Coordinate with

your agencies' ICCO*

and a Social

Scientist Use

Compendium

of Questions

Submit to CVTS

Coordinators

Submit to ICCO

for review

Design survey and

complete the

Justification Form

Survey Objective Performance Measure Examples

Identify safety issues/concerns with

respect to different activities at the site

Perception of safety when engaged in different activities within the FLMA

site

Goal: Safety

Goal: Mobility/Access

Understand what visitor/user priorities

and needs are with regard to

transportation services (e.g. intermodal connections, parking, trails)

Use of different transportation modes to and within FLMA sites

Goal: Visitor/User Experience

Understand visitor/user trip profile in

order to better meet visitor/user

needs with respect to transportation

access

Percent of visitors/users who reported being unable to access a site, use a

facility, or engage in an activity due to a physical barrier/disability

Percent of visitors/users who reported being unable to access a site, use a

facility, or engage in an activity due to a physical barrier/disability

Use of different transportation modes to and within FLMA sites

Goal: Environment

Understand visitor/user priorities with

respect to the natural and cultural

resources and motivations for use of

different transportation services

Visitor/user assessment of the importance of and satisfaction with

protecting different natural resources; level of concern regarding resource

protection

COLLABORATIVE VISITOR

TRANSPORTATION SURVEY

(CVTS)

How do FLMAs use the CVTS?

Here are the key steps in the process for using

the CVTS generic clearance:

Survey questions from the CVTS Compendium can be used to measure

performance related to safety, mobility, visitor experience, and the environment.

The Collaborative Visitor Transportation

Survey (CVTS) is a multi-agency effort that

supports a Federal Land Management

Agency (FLMA) generic clearance approved

by the Office of Management and Budget

(OMB). The CVTS streamlines the OMB

approval process, making user feedback a

more feasible part of transportation planning

and assessment.

What is the CVTS?

This effort is led by Federal Highway

Administration’s (FHWA) Western Federal Lands

Highway Division with technical assistance from U.S.

Department of Transportation Volpe Center. The

generic clearance is maintained by the US Forest

Service (USFS).

*ICCO: Information Collection

Clearance Officer

How CVTS Can Inform Performance Measurement
CVTS Surveys Inform Transportation Planning To read the full reports for

these and other survey efforts,

visit the CVTS website.

Faced with parking challenges during peak

times, the Hanging Lake (USFS) survey found

79% of visitors would be likely or somewhat

likely to take a shuttle to the site.

Lake Sidney Lanier (USACE) used the

survey to determine boaters'

perceptions of the lake, its

management and social conditions.

Presidio built experimental advisory bike

lanes (ABLs) and will report the survey

results to FHWA to be evaluated with other

experimental ABLs.

BLM, USFS, USFWS, and NPS collaborated

on an Alaska statewide survey to measure

visitors' transportation-related

experiences. Survey findings were

incorporated in the Alaska Long-Range

Transportation Plan.

In 2000, Presidio set a goal that over 50% of

employees would commute via sustainable

modes. The 2018 survey found 48% of

employees commute via non-auto means.

The Green Point Area of Shiawassee

National Wildlife Refuge (USFWS) mailed

surveys to a sample of registered voters to

collect community input to inform park

management/planning.

FHWA, Western Federal Lands

Highway Division

Nicholas.Grisham@dot.gov

USFS, CVTS Coordinators

Kenli.Kim@usda.gov,

Eric.M.White@usda.gov

Volpe, CVTS Coordinator

Margaret.Petrella@dot.gov

Which FLMAs have used the CVTS?

11

4

3 3

2

1

Total = 24

2015 to 2022

USFS USFWS USACE BLM Presidio MultiAgency

CVTS Website Resources

Inventory of CVTS Information

Collections

CVTS Supporting Statements

Federal Land Management

Agencies’ Compendium of

Questions (OMB approved survey

questions)

Justification Form

Guidance and Instructions for the

Using the CVTS Generic Clearance

Data Repository

CVTS data are being managed at

sciencebase.gov, a U.S. Geological

Survey (USGS) data repository. To

request access, please email

CVTS@dot.gov.

Contact Information