Active Travel England survey

[annedonnelly]

I picked this up from a Facebook cyclist I follow. It's a survey for research by Active Travel England about what makes people feel unsafe when walking, wheeling or cycling. You can complete the survey as a cyclist, as a walker or wheeler.

 

[mjr]

It's a Microsoft office form. Is there any way to confirm that it's genuine?

 

[annedonnelly]

Here's the blurb from the start of the survey. It says the survey is conducted by the University of Leeds.

 

[nogoodnamesleft]

Here's the blurb from the start of the survey. It says the survey is conducted by the University of Leeds.

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That is a generic privacy notice from over 7 years ago. I could put a link to it on my own personal website and it would be useless/meaningless as it's a link on my site. Anybody on any website could include that link.

And that it's over 7 years only would raise questions in my mind.

 

[Alex321]

It's a Microsoft office form. Is there any way to confirm that it's genuine?

It doesn't ask for any personal information apart from age, gender and ethnicity. No email or name or other identifying information is requested.

 

[fossyant]

Done

 

[mjr]

It doesn't ask for any personal information apart from age, gender and ethnicity. No email or name or other identifying information is requested.

How does that confirm it's genuine? Also, it can still record your IP address, some cookies and browser fingerprint, which may be personal information in some cases.

 

[Alex321]

How does that confirm it's genuine? Also, it can still record your IP address, some cookies and browser fingerprint, which may be personal information in some cases.

It doesn't confirm it is genuine, but it makes it less likely it is a phishing attempt.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

It is linked from an Active Travel Salisbury page and dated 6th May 2026

https://activetravelsalisbury.org.u...ng-wheeling-and-cycling-online-questionnaire/

 

[katiewlx]

it would concern me more theyve taken 4years to even begin to ask questions like this, unless its just a study for Leeds university to publish a research paper on for me, which will no doubt uncover the shocking revelation that some people find cycling difficult when cars travel too fast and too closely on badly maintained roads.

equally I dont think its a particularly well thought out survey some of the questions and the answers you could give didnt seem like they were structured properly.

 

[tivebring]

it would concern me more theyve taken 4years to even begin to ask questions like this, unless its just a study for Leeds university to publish a research paper on for me, which will no doubt uncover the shocking revelation that some people find cycling difficult when car games travel too fast and too closely on badly maintained roads.

equally I dont think its a particularly well thought out survey some of the questions and the answers you could give didnt seem like they were structured properly.

From an experienced cyclist's perspective, none of this is particularly surprising—speed, close passes, poor surfaces, and awkward road layouts have obvious effects on how comfortable and safe cycling feels. What would actually be useful is for the research to turn those observations into practical recommendations, rather than spending years establishing something riders have been saying for a long time.

 

[Bristolian]

it would concern me more theyve taken 4years to even begin to ask questions like this, unless its just a study for Leeds university to publish a research paper on for me, which will no doubt uncover the shocking revelation that some people find cycling difficult when cars travel too fast and too closely on badly maintained roads.

equally I dont think its a particularly well thought out survey some of the questions and the answers you could give didnt seem like they were structured properly.

Or maybe the questions were structured that way deliberately to get the answers they want to see?

 

[katiewlx]

Or maybe the questions were structured that way deliberately to get the answers they want to see?

I tried not to ascribe Hanlons razor to it.