Continuous Mobility Surveys: The State of Practice

In this paper, the authors challenge the prevailing practice of conducting one-off cross-sectional mobility surveys, making a case for change on the basis of usefulness and cost-effectiveness. They believe that urban areas over say, one million inhabitants, should collect mobility data on a continuous basis as part of their efforts to guarantee sustainable development. This would allow them to gain a proper understanding of the pressing environmental and transport-related issues of today's world, as well as of the effects of economic growth and price (especially for fuel) volatility. In the scope the authors include panel data (i.e. information from a smaller sample of respondents who are interviewed at different points in time, hopefully during several years), as this type of information is unique in its ability to help understanding behavioral changes and the impact of time-related effects, such as habit and inertia. The authors revise the state of affairs in different parts of the world, not limiting themselves to urban data.

• Record URL:
  • http://www.informaworld.com/10.1080/01441647.2010.510224
• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/oclc/7802200
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Abstract reprinted with permission from Taylor and Francis
• Authors:
  • Ortuzar, Juan de Dios
  • Armoogum, Jimmy
  • Madre, Jean-Loup
  • Potier, Francoise
• Publication Date: 2011-5

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 293-312
• Serial:
  • Transport Reviews
  • Volume: 31
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • ISSN: 0144-1647
  • EISSN: 1464-5327
  • Serial URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/ttrv20

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Mobility; Panel studies; State of the practice; Sustainable development; Travel behavior; Travel surveys
• Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01339850
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: May 18 2011 10:51AM