Survey on the Routes/Roads magazine of the World Road Association

Thanks for answering the following questions, in order for your magazine to best meet your expectations.

A copy of the PIARC Technical Dictionary of Road Terms in five languages (English, French, German, Portuguese, Spanish) will be offered to ten persons drafted among those who responded to the survey.

1. Your interest for the magazine

1.1. Your reading of the magazine

Do you regularly read Routes / Roads ?

yes
no

For how long have you known of the magazine ?

before 2005
since 2005

Have you perused all (4) issues published in 2009 ?

yes
no

How much time do you generally dedicate to the reading of an issue ?

less than 15 min
15 to 30 min
over 30 min

1.2. Which elements attract your attention in priority when you receive the magazine ?

Calendar
Information about the activities of PIARC
Feature papers
News
Road Stories
Other (please explain)

1.3. What are the articles or the sections that you re-visit or that you read systematically ?

1.4. Do you or someone else (documentation centre for instance) circulate a copy of the magazine in your organization?

yes
no

If yes, in your opinion, how many persons are addressees ?

Less than 5
5 to 10
Over 10

1.5. Do you sometimes pass copies of the magazine or articles to persons external to your organization

yes
no

If yes, in which format?

paper
electronic file

1.6. Do you sometimes consult previous issues or search for articles or information you have read before

yes
no

1.7. Do you know that articles published in Routes / Roads are :

	yes	no
on line in the members area of the website as soon as the magazine is published ?
accessible free of charge in the virtual library on PIARC public website 4 months after publishing?
If yes, have you already searched for Routes / Roads articles on the internet site ?

2. Content of the magazine

2.1 What is your opinion regarding the range of topics covered ?

excessive
appropriate
certain topics not covered
If you consider the range to be excessive or does not cover certain topics, please provide additional information regarding your response:

2.2. Is the information you come across useful professionally ?

yes
no

2.3. Does the magazine give you the opportunity to get acquainted with subjects that are not part of your usual field of interest ?

yes
no

2.4. Are there topics:

Please specify the topics ?

2.5. In your opinion, is the content of the articles :

Superficial
Well balanced
Too detailed

Too short
Of an appropriate length
Too long

Timeless
Current
Often outdated

2.6 Do you spontaneously recall specific topics covered in the 2009 editions of the magazine? If so, please specifiy

2.7. What other publications/journals relating to roads and road transport do you read, even if only occasionally

What do you feel distinguishes Routes/Roads from other publications in the Road/Road transport sector ?

3. Magazine Format

3.1 Generally speaking, do you consider the Routes/Roads magazine attractive ?

yes
no

3.2. Which assessment would you give to the following points :

	++	+	+/-	-
aspect : format, paper quality, number of pages…
legibility : font and character size, layout, identification of sections…
illustrations : choice, number,…
Graphic design (cover, presentation of articles,…)

Can you explain the motives of your assessment ?

3.3. In your opinion, Routes /Roads :

	yes	no
should continue to be published in printed form with articles also available online ?
should be provided in electronic format only ?

Please explain the main arguments in support of your choice:

4. Some details about you…

4.1 Country of residence

4.2 Age

Less than 30
30 to 50
Over 50

4.3. Regarding the bi-lingual nature of the magazine:

I read the French version
I read the English version
I use both the French and English version

4.4. I:

am a personal member of the World Road Association
am a member of one of the Association technical committees without being a member of the Association
have a subscription to the magazine
other

4.5 What is, to your opinion, the best paper published in Routes/Roads in 2009?

4.6. I agree to be contacted by the Association for further information regarding this survey:

yes
no

Please provide an email address at which you can be contacted and to be in the running to win a of the multilingual PIARC Dictionary of technical road terms:

	yes	no
that you would like to come across or see more regularly ?
that should be handled in more detail ?
that you find inappropriate ?