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Commissioner Rick Sullivan

NORWOTTUCK RAIL TRAIL REHABILITATION Pre-Design Trail User Survey

Survey CLOSED on December 31, 2008

Welcome! This survey was created to inform the design process for the Norwottuck Rail Trail Rehabilitation. The questions are written to gather information from people who use the trail to help the design team understand how they use the trail and how to make improvements. This survey will be open for comments from the time of the Public Information Meeting on October 29th to December 31st, 2008.

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1. In which town do you live?

2. What is your age range?

3a. Are you a student? yes no

3b. If yes, what is your current grade level?

4. If you are a student, which school do you attend?

5. How often do you use the rail trail?

If you selected "I've never used the trail", please skip to questions 16-18 below.

6. When do you typically use the rail trail? Select ALL that apply.

a. Time of year:	b. Days of the week:	c. Times of day:
winter	Monday	morning
spring	Tuesday	afternoon
summer	Wednesday	evening
fall	Thursday
	Friday
	Saturday
	Sunday

7a. Do you bring other people to the rail trail? yes no

7b. If yes, how many people are usually in your group?

7c. If yes, who do you usually bring to the rail trail?

my family	my friend
an exercise class	students
members of a club or group	other

7d. What are their ages? Select ALL that apply.

0-6	22-30	61-70
7-12	31-40	70+
13-17	41-50
18-21	51-60

8a. How do you usually get to the rail trail?

8b. If you drive to the trail, where do you park? Select ALL that apply.

	Elwell State Park, Damon Road parking lot, Northampton
	Mountain Farms Mall, South Maple St., Hadley
	Mill Lane, near Southeast Street, Amherst
	Station Road parking lot, Amherst
	Warren Wright Road parking lot, Belchertown
	Other

9. What are your main entry points on the rail trail?

10. For what purposes do you use the rail trail? Select ALL that apply.

recreation	access to conservation lands
watching birds & wildlife	going to the movies
fitness	dog-walking
commuting to school	shopping
commuting to work	other

11. What are your main activities on the rail trail? Select ALL that apply.

cycling	rollerblade/skate	other
push a baby carriage	use a wheelchair
snowshoeing	skateboard
walk	X-country skiing

12. If you ride a bike, what type do you use? Select ALL that apply.

2-wheeled bicycle	bicycle with child extension such as trail-a-bike or tag-along
recumbent bicycle	bicycle with utility-type trailer
hand-cycle	bicycle pulling a child trailer
tri-cycle	recumbent tri-cycle
duet wheelchair tandem	tandem bicycle
Other

13. Do you exercise more because you use this rail trail?
yes no

14a. Are you aware of DCR's Universal Accessibility Programs on this rail trail?
yes no

14b. If yes, do you participate in their cycling programs on this rail trail?
yes no

15a. If you use the rail trail for bicycling, do you also bicycle on the road?
yes no

15b. If not, why?

16a. Are you aware of other multi-use trails in the area? yes no

16b. If yes, which ones?

16c. If yes, how often do you use them in comparison to the Norwottuck Rail Trail?

17. What do you like about the Norwottuck Rail Trail?

18. What would you like to see improved?

The pre-design trail user survey is now closed. Thank you to everyone who offered your input!