LEXINGTON AREA TRAVEL DATA COLLECTION TEST. FINAL REPORT

Data were collected on route choice and travel habits in the Lexington, Kentucky metropolitan area. The sample comprised 100 households, with the average household size 2.94 persons and with an average of 2.17 vehicles. This research project configured the automatic data collection device and deployed the devices in the Lexington MPO planning area to record information about the personal travel behavior of the 100 respondents. The field test equipment successfully captured both the GPS data and self-reported information from approximately 85 percent of the respondents. The respondents were eager to use the new technology, found it easy to install in their vehicle, and expressed a preference for the automatic data collection device over more traditional methods. Results indicate that the Lexington respondents take more trips of shorter distances than past national estimates would suggest.

• Record URL:
  • http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/ohim/lextrav.pdf
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• Record URL:
  • https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/4822
• Corporate Authors:

  Battelle Transportation

  505 King Avenue
  Columbus, OH  United States  43201

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 1997-9-15

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 150 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automatic data collection systems; Global Positioning System; Households; Travel surveys
• Geographic Terms: Kentucky
• Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Society; I21: Planning of Transport Infrastructure;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00769312
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: NTL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Sep 27 1999 12:00AM