SURVEY SAYS....

At the Fremont Market on Sunday, May 31^st, over fifty people participated in the Fremont Bridge Quiz, a homespun survey that asked participants to think creatively about their experiences with the bridge. Here are some excerpts:

Do you have a piece of advice for the bridge?

• Stay lubricated and in shape.
  
• Lighten up.
  
• Remember not to let drivers’ anxiety pressure you into closing early or not opening.
  
• Look in a mirror once in a while. Would it kill you to put on some paint?

Most popular adjectives for the bridge:

• solid
  
• historic
  
• beautiful
  
• cool
  
• funky
  
• quaint
  
• blue
  

Not the most popular adjectives, but my favorite contenders: 

• sturdy
  
• patina-ed
  
• humming
  
• people-sized
  
• cheese-grated
  

How do you most often experience the bridge?

• car                                    = 38%
  
• on foot                        = 29%
  
• water vessel                       = 5%
  
• bus                                    = 15%
  
• motorcycle/scooter         = 4%
  
• bicycle                               = 9%
  

Using this structure, create a metaphor for the bridge

SAMPLE: My relationship to the bridge is like that of a __________ to a ___________,

• astronaut to a rocket
• candy to a mouth      
• husband to a wife (usually think it’s great but occasionally frustrates me)     
• hand to a cookie jar (“sometimes I’m gettin’ through there and others not!”)
• parent to a rebellious child    
• hairstylist to Cab Calloway

Fremont Bridge Math

steel + love = the Fremont Bridge

iron + hydraulics = the Fremont Bridge

Don Knotts + nuclear fission = the Fremont Bridge