Methods for household travel surveys
By: Peter R. Stopher and Helen M. A. Metcalf.
Contributors: Metcalf, Helen M. A.; National Cooperative Highway Research Program.; National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board.
Series: Synthesis of highway practice,; 236
Publisher: National Academy Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 57
Subjects: Traffic surveys -- United States.; Trip generation -- United States.
Description: This synthesis will be of interest to planning, administrative, and traffic officials in state transportation agencies and in metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs); to consultants concerned with the design and conduct of surveys; and to those engaged in developing and applying travel forecasting models. It describes the various facets of planning, designing, conducting, and evaluating household travel surveys. This report of the Transportation Research Board provides information on the manner in which many household surveys are currently carried out and provides comment on the likely changes in the process, in the survey instrument, and in the application of more cost-effective methods of data collection in household travel surveys. This synthesis describes the methods for collection, including survey instrument design, as well as testing and administering the surveys. Information on time and cost requirements is also included, as are descriptions of evaluation and data analysis methods.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 41-42).
At head of title: National Cooperative Highway Research Program.
"Transportation Research Board, National Research Council."
"Research sponsored by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials in Cooperation with the Federal Highway Administration."