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Anna Stonehouse, The Aspen Times
Aspen residents enjoy the quality of life here, but there are some areas of city services they say need improvement, while others are doing just fine, according to a recently released survey by the city.Aspen residents feel safe, love the city’s open space and trails, but want the city to decrease traffic in town and think too many owners get away with failing to pick up dog poop.
Aspen Citizen Survey highlights:
- Quality of life — 94 percent of respondents found the quality of life in Aspen to be “good” or “excellent.” Just 1 percent said it was “poor”.
- Trails and open space — 90 percent gave positive reviews to the ability to find trail heads and open space, the quality and availability of open space events and programs and the adequacy of open space and trail signage.
- Dog regulations — 47 percent say the city isn’t strict enough in enforcing dog poop cleanup and leash laws, while 9 percent say the city is too strict.
- Traffic — A combined 72 percent said that it is “essential” or “very important” to decrease traffic in town. Ten percent said it is “not important at all.”
- Safety — 97 percent said they feel “safe in Aspen as a whole.”
- Transportation — 51 percent reported that they ride their bike to work at least one day a week; 78 percent walk to meetings or run errands within walking distance; 53 percent said they ride public buses at least one day a week.
The was administered by Boulder-based National Research Center. The survey was mailed to 1,750 randomly selected Aspen households, with 291 responding.
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