WORKSHOP ON DATA NEEDS AND COLLECTION. DATA NEEDS AND DATA COLLECTION--STATE OF THE PRACTICE

The state of the practice in data collection for travel forecasting is examined with particular emphasis on behavioral travel-forecasting procedures and models. A secondary purpose is to provide data for improving or updating forecasts or for direct use in existing calibrated and validated models to predict current or future values. It is concluded that there is an extremely large gap between knowledge and practice. Some issues have not been resolved with specific concern to behavioral models of travel demand. There is also need to remove much of the indifference that exists with respect to data collection. It is necessary to recognize that the most effective data collection is finely tuned to the principal purposes of that data collection. It is important to address the problem of nonresponse to surveys. The author concludes that the most important requirement is that transportation professions recognize that there is an extensive discipline of survey design and execution, and that the undertaking of a survey is neither a diversion or a game.

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    • 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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    • Stopher, Peter R
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  • Publication Date: 1983

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  • Media Type: Digital/other
  • Features: References;
  • Pagination: p. 63-71
  • Monograph Title: TRAVEL ANALYSIS METHODS FOR THE 1980S
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  • Accession Number: 00390205
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Files: TRIS, TRB
  • Created Date: Oct 30 1984 12:00AM