Mini Poll Results

Walk, Bike, Drive?

Do you walk or bicycle to work?
  • 39%
    Yes
  • 61%
    No
Could you walk or bicycle to work if you wanted to?
  • 62%
    Yes
  • 38%
    No
Which of the following is the most important reason you do not walk or bicycle to work?
  • 17%
    Distance
  • 4%
    Time
  • 9%
    Clothing/shower issues
  • 24%
    There is no safe route
  • 1%
    Too much to carry
  • 1%
    No safe place to store the bicycle
  • 8%
    Need the car for work
  • 0%
    Aversion to exercise
  • 1%
    Physically unable
  • 1%
    Don’t have a bicycle
  • 3%
    Something else
  • 4%
    Not working now
  • 26%
    I actually do walk or bike to work
Which is the bigger menace on the road?
  • 21%
    Bicyclists who disobey traffic laws
  • 79%
    Drivers who refuse to share the road
Should the City begin adding physically separated bike lanes to streets?
  • 83%
    Yes
  • 17%
    No
Should the St. Louis Streets Department add physically separated bike lanes to some well-traveled streets, even if it means eliminating one of the driving lanes?
  • 70%
    Yes
  • 30%
    No
Should the St. Louis Streets Department begin adding physically separated bike lanes to some well-traveled streets, even if it means a loss of on-street parking?
  • 31%
    Yes
  • 48%
    Yes, move parked cars to the outside of the protected bike lane
  • 20%
    No
After the recent rejection of a new three-quarters of a cent statewide sales tax that would have funded bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure projects in the City, which of the following funding alternatives do you think a majority of statewide voters would be more likely to support for bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure?
  • 13%
    A new sales tax increase less than three-quarters of a cent
  • 20%
    A dedicated portion of new highway tolls
  • 33%
    A dedicated portion of a higher gas tax
  • 34%
    A majority of statewide voters will support none of those