A QUICK RESPONSE SCREENING MODEL FOR PLANNING STATEWIDE ORIGIN/DESTINATION SURVEYS

Highway intercept surveys are widely used to collect information about the origins, destinations, and other characteristics of trips made in and through a region. This paper describes a formal intercept survey site selection process that was developed for application in a statewide travel data collection project. The objectives of the process were to select cost-effective site locations, to provide information on the marginal productivity of different numbers of sites, and to provide continuing guidance for contingency planning as the actual survey work proceeded. The quantitative tools developed to guide site selection include a traditional network-based highway model and a mixed integer optimization model. In addition, the particular application of this work, the general role of highway intercept surveys, and some issues that arise in their use are described. The general approach used for the project and the formal computer models that were developed are detailed. Results of the Georgia application are described.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Additional support was provided by the Puget Sound Regional Council and King County, Washington.
• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Research Board

  500 Fifth Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20001

  Washington State Department of Transportation

  Transportation Building, 310 Maple Park Avenue SE, P.O. Box 47300
  Olympia, WA  United States  98504-7300
• Authors:
  • Adler, T J
  • Lawe, SJC
  • Brand, N
  • Wilson, H
• Conference:
  • Fifth National Conference on Transportation Planning Methods Applications-Volume I. A Compendium of Papers Based on a Conference Held in Seattle, Washington in April 1995
  • Location: Seattle, Washington
  • Date: 1995-4-17 to 1995-4-21
• Publication Date: 1995-6

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: 9p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cost effectiveness; Location; Mathematical models; Networks; Optimization; Origin and destination; Surveying; Surveying; Travel patterns
• Uncontrolled Terms: Models
• Old TRIS Terms: Highway intercept
• Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00711575
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Sep 23 1995 12:00AM