Interview Answers from Hazleton Students
Students,
faculty, and staff were interviewed along the paths and in the Graham building
and Highacres foods building on 30 October 2001. The questions in bold
were collected from students in EDG100 to be asked of people at Hazleton.
The answers presented below were collected with a paper survey. Answers
were also collected via video interviews that are available to you as
well. There were 19 questionnaires collected and answers from each are
presented after each question (note, questions 6 and 11 were split into two
questionnaires).
1
)
Which path is taken?....the roadway to the east?...the roadway to the
west?...the path straight up the hill?
Questionnaire
1.
The path up the hill
2.
The path up the hill
3.
The roadway to the east
4.
The roadway to the east
5.
The roadway to the east
6.
The roadway to the east and west
7.
The roadway to the west
8.
Path straight up the hill
9.
The roadway to the east
10.
The roadway to the west
11.
The path straight up the hill
12.
The path straight up the hill
13.
The path straight up the hill
14.
The path straight up the hill
15.
The path straight up the hill
16.
The path straight up the hill
17.
The roadway to the west
18.
The roadway to the west
19.
The roadway to the west
2)
Why take the path they do?...surface conditions?... slope?..."follow
the crowd"?...why?
1.
Follow the crowd
2.
N/A
3.
Slope
4.
Easiest way, no hills
5.
Slope
6.
Slope and friends
7.
Surface conditions
8.
Follow the crowd
9.
Follow the crowd
10.
Commuter
11.
Slope
12.
Slope
13.
Quicker
14.
It is easily accessible
15.
It is the quickest
16.
Cuz it’s closest to my class
17.
I usually take the path everyone else does
18.
It is not as steep as the other one
19.
Less traveled and just easier
3)
How many times a day, on average, they use each option? What is the highest number of times a day they go up the
hill, and whether they would go back and forth more often if it were not for the
hill?
1.
4
2.
6
3.
2, 3, yes
4.
Never up the hill, maybe I’d eat if it weren’t for the hill
5.
Easiest way
6.
4 or 5 times, 5
7.
1 a week
8.
None
9.
Don’t go up and down the hill
10.
4
11.
1
12.
1
13.
3
14.
Go up one
15.
Not often at all, It’s too taxing on my asthma, I’d go more if it
was easier.
16.
2 ? Yes
17.
If there wasn’t a hill I would probably go the café for lunch
instead of the Graham building
18.
2
19.
3 times, Yes it would be used more if not the hill.
4)
Are they consistent in the path they select?...or do they vary the path?
i.e., one day take the path to the east, the next the path to the west,
etc. why do they vary if they do?
1.
Vary, sometimes I feel the other hills are
2.
Take the same path
3.
Yes
4.
Always easiest
5.
Yes, consistent
6.
I am consistent
7.
Vary
8.
N/A
9.
Mostly stay on top of hill
10.
Consistent
11.
Consistent
12.
Consistent
13.
Usually take east path but go straight up when in rush
14.
I vary the path, because it depends on my mood.
15.
Generally
16.
No always consistent
17.
I take the same path everyday
18.
Consistent
19.
Consistent
5)
How does the weather affect how you travel the hill now? Are there other circumstances that make you tend to choose
particular options?
1.
I am just nervous about up the hill when the weather gets bad driving
2.
I am nervous even going near the hill in winter NEVER
3.
Not really, weather doesn’t bother me
4.
Ok but winter weather not good
5.
Stay on top of hill
6.
Yeah rain is bad
7.
Weather isn’t much of a factor, paths are always clear
8.
Same
9.
Weather has no affect
10.
If raining don’t take the path
11.
When it rains, it floods and in the snow, you could go skiing down
that hill
12.
No
13.
Sometimes when it rains the path becomes a waterfall
14.
When weather is bad I don’t go down
15.
No effect
16.
Snow
17.
The hill is like hell in the cold
18.
No, if it were snowing I wouldn’t go up it
19.
Snow might make you take a different path
6a)
How long does it take to walk up the path during high traffic and also
during low traffic times?
1.
Same amount
2.
Average 4 minutes
3.
