GREATER LONDON TRANSPORTATION SURVEY. 1. ORGANISATION AND MANAGEMENT OF THE SURVEYS

The greater London transportation survey undertaken during 1971-72 was, in technical content, a conventional transportation survey, but differed from other surveys in that it was the first major update in the U.S. Of a transportation data base: 1962 was the year of the London traffic survey. The main differences were in terms of planning, implementation, processing and procedure. During the planning stage a number of pilot surveys were commissioned to find ways of avoiding mass data collection, hitherto an inherent part of the process. The study also provided the opportunity to introduce subjective data into a field previously guarded by opinion and precedent. The underlying approach was to establish a total data system in which fieldwork methods were not regarded in isolation, but rather as an integral part of the overall process. (A). /TRRL/

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• Corporate Authors:

  Printerhall Limited

  29 Newmart Street
  London W1P 3PE,   England 
• Authors:
  • Weald, D E
• Publication Date: 1975-5

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: 4 p.
• Serial:
  • Traffic Engineering & Control
  • Volume: 16
  • Issue Number: 5
  • Publisher: Hemming Group, Limited
  • ISSN: 0041-0683
  • Serial URL: http://www.tecmagazine.com/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Administration; Data collection; Databases; Field tests; Implementation; Information processing; Information systems; Interviewing; Methodology; Planning; Private transportation; Public transit; Surveys; Traffic surveys; Transportation
• Geographic Terms: United Kingdom
• Old TRIS Terms: Data systems; Field methods; Processing
• ITRD Terms: 155: Administration; 8623: Data acquisition; 8655: Data processing; 9147: Interview; 9102: Method; 143: Planning; 746: Private transport; 676: Traffic survey; 8119: United Kingdom
• Subject Areas: Economics; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Society; Transportation (General); I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00127773
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 3 1981 12:00AM