Survey Central Maastricht 2024

Which neighbourhood within the city centre do you live in?

Question 1 - In what capacity do you live and/or reside in the city centre?

Question 2 - Which age group applies to you:

Question 3 - Has your neighbourhood organisation, such as a neighbourhood network, neighbourhood platform, residents' platform or residents' association, made itself sufficiently known in the centre?

Question 4 - In what way(s) do you think a neighbourhood organisation is useful? (Multiple answers possible)

Question 5 - Do you follow your neighbourhood organisation's information through their website, flyer, neighbourhood magazine, newsletter or on social media?

Question 6 - Do you have friends and acquaintances living nearby?

Question 7 - Do you have someone you trust in your area who you can turn to with problems

Question 8 - Would you like to help people to meet or connect? If you would like to, please make this known in the comments box below.

Question 9 - Do you feel safe in your neighbourhood?

Question 10 - At the beginning of the survey, you indicated which neighbourhood you live in. What do you think of your living environment/neighbourhood?

Question 11 - In line with other urban areas, since the beginning of 2024 a street maximum of 20% applies in the city centre for house divisions (into smaller lots) in Jekerkwartier, Kommelkwartier, Statenkwartier, Boschstraatkwartier, Wyck and Céramique.. No maximum applies to the Inner City and the streets Boschstraat north, Wycker Brugstraat and Stationsstraat. A lower maximum of 10% applies to the suburbs. Are you satisfied with the house division policy?

Question 12 - The municipal council wants to make the city centre a zone where the car is a guest (drivers must take cyclists into account and are allowed to drive at a maximum of 30 km/h). What do you think of this measure

Question 13 - Should action be taken against people parking their bikes, motorbikes, scooters or cars outside official parking spaces in the city centre?

Question 14 - Do you think parking facilities for motorbikes, scooters and bikes in the city centre should be expanded?

Question 15 - The municipal council wants to promote increased resident participation. Do you think there is sufficient opportunity to realise your input with the Municipality?

Question 16 - Do you think the current policy concerning public events takes sufficient account of residents' interests?

Question 17 - Have you had sufficient participation in the current policy concerning public events?

Question 18 - During the corona period, existing terraces were extended in compliance with the 1.5-metre measure. Some cafés and restaurants are proposing to make the extension of terraces permanent. Do you think this is a good idea?

Question 19: Note: dB(A) is the unit in which the strength of sound is represented in the vast majority of cases. Derived from the ordinary decibel, dB(A) corrects sound strengths for the sensitivity of the human ear. A 1 dB(A) increase in noise level is just perceptible to human hearing when concentrating and listening very carefully. Since this year (2024), the noise level of events and catering in the city centre has been adjusted to a maximum of 80 dB(A) at the adjacent facade. What are your experiences. Do you think this limit should be lowered to 75dB(A) (as in Amsterdam).

Question 20 - The municipality has changed the collection schedule of fruit, vegetable and garden waste, residual garbage bags and waste paper. However, the collection frequency of the residual bags remains fortnightly; do you think the residual bags should be collected weekly again in the city centre?

Question 21 - The municipality has been struggling with a shortage of enforcement staff for years, resulting in little or no action on bicycle nuisance, student nuisance and overflowing waste containers. What is your experience with enforcement?

Question 22 - How is the green space in your neighbourhood?

Question 23 - On 1 January 2025, the Zero Emission Zone will go into effect in the city centre. This will oblige all business owners to enter the city centre with a zero-emission company car. Are you for or against this measure?

Question 24 - How do you usually travel to or from the centre [multiple answers possible]:

Question 25 - In general, what is the reason for your movement in the centre?

Question 26 - The municipality plans to remove the Basin Bridge in due course (see photo). This will require relocating the public transport axis to the north. It will then run, for example, along the planned extended Maasboulevard and along the Noorderbrug back to Boschstraat. In below you will find an example of what such a new route might look like. Possible new situation public transport axis (source: Maastricht municipality). What do you think of this plan?

Question 27 - Besides the planned change to the transport axis due to the removal of the Bassin Bridge, Maastricht municipality is also considering banning large buses from the city centre in the future. This would mean that the current bus routes 4 (Pottenberg-Caberg) and 7 (Randwyck) will no longer run through the city centre. As an alternative, some neighbourhood organisations have put forward the proposal of using smaller, preferably electric, vans in the city centre. This could create a dedicated "centre line" to still maintain public transport in the part of the centre where lines 4 and 7 are disappearing. The image below shows a proposed route for the centre line.