HomeMy WebLinkAboutYouth surveys78%
Trails
94%
Sidewalks
54%
Streets
Where do you feel
comfortable riding?
90% of respondents
own a helmet.
71% report wearing a
helmet all or most of
the time when bicycling.
Youth Bicycle Survey
Source: Youth Metro Bicycle Survey. 435 students from Northwest and North Central Junior Highs and Clear Creek Amana High Sch ool responded to on-line sur-
vey administered November-December 2018.
do not know how to ride a bicycle. 7%
… of those 68% said
they would be interested
in a program that al-
lowed them to earn a
free or low-cost bike.
10%
do not own a bike.
Would you be interested in a class or club that
offered group bicycle rides or taught skills like
basic bicycle repair or mountain biking?
YES: 23%
Maybe: 44%
75%
Never
or almost never
14% Once in awhile
5% Weekly
6% Most days
How often do you bicycle to school?
do not know
how to use
hand signals
to indicate a
turn.
41%
50%39%
5%6%
78%
16%
5%
1%
How would you like to travel to school?
39%
12%
25%
9%
15%
How students would like
to get to school
28%
49%
5%
18%
48%
26%
18%
8%
How students would like
to get to school
Bicycle Car Walk Motorcycle / Moped
66%7%
4%
12%
11%
44%
20%
36%
43%
23%
34%
45%
24%
31%
On sidewalks
On the street
On bike trails K-6th
7th or 8th
High School
Where do you feel safe & comfortable
riding your bike?
6%
21%
14%
32%
29%
8%
23%
13%
32%
23%
10%
20%
11%
36%
24%
Get to or from school
Meet up with friends
Get to places other than
school/friends' homes
Ride around my neighborhood
Ride on bike trails
K-6th
7th or 8th
High School
How do you travel to school?
K-6th grade
K-6th grade 7th-8th grade
7th-8th grade High school
High school
CAR
BUS
MOTORCYCLE
BICYCLE
WALK
What sorts of activities do you use
your bike for? Among junior high students: 13% reported that they
are unable to participate in after school activities due to diffi-
culty getting to and from the places they need to go.
Of those who do participate in after school activities, 23% re-
ported having difficulty getting to and from after school activi-
ties.
Among high school students: 17% of respondents indi-
cated they are unable to participate in after school activities
because of difficulties getting to and from the places they
need to go.
Of those who do participate in after school activities, 20% re-
ported difficulty getting to and from the after school activities.
Youth and Transportation
The travel behaviors and needs of young people are
not often considered in planning and yet, as any parent
can attest, children generate much of family travel de-
mand: travel to daycare, school and after school activi-
ties (e.g. clubs, sports, arts), appointments, and social
activities with friends.
Understanding youth travel seems particularly relevant
at the Iowa City Community School District adds new
schools, including a new high school, and considers
modifications to attendance areas.
Source: Long Range Transportation Plan Youth Survey (2016). Paper surveys were
distributed through the ICCSD: 1,718 surveys were completed (342 K-6th elementary;
666 junior high; 710 high school).