On what sort of a street do you live?
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A two-way residential street that is part of a traditional street grid:
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 51%
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A one-way residential street that is part of a traditional street grid:
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 14%
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A public or private residential street that ends in a cul-de-sac, gate, or barrier:
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 23%
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A busy commercial street:
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 11%
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A highway or highway service road:
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 1%
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How would you characterize the automobile traffic on the street where you live?
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Very busy:
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20%
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Sort of busy:
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35%
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Not busy at all:
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45%
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And, how does that amount of traffic suit you?
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I like it:
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55%
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I don't like it:
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23%
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I don't care one way or the other:
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21%
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Which change would you most like to see on your own street?
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Make it one-way, it's two-ways now:
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14%
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Make it two-ways, it's one-way now:
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4%
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Add speed bumps:
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69%
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Remove speed bumps:
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12%
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Is there a sidewalk on the street where you live?
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Yes:
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87%
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No:
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13%
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Compare the number of drivers to cars in your household:
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More drivers than cars:
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16%
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More cars than drivers:
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14%
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The same number of drivers and cars:
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70%
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Do you have your own off-street parking?
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Yes, I have my own garage, driveway, or carport:
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78%
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Yes, I park in a commercial parking lot or garage:
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4%
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No:
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17%
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No, I don't own a car:
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1%
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Compare the number of bicycles to cars in your household:
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More bikes than cars:
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26%
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More cars than bikes:
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45%
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The same number of cars and bikes:
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29%
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Is there a bicycle rack at your workplace?
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Yes:
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28%
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No:
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57%
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I don't know:
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6%
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I don't have a workplace:
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10%
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Have you ever visited any of the Central West End's private streets, like Kingsbury Place and Westmoreland Place?
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Yes:
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87%
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No:
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13%
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If you could have one end of the block you live on closed off, would you do so?
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Yes:
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39%
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No:
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61%
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With which statement do you more tend to agree?
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The safest neighborhoods maximize private space, minimize common areas, and restrict the number of people passing through:
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30%
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The safest neighborhoods include plenty of common areas -- like street-level shops, parks, community gardens, and paths -- and encourage traffic:
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70%
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How do you like the new two-way traffic pattern on parts of Locust downtown?
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I like it:
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39%
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I don't like it:
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5%
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I haven't traveled on Locust downtown/I haven't noticed the change:
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56%
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BONUS QUESTION:
Leaving aside all questions of ideology, if the winner of the 2006 US Senate race were decided by a 25K bicycle race, who do you think would win?
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Jim Talent:
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52%
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Claire McCaskill:
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48%
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