Transporation Studies: Roosevelt-Vanderbilt NHS & Colonial NHP

Roosevelt Ride Passenger Study On-Board Survey Log
TIME: ______________ DATE: ___/___/___
DATA COLLECTOR: _________________________________
WEATHER: _________________________________________
Contact Time

Refuse/Survey I.D. #

Group Size

Group Characteristics
Personal Group or
# Children under 18
Organized Group

Comments: Explain
reason for refusal

OMB Control Number: (NPS# xx-xxx)

Expiration date: xx/xx/xxxx

Roosevelt-Vanderbilt National Historic Sites: Roosevelt Ride Survey – 2009
Thank you very much for sharing your views. Your thoughts about the Roosevelt Ride will help us make
improvements to the service. Please complete this survey while you are on the bus and return it to the on-board
NPS ranger. Please complete only one survey per group during your visit.
1. Today’s Date: _____________________

2. Time of Day: ______________________________

3. How many people in your party are…? (Question 3: Topic Area 1)
Under 6 years old: ______; 6-17 years: _______; 18-64 years: _______; 65 and over: ______
4. Where do you live? City: ___________; State: __; Country (if not US): ________ [1.RES1]
5. What type of Roosevelt Ride ticket did you purchase for your group? (Please check only one) (Q5:TA2)
(1) All-day package
(2) Top Cottage only (late morning tour)
(3) Top Cottage only (afternoon tour)
(4) Combined Eleanor Roosevelt Home (Val-Kill) & Top Cottage tour (afternoon)
(5) I did not purchase a Roosevelt Ride ticket
6. For this visit, please mark all the sites that you plan to visit during your stay? (Check all that apply.)
(3.ITIN3)
(1) FDR Home
(5) Vanderbilt Mansion
(2) FDR Library & Museum
(6) Culinary Institute of America
(3) Top Cottage
(7) Mills Mansion (Staatsburgh Historic Site)
(4) Eleanor Roosevelt Home (Val-Kill)
(8) Others: ________________________________
7. What form of transportation did you use to arrive at Hyde Park? (3.TRANS1)
(1) Privately-owned car
(7) Walk
(2) Rental car;
(8) Tour bus
(3) Metro North rail service
(9) Amtrak rail service
(4) Recreational vehicle
(10) Motorcycle
(5) Bicycle
(11) Sailboat, yacht, or tour boat
(6) Kayak or canoe
(12) Other: ________________________________
8. a. On this trip, will you stay overnight away from home in the Hyde Park region (Hyde Park,
Poughkeepsie, Rhinebeck, or neighboring towns)? (3.TRIPC13)
(1) Yes
(2) No (Go to Question 11)
b. If YES, please list the number of nights you plan to stay in the Hyde Park region.
Number of nights in Hyde Park Region
9. In what type of lodging will you spend the night during your visit to the Hyde Park region? (2.TRIPC15)
(2) Motel / Hotel / Inn:
Name of Motel / Hotel / Inn: ___________________________
(3) B&B:
Name of B&B: ______________________________________
(4) Campground
Name of Campground: _______________________________
(5)With family or friends
(6) Other: ____________________________________________________________
10. What town(s) will you stay in while visiting the Hyde Park region? (Q10: TA2)
(1) Day-trip, we will return home
(3) Rhinebeck
(5) Other:___________________
(2) Hyde Park
(4) Poughkeepsie
11. How do you feel about the length of this visit to Hyde Park? (Q11: TA5)
Not enough time for everything we want to see;
Right amount of time;

Too long for what is here

12. Where is your car now? (Q12: TA2)
(1) We do not own a car
(2) We left the car at home
(3) FDR Home/Wallace Center parking lot
(4) Eleanor Roosevelt Home
(5) Vanderbilt Mansion

(6) Motel / Hotel / Inn / B&B / Campground
(7) Roosevelt Farm Lane trailhead
(8) A local residence
(9) Someone else is using it
(10) Other: (where?)_______________________

13. On this trip what place or places did you consider to be your primary destination? (Please choose
only one.) (Q13: TA2)
(1) Resident of the area (go to Question 14)
(4) This is a multi-state tour
(2) Hyde Park only
(5) Friends/relatives in the area
(2) Hyde Park and New York City
(5) Passing through—unplanned visit
(3) The Hudson River Valley
(6) Other:___________________________
Please indicate whether or not you think Roosevelt-Vanderbilt National Historic Site should take the
following actions:
14. Continue to provide this bus service? (Q14:TA7)
Yes
No
Maybe
15. Schedule more buses to meet trains in Poughkeepsie? (Q15: TA7)
Yes
No
Maybe
OR
We don’t know about train service to Poughkeepsie
16. Offer a wider choice of times for Roosevelt site bus tours? (Q16: TA7)
Yes
No
Maybe
17. Add shuttle service to the Vanderbilt Estate? (Q17: TA7)
Yes
No
Maybe
18. Encourage multi-day visits by offering an evening shuttle between local lodging establishments and
the Culinary Institute of America and other local restaurants? (Q18: TA7)
Yes
No
Maybe
19. How did you learn about the Roosevelt Ride? ____________________________________(Q19: TA2)
20. Do you have comments about the Roosevelt Ride or suggestions for improving the service?
(Q20:TA7)
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THANK YOU!

PRIVACY ACT and PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT statement: 16 U.S.C 1a-7 authorizes collection of this
information. This information will be used by park managers to better serve the visiting public. Response to this
request is completely voluntary and anonymous. No action will be taken against you for refusing to supply the
information requested. Permanent data will be anonymous. An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person
is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid OMB Control Number.
BURDEN ESTIMATE STATEMENT: Public reporting burden for this form is estimated to average 5 minutes per
response. Direct comments regarding the burden estimate or any other aspect of this form to: Scott Rector,
National Park Service, Roosevelt-Vanderbilt National Historic Sites, 4097 Albany Post Road, Hyde Park, NY
12538; [email protected]. Thank you for completing this survey.