Make Downtown Spaces Safer and More Sociable

Thank you for taking the time to share your perspective on downtown Raleigh. This survey is part of the City of Raleigh's effort to better understand how residents, workers, and visitors experience downtown — including what brings you there, what keeps you away, and how safe you feel in public spaces.

Your responses will help city leaders and planners make informed decisions about safety, programming, infrastructure, and investment in the downtown area. This survey should take approximately 5 minutes to complete. Your responses are anonymous. For the purposes of this survey, "downtown" refers to the area shown in the map below:

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1. How often do you visit downtown Raleigh?

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2. What is your primary reason for coming downtown? (Select all that apply)

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3. What do you like most about downtown? (Select up to 3)

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4. What would make you come downtown more often? (Select all that apply)

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5. How safe do you feel downtown during the day?

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6. How safe do you feel downtown at night?

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7. Please drag and rank the following by how much they influence your comfort when visiting downtown, with 1 being your greatest concern.

8. Have safety concerns downtown affected your visits in any of the following ways? (Select all that apply)

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9. How would you rate the visibility of law enforcement/security downtown?

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10. How would you rate the following:

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11. If you avoid downtown, what are the main reasons? (Select all that apply)

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12. What would most improve your sense of safety downtown? (Select up to 3)

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13. What is one thing city leaders should prioritize downtown?

14. Optional: Any additional comments or feedback?

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Make Downtown Spaces Safer and More Sociable

Make Downtown Spaces Safer and More Sociable

Survey Questions

1. How often do you visit downtown Raleigh?

2. What is your primary reason for coming downtown? (Select all that apply)

3. What do you like most about downtown? (Select up to 3)

4. What would make you come downtown more often? (Select all that apply)

5. How safe do you feel downtown during the day?

6. How safe do you feel downtown at night?

7. Please drag and rank the following by how much they influence your comfort when visiting downtown, with 1 being your greatest concern.

8. Have safety concerns downtown affected your visits in any of the following ways? (Select all that apply)

9. How would you rate the visibility of law enforcement/security downtown?

10. How would you rate the following:

11. If you avoid downtown, what are the main reasons? (Select all that apply)

12. What would most improve your sense of safety downtown? (Select up to 3)

13. What is one thing city leaders should prioritize downtown?

14. Optional: Any additional comments or feedback?