FAMILY EXPENDITURE SURVEY DATA AND THEIR REFERENCE TO TRANSPORT PLANNING

An assessment of family expenