon as possible.

INSTRUCTIONS: Only members of L.A W. are to respond, and they must be16 years of age or older. If family membership, the most active rider over 16 should respond.

Please indicate the following by blackening circle or filling in blank:

1. AGE:

2. SEX:

MALE
FEMALE

ZIP CODE:
CITY & STATE

4. What is the size of the metropolitan area where you live?

More than 1,000,000 Pop.
250,000 to 1,000,000 Pop.
50,000 to 250,000 Pop.
5,000 to 50,000 Pop.
Other- Rural

5. What is TOPOGRAPHY like, in the area where you live?

Mostly flat
Mostly rolling
Mostly steep hills or mountainous.

6. What is the TOPOGRAPHY like where you do most of your riding?

Mostly flat
Mostly rolling
Mostly steep hills or mountainous.

7. What type of bicycle do you ride the most?

1 speed
3 speed,
5 or more

8. Do you and/or your bicycle have the following equipment?

	YES	NO
Rear view mirror Helmet Odometer Lights Bicycle registration

9.	In your own estimation, how many months per year is the climate where you live suitable for cycling? ____________months
10.	How many continuous years have YOU used a bicycle regularly? ("regularly is defined as at least 3 times a month during suitable riding months.
		Less than 1 year 1 to 4 years 5 to 10 years more than 10 years
11.	In 1971, tow many months did YOU ride regularly? ___________months
12.	During the months that YOU rode in 1974, approximately how marry roundtrips per month did you ride for:
		Average Roundtrips/mo.	Average Roundtrips/mo
	A. Work and/or School trips B. Shopping, personal business, etc. C. Recreation, Touring D. Non-track racing (including training) E. Exercise only	__________ __________ __________ __________ __________	__________ __________ __________ __________ __________

13.	For the one activity in question #12 that you listed as having the greatest number of roundtrips, show approximately what percentage of riding was done on:
		A. Major streets/highways (moderate or heavy traffic)
			EXCLUDING SIGNED BICYCLE FACILITIES
		B. Minor Streets/roads (light. traffic, e.g : residential streets, county
			roads) EXCLUDING SIGNED BICYCLE FACILITIES
		C. Special ON-street bicycle facilities (bike lanes, routes, etc.)
		D. OFF-street (sidewalks, bike Inths, NO MOTOR VEHICLES ALLOWED)
		100% TOTAL

14. Have you had a collision or serious: fall in the last year on your bicycle?

YES	How many?	How many reported to police?
	NO (SKIP TO QUESTION #18)

15. How serious was your most recent collision or fall?

Bicycle damage only, no personal injury
Minor scrapes and bruises
Required emergency room treatment or doctor visit
Overnight hospital stay or continual doctor visits

16.	At the time of your most recent collision or fall, in what activity were you participating, aid on what type facility?
	ACTIVITY	Work and/or School Trips Shopping, personal business, etc. Recreation, Touring Non-track racing (including training) Exercise	FACILITY:	Major streets Minor streets Spec. ON-street facil. Not on street

17. In your most recent collision or fall, did you collide with:

A moving motor vehicle?
A stationary motor vehicle?
Another bicycle?
A pedestrian?
Other (explain)

18. How many total miles did you ride in 1974? (best estimate)

19. What percentage of this was on weekdays? _______% weekends? _{__________%}

20.	Do you ride:	Never	Occasionally	Frequently
	After dark
	In the rain?

21. At what temperatureis it usually too cold for YOU to ride your bicycle? _______degrees

22.	Do you obey the vehicle traffic law that apply to you as a bicycle rider?
		Occasionally	Usually	Always

23. DO you belong to both a local and a national bicycle club? YES_______NO________

24.	How much bicycling do you think you will do in the current year as compared to the previous year?

Much less
Less
About the same
More
Much more

25. How many automobiles do you have available for your use?

26.	Did you ride your bicycle last week?	Yes		How many round trips?
		NO		Why not?

27. Any comments?

THANK YOU VERY MUCH