SUPPLEMENTING CENSUS DATA FOR TRANSPORTATION PLANNING

Based on experience at the Washington Metropolitan Area Council of Governments, census journey-to-work data supplemented with small-scale automobile use or telephone home interview surveys and with roadside interviews to obtain data on travel into and through the area can serve as a relatively low-cost basis for verifying and updating travel models and for modifying forecasts. Before-and-after studies of changes caused by the opening of major transportation facilities are valuable supplements to such a data effort. Recommendations are given with regard to supplementing census data in large urban areas.

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• Authors:
  • Wickstrom, George V
• Publication Date: 1984

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 82-85
• Monograph Title: CENSUS DATA AND URBAN TRANSPORTATION PLANNING IN THE 1980S
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 981
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Before and after studies; Census; Data collection; Demographics; Mathematical models; Surveys; Transportation; Transportation planning; Work trips
• Uncontrolled Terms: Transportation models
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Data and Information Technology; Planning and Forecasting; Transportation (General); I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00450512
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309037638
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Nov 30 1985 12:00AM