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• Table 103: How safe is riding a bicycle in Christchurch (q56+q58a):
• Table 104: Has Council done enough for cyclists in the last 12 months (q57+q58a):
• Table 105: The ease of getting around the city by bicycle (q58b):
• Table 106: Cyclists satisfaction with the smoothness of the main roads (q58c):
• Table 107: Cyclists satisfaction with the smoothness of the suburban streets (q58d):
• Table 108: Cyclists satisfaction with the smoothness of the cycle paths (q58e):
• Table 109: The ease of getting around suburban Christchurch by car (q59a):
• Table 110: The safeness of travelling around the suburban roads (q59b):
• Table 111: Satisfaction with the smoothness of suburban streets (q59c):
• Table 112: The safeness of walking in Christchurch (thinking of traffic) (q59d):
• Table 113: Satisfaction with footpaths in respondents neighbourhood (q60a):
• Table 114: Reasons for dissatisfaction with footpaths in respondents neighbourhood (q60b):
• Table 115: Weed Killer use along footpaths and grass berms (q61a):
• Table 116: Are the suburban streets that you might walk along after dark well enough lit (q62a):
• Table 117: Has the lack of street lighting in any area prevented respondents from going there at night (q62b):
• Table 118: Does the Council do enough to stop roadworks being a nuisance (q63):

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TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT

Table 103: How safe is riding a bicycle in Christchurch (q56+q58a):

Note: this covers all persons (percentages)

	Year	Non- Cyclists	Cyclists	Total
Very safe	1995	0	0	0
	1996	1	0	1
	1997	0	1	1
Safe	1995	8	9	17
	1996	9	8	19
	1997	10	5	15
Neither safe nor dangerous	1995	11	8	19
	1996	14	7	22
	1997	13	6	19
Dangerous	1995	27	16	43
	1996	31	14	43
	1997	29	17	46
Very dangerous	1995	9	6	15
	1996	9	4	13
	1997	9	5	14
Don't know	1995	5	1	6
	1996	2	1	3
	1997	4	0	4
Total	1995	60	40	100
	1996	67	33	100
	1997	65	34	100

Table 104: Has Council done enough for cyclists in the last 12 months (q57+q58a):

Note: this covers all persons (percentages)

	Non- Cyclists	Cyclists	Total
	1995	1997	1995	1997	1995	1997
Too much	1	1	0	0	1	1
About the right amount	30	35	20	17	50	52
Too little	16	16	18	16	34	32
Don't know	14	14	2	2	16	16
Total	61	66	40	35	100	100

Table 105: The ease of getting around the city by bicycle (q58b):

Note: this covers all persons who have ridden a bicycle in the last 12 months (percentages) (1995: 307 persons; 1997: 282 persons)

	1995	1997
Very easy	14	10
Easy	45	43
Neither easy nor hard	16	24
Hard	20	18
Very hard	5	4
Don't know	1	1
Total	100	100

Table 106: Cyclists satisfaction with the smoothness of the main roads (q58c):

Note: this covers all persons who have ridden a bicycle in the last 12 months (percentages) (1995: 307 persons; 1997: 282 persons)

	1995	1997
Very satisfied	3	5
Satisfied	62	63
No feeling	12	12
Dissatisfied	19	16
Very dissatisfied	2	2
Don't know	1	1
Total	100	100

Table 107: Cyclists satisfaction with the smoothness of the suburban streets (q58d):

Note: this covers all persons who have ridden a bicycle in the last 12 months (percentages) (1995: 307 persons; 1997: 282 persons)

	1995	1997
Very satisfied	2	3
Satisfied	51	53
No feeling	16	18
Dissatisfied	27	21
Very dissatisfied	4	4
Don't know	0	1
Total	100	100

Table 108: Cyclists satisfaction with the smoothness of the cycle paths (q58e):

Note: this covers all persons who have ridden a bicycle in the last 12 months (percentages) (1995: 307 persons; 1997: 282 persons)

	1995	1997
Very satisfied	9	7
Satisfied	57	61
No feeling	11	8
Dissatisfied	5	6
Very dissatisfied	1	1
Don't know	17	17
Total	100	100

Table 109: The ease of getting around suburban Christchurch by car (q59a):

Note: this covers all persons (percentages)

	1995	1997
Very easy	11	11
Easy	48	48
Neither easy nor hard	19	19
Hard	13	14
Very hard	2	3
Don't know	7	6
Total	100	100

Table 110: The safeness of travelling around the suburban roads (q59b):

Note: this covers all persons (percentages)

	1995	1997
Very safe	4	6
Safe	44	43
Neither safe nor dangerous	29	29
Dangerous	16	17
Very dangerous	2	1
Don't know	4	4
Total	100	100

Table 111: Satisfaction with the smoothness of suburban streets (q59c):

Note: this covers all persons (percentages)

	1995	1997
Very satisfied	4	6
Satisfied	60	61
No feeling	13	11
Dissatisfied	18	17
Very dissatisfied	1	1
Don't know	4	3
Total	100	100

Table 112: The safeness of walking in Christchurch (thinking of traffic) (q59d):

Note: this covers all persons (percentages)

	1995	1996	1997
Very safe	6	6	8
Safe	51	61	56
Neither safe nor dangerous	23	20	18
Dangerous	14	9	13
Very dangerous	4	1	3
Don't know	2	3	2
Total	100	100	100

Table 113: Satisfaction with footpaths in respondents neighbourhood (q60a):

Note: this covers all persons (percentages)

	1995	1996	1997
Very satisfied	7	9	9
Satisfied	56	58	59
No feeling	8	6	6
Dissatisfied	24	21	21
Very dissatisfied	5	5	5
Don't know	1	1	0
Total	100	100	100

Table 114: Reasons for dissatisfaction with footpaths in respondents neighbourhood (q60b):

Note: this covers all persons who are dissatisfied with footpaths in their neighbourhood (percentages)

(1995: 228 persons, 365 responses; 1996: 215 persons, 281 responses
1997: 206 persons, 316 responses))

	1995	1996	1997
Not enough footpaths	9	3	5
Appearance of the footpaths	8	4	7
Rough or damaged surface	44	59	48
Trees overhang footpath	11	6	11
Other (see list 35)	28	27	30
Total	100	100	100

Table 115: Weed Killer use along footpaths and grass berms (q61a):

Note: this covers all persons (percentages)

	1995	1997
Very concerned (see list 36)	7	6
Concerned (see list 36)	11	9
A little concerned (see list 36)	19	21
Not at all concerned	61	62
Don't know	2	2
Total	100	100

Table 116: Are the suburban streets that you might walk along after dark well enough lit (q62a):

Note: this covers all persons (percentages)

	1995	1997
All are	6	6
Most are	30	30
Some are	21	20
A few are	14	13
None are	1	2
Don't go walking after dark	25	28
Don't know	2	1
Total	100	100

Table 117: Has the lack of street lighting in any area prevented respondents from going there at night (q62b):

Note: this covers all persons (percentages)

	1995	1996	1997
No	84	82	87
Yes (see list 37 for areas)	14	15	12
Don't know	1	3	2
Total	100	100	100

Table 118: Does the Council do enough to stop roadworks being a nuisance (q63):

Note: this covers all persons (percentages)

	1995	1996	1997
Council does enough	67	66	62
Council should do a bit more	22	25	27
Council should do a lot more	7	7	8
Don't know	4	2	3
Total	100	100	100

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