ParkScore® 2017 Usership Feedback Survey

ParkScore is the Trust for Public Land’s annual review and ranking of the park systems of the 100 most populous cities in the United States. It is a high-level review meant to bring very different and unique systems into alignment so as to provide a fair score.

Thank you for taking the time to complete this survey. We are always working to improve ParkScore and your feedback is valuable to us as we consider how to make this tool more useful for everyone who uses it.

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* 1. Which best describes you?

Planner or Landscape Architect/Architect

Parks and recreation professional

I work for my city in a field other than planning or parks and recreation

I work in state or federal government

I’m in academia (a student or professor)

Park user and lover

I’m in journalism or media

Other (please specify)

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* 2. How have you used ParkScore? Select all that apply.

To compare my city or certain cities to others

As reference in research

I am writing an article and am referencing ParkScore

To inform planning decisions in my city

To advocate for improvements in my park system

I’ve contributed data to ParkScore but don’t reference it or use the website

Other (please specify)

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* 3. How have you used the ParkEvaluator® tool? Select all that apply.

I have used it in planning a new park

I have used it in another type of planning decision

To advocate for improvements in my park system

I have used it for some form of research

I have referred it to colleagues

I haven’t used it

Other (please specify)

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* 4. Which do you feel would be the most valuable or useful addition to ParkScore? Please rank the options below in order of most important (#1) to least important (#4). This can be done by selecting from the drop down menu or by dragging the answers to rearrange them. Select N/A if any of the options are not applicable.

I’d like to see the park system data expanded (add more amenities or aspects of a park system to the scoring).

N/A

I’d like to see more demographic data, or see it incorporated more.

N/A

I’d like to see more health data, or see it incorporated more.

N/A

ParkScore is great the way it is, but I’d like to see it expanded to more of the country.

N/A

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* 5. If not listed above, please specify the addition you would find most useful to ParkScore.

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* 6. We are planning a new project called ParkServe™, which will take the park access metric of ParkScore to scale for almost 14,000 cities and towns in the US. In addition to providing information on locations of parks and how accessible they are, we plan to gather or create data on other aspects of these park systems.

Which of the following would be most useful for you to see included in ParkServe?

Information on park amenities

Information on park quality

Information on park usage

Other (please specify)

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* 7. Do you use map apps (such as Google Maps) when finding a park to visit?

Yes

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* 8. If yes, which of the following would most improve your experience in choosing a park to visit? Please rank the below options in order of most important (#1) to least important (#4). Select N/A if any of the options are not applicable.

Information on what kind of recreational opportunities are available in the park (e.g. basketball hoops, soccer nets, walking trails).

N/A

Information on what kind of facilities are present in the park (e.g. restrooms, water fountains).

N/A

Reviews or feedback from others who have used the park.

N/A

I just go to the park closest to me.

N/A

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* 9. How did you hear about ParkScore? Please select one.

Through The Trust for Public Land's website

Through social media

Referral from a colleague

Local news

National news

Other (please specify)

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* 1. Which best describes you?

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* 2. How have you used ParkScore? Select all that apply.

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* 3. How have you used the ParkEvaluator® tool? Select all that apply.

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* 5. If not listed above, please specify the addition you would find most useful to ParkScore.

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* 7. Do you use map apps (such as Google Maps) when finding a park to visit?

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* 8. If yes, which of the following would most improve your experience in choosing a park to visit? Please rank the below options in order of most important (#1) to least important (#4). Select N/A if any of the options are not applicable.

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* 9. How did you hear about ParkScore? Please select one.

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* 10. Please share any other comments or feedback. Thank you.