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Appendix A Study on Strategies for Improved Passenger and Freight Travel Data Statemment of Task
Pages 119-120

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... With these goals in mind, the committee will qualitatively examine the effectiveness and feasibility of promising innovations in data collection, such as continuous longitudinal surveys, web surveys, and methods to capture data from automated sources (e.g., probe vehicles, cell phone probes, radio frequency identification tags) , and recommend strategies for ensuring the timely availability and quality of essential travel data at acceptable costs.
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