WORKSHOP ON DATA NEEDS AND COLLECTION. WORKSHOP SUMMARY

The workshop was to assess the state of the art and current practice in the areas of data needs and collection for travel forecasting and plan development. It was found that there is need to reduce the gap between available data-handling and collection methods and current practice. There are problems with maintaining appropriate data bases in a financially constrained environment. Also in question is the accuracy, efficiency and cost-effectiveness of data collection. There is the issue of equity in transportation planning. It was concluded that data collection is one of the most ignored areas of transportation planning. There is a lack of documentation of data-collection procedures. The Transportation profession as a whole must recognize that there is an extensive discipline of survey design and execution.

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  • http://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/sr/sr201/sr201-017.pdf
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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Proceedings of a conference held October 3-7, 1982, Easton, Maryland. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.
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• Authors:
  • Biciunas, Aristede E
• Conference:
  • Conference on Travel Analysis Methods for the 1980s
  • Location: Easton Maryland, United States
  • Date: 1982-10-3 to 1982-10-7
• Publication Date: 1983

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Pagination: pp 47-48
• Monograph Title: TRAVEL ANALYSIS METHODS FOR THE 1980S
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Board Special Report
  • Issue Number: 201
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0360-859X

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Accuracy; Cost effectiveness; Data collection; Databases; Forecasting; Surveys; Transportation planning; Travel demand
• Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00390203
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB, ATRI
• Created Date: Oct 30 1984 12:00AM