5 minutes
4.
?
5.
Average about 5 minutes
6.
Couple of minutes
7.
10 minutes
8.
5 minutes
9.
Same pretty much
10.
5 minutes or so
6b)
Overall feelings/thoughts regarding the walk from the café/dorms to the
academic units?
11.
I live off campus so I only walk from the parking lots to the class
rooms.
12.
It sucks
13.
It’s quite inconvenient. The
hill is too steep
14.
Frustrated
15.
Not a convenience, so don’t use it, rather drive
16.
It’s too steep
17.
Too steep need a flatter walking path
18.
Don’t have to walk it
19.
It’s an exhausting trip
7)
Do you think a better access to the upper part or lower part of the camps
is necessary? What are the
benefits?
1.
It would be nice, more business to Highacres Café
2.
Yes because there are more food options at the bottom of the hill
3.
Yes less asthma
4.
Yeah! Happier students
5.
Yes I would go down more often
6.
No
7.
A bus ride up and down every 30 minutes or so
8.
Yes, easier access to café and dorms
9.
Yes, I would go to class more often
10.
Yeah, students will find it easier to get to their class without
being exhausted
11.
I think a better access to both parts is necessary
12.
Yes, it’d be nice to eat without dying!!
13.
Yes, students and faculty get better access to the different parts
14.
Yes, benefits safety and keep from being exposed to weather
15.
Yes, more people would walk around campus
16.
It is not necessary but it would be nice
17.
Less strenuous walk up hill
18.
N/A
19.
Yes, Students won’t get sweaty and exhausted when they get up the
hill
8)
What solutions might they wish to see implemented?
1.
Tram system
2.
Ski lift, stairs
3.
A ski lift
4.
Ski lift
5.
Tunnel
6.
No ideas at this time
7.
A bus ride up and down every 30 minutes or so
8.
Ski lift
9.
A ski lift of sorts or more parking
10.
A less steeper hill
11.
Tram or monorail
12.
Ski lift! Escalator! Tram! Monorail!
13.
Maybe a bus service taking students up and down
14.
Enclosed staircase to top w/heat
15.
Incline easier to walk, maybe steps
16.
Something to help with the steepness
17.
Less strenuous walk up hill
18.
N/A
19.
More busses running
9)
What would be your preferred method of getting up the hill (walk, drive,
elevator etc.)?
1.
Walk in good weather
2.
Ski lift, stairs
3.
Drive
4.
Elevator
5.
Drive
6.
Drive
7.
Drive
8.
Drive, escalator
9.
Drive, escalator
10.
Drive
11.
I think steps should be used
12.
If I could drive, I would not care, now would I
13.
Drive
14.
Walk or elevator
15.
Drive
16.
Elevator
17.
Drive or shuttles, elevator
18.
Drive
19.
Elevator
10)
How will this access change the campus?
1.
It would be easier to get places
2.
I won’t die going down that one hill
3.
Less death
4.
It’ll diffinitly make it cooler
5.
Easier to get around
6.
Unknown
7.
More parking is necessary
8.
Easier to get around
9.
It would make it a hell of a lot better for campus people
10.
Students won’t be so content in walking up the hill
11.
The campus will be more accessible
12.
I won’t have to venture to lunch with the knowledge that death is a
possibility
13.
Won’t change much
14.
Make it more accessible, easier, user friendly
15.
People would use all part of campus
16.
More people would go to class
17.
Make it easier to get to classes
18.
It will allow it to be easier
19.
Students would not have to walk as much
11a)
Would they be willing to pay more for some solution(s) to the "travel"
problem?
1.
Probably not
2.
N/A
3.
No
4.
Probably not
5.
Probably not
6.
No
7.
I hope so
8.
Yes
9.
Yeah
10.
Maybe a little but not too much
11b)
Do they know of any disabled persons who are impacted by the "travel"
problem?
11.
No I don’t know of any disabled people
12.
I can’t breathe! Asthma
is a disability. Right?
13.
I don’t know any personally, but I am sure there are.
14.
No
15.
No
16.
Well they normally drive up
17.
No
18.
No
19.
No