Subject: Walking and Cycling Survey Local Government Elections
 
Dear Candidate
 
This brief survey is being sent on behalf of Living Streets Aotearoa
(www.livingstreets.org.nz) and the Cycling Advocates’ Network (www.can.org.nz).
It is being sent to candidates standing for selected local authorities and
health boards in this year’s local body elections. Living Streets and CAN
promote walking and cycling as a fundamental part of daily life, and our
membership is interested in the attitudes of candidates toward these forms
of ‘active transport’. 
 
We would appreciate your taking ten minutes to respond to the following
questions. Where you consider a question not applicable, please indicate
with n/a. Please feel free to make additional comments where required.
We would appreciate a reply by Monday 24 September 2007.
 
Responses to the questionnaire will be collated and passed on to relevant
local walking or cycling organisations. Selected responses will be posted
on the Living Streets and CAN websites.
 
Name:
Regional/city/district council or health board you are standing for:
Constituency or ward where applicable:
 
 
1.       What do you see as the advantages of walking and cycling as a
         form of transport in your area?
 
2.       How would you rate facilities for cyclists and pedestrians in
         your area? (Good, average, poor). This could include such things
         as cycleways, pedestrian overbridges, cycle parking, quality of
         footpaths.
 
3.       Would you support lowered speed limits on certain streets to
         enhance their use by pedestrians or cyclists? 
 
4.       Are you aware of where walking or cycling paths/lanes/routes are? 
 
5.       How well signposted are these facilities? 
 
6.       Are you aware of parts of the roadways or public spaces cyclists
         or pedestrians can’t use? 
 
7.       What would you do about these barriers? 
 
8.       Do you think there are certain conditions under which parking on
         footpaths is permissible?
 
9.       If your ward/community does not have a cycling or walking route map,
         would you support creating one? 
 
10.      Does the council have a walking and cycling strategy, and if not,
         would you support having one? 
 
11.      Do you support travel plans in schools and workplaces? If so, what
         would you to do facilitate them?
 
12.      What other techniques could you suggest to improve walking and
         cycling as a regular activity?
 
13.      What role do you see the council has in promoting public health?
         How do you see walking and/or cycling contributing? 
 
14.      Does your council or DHB have a travel plan for staff and visitors? 
 
15.      Will you sign the Walking Charter?
         http://www.livingstreets.org.nz/ICharter.htm
 
16.      Do you cycle and/or walk regularly? We recognize of course that many
         people who do not remain supportive of our aims to increase rates of
         both.
 
Thank you for taking the time to complete this questionnaire.