Monday, March 17, 2014

A Survey at the Bike Coop, by Corin Jones

    My project consisted of a survey of the people coming to the UCSC Bike Co-op. After seeing some other peoples' perspectives about bicycling in Santa Cruz and on the UCSC campus, I decided to get an idea of the kind of people using the resources of the Co-op and get some feedback from them. The charts below are made with the data from this survey of more than 30 people. With this data and written answers from a few other questions, the Co-op can address concerns of its customers by changing some things and implementing new ones.
   This survey shows that the Co-op needs to update its information that is available online and on fliers as well as spread the word about the services that it provides. Many people coming to the Co-op do not know what to expect because they just don't know very much about it. A survey base of a larger number of people would be good in getting more data over a larger period of time as well.



Many people expressed an interest in learning more about fixing bikes. some suggestions were to have repair classes so volunteers and other people could learn more.
Many people use other bikes shops for particular services, etc. but value a shop being on campus.
Some people stated that they didn’t know how to work on bikes and are glad a resource like the Bike Co-op is available.
The people at the Co-op have the same perception of it as their 1st impression. To these people, the Co-op is not an unfriendly environment, so the goal will be to address the concerns of the people who do not go and find this to be the case.


Most of the people coming through the Bike Co-op are students who ride around campus, but many also ride for fun.
Not many people are aware of the extent of the services that the Co-op provides. Spreading the word about this information will also be important.
Most people coming to the bike Co-op found out about it through friends and then saw  other resources. Updating this info and getting the word out with varied methods will be a goal.
Not many people are aware of the extent of the services that the Co-op provides. Spreading the word about this information will also be important.








A regular volunteer with his bike that he commutes to work on every day.


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