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BREAKOUT SESSION
Survey Methods
Eric Petersen, RAND Europe
Peter Vovsha, PB Consult, Inc.
Stacey Bricka, NuStats Partners, LP
Chandra Bhat, University of Texas at Austin
Bruno Kochan, Transportation Research Institute, Hasselt University, Belgium
Tom Bellemans, Transportation Research Institute, Hasselt University, Belgium
Davy Janssens, Transportation Research Institute, Hasselt University, Belgium
Geert Wets, Transportation Research Institute, Hasselt University, Belgium
DIRECTIONS FOR COORDINATED IMPROVEMENT veys. Trips represent the unit of analysis in traditional
OF TRAVEL SURVEYS AND MODELS four-step models. The units of analysis in activity-based
models include trips, tours, activity episodes, and time
Eric Petersen and Peter Vovsha allocation.
· Household surveys were conducted as part of the
Peter Vovsha discussed data requirements to support the development of new activity-based models in New York,
estimation process of activity-based models and Columbus, Atlanta, and the San Francisco Bay area. The
improvements to travel surveys. He described the New York survey included approximately 11,000 house-
demands of the new models and promising areas of holds in a 1-day survey. The Columbus survey was also
research related to travel surveys. Volume 2 includes a a 1-day effort involving 5,555 households. Two-day sur-
paper on the topic.1 The following points were covered veys were conducted in both the San Francisco Bay area
in his presentation. and Atlanta, covering 15,064 households and 8,069
households, respectively. A review of these surveys iden-
· Household travel surveys remain the major source tified concerns related to missing and miscoded loca-
of data needed for activity-based models. The basic sur- tions, in-home activities, conflicting joint activities and
veys required for activity-based modeling applications travel, underreporting of multiple activities, underre-
are similar to those required to update and revalidate porting of nonmandatory activities, and underreporting
conventional models, although some additions are desir- of preschool children. One example of underreporting
able. The development of the new generation of activity- relates to the percentage of workers making at-work sub-
based models has provided the opportunity to examine tours for lunch, banking, shopping, and business
the various types of travel surveys. This examination has activities.
identified some data inconsistency not previously noted. · Conducting on-the-spot checks represents one
The development of new models has also created approach to improving household survey results. Items
demands for new data and possible changes to travel sur- to check include consistent trip time locations and modes
and consistent departure and arrival times. Joint travel
by drivers and passengers can be checked for intrahouse-
1 See Petersen E., and P. Vovsha. Directions for Coordinated
hold trip synchronization and interhousehold trips with
Improvement of Travel Surveys and Models. In Conference
Proceedings 42: Innovations in Travel Demand Modeling, Volume 2:
colleagues, friends, relatives, and casual carpoolers. Joint
Papers, Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, intrahousehold and interhousehold synchronization can
Washington, D.C., 2008, pp. 8588. also be monitored. The presence of routine activities
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