Sustrans Cycle path survey

Quick Survey (Active Travel)

Dear all,

Sustrans are conducting research into perception of comfort by current and potential users on mixed use paths. Your participation is crucial in order to improve the quality of walking and cycling infrastructure and enhance the experience of users.

To help with this study further please complete a questionnaire, which will take about 20 minutes of your time. By filling it out you can enter a prize draw to win one of the Amazon gift cards (1 x £150, 2 x £75 and 3 x £35).
The survey and more information can be found here:

If you are a Cyclist: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/7HGY7JY

If you are a Pedestrian: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/7PKVS97

Any personal information you provide will be treated as strictly confidential and handled in accordance with the provisions of the Data Protection Act 1998.

Should you have any questions about this study, please feel free to contact Pola Berent (research engineer at University College London) at p.berent@ucl.ac.uk.
IF YOU KNOW ANYONE WHO MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN PARTICIPATING PLEASE FORWARD IT, ANY HELP IS MUCH APPRECIATED.

Many thanks in advance for reading these details and your participation!

Best wishes,
Pola

This survey is confusing and unnecessarily long. I never really understood the questions and so ducked out after the 12th video. It made me very uncomfortable on your scale.

This survey is confusing and unnecessarily long.

Not unlike sustrans infrastructure then

I agree with both those comments luckily there is plenty of room in the survey to make the point

Mind numbing. I'm sorry but WTF!? I tried but when the 'variables' repeat themselves for the 900th time I just could not bare any more.

Sorry ZC.

I'm sorry but WTF!?

It's like they are trying force qual research through the quant funnel. I'm tempted to hit Pola up and offer her some qual support but I'm guessing their hands are tied.

Lost the will to live about a third of the way thru far too long and unecessarily confusing.

That is the most pointless bit of research. It will only prove that cyclists and pedestrians don't like to mix. Which is so bleeding obvious, despite what Sustrans have said ever since they came into existence. I only completed it to see what I could add, but there is nowhere I could add anything useful.

I didn't understand the first question and walked away.

Wholeheartedly agree. My experience with them in a previous job has led me to believe that Sustrans behave as though they have a religious obsession with removing pedestrian space in favour of shared use. they become incredulous when it's suggested that not everything will be rosy as a result. The 'walking' aspect of their 'walking and cycling' remit has only ever been tagged on to gain funding for walking 'improvements' that turn out to be cycle routes...
newsflash: if you turn a previous footpath into a shared use promoted cycle route, people who walked there happily in the past will get upset and feel threatened as the promuters start thundering past - especially the more vulnerable such as parents with children and older people.

Have to admit I posted this partly to see if others get as fed up with Sustrans as I do. Like most charities there main function in life seems to be about maintaining themselves at the expense of what they are supposed to represent and further.
@Oliver Schick what do you think?

Agree with those comments - but at least the organisation exists - these people should be much more accountable though.

Wouldn't fit into a nutshell, I'm afraid. :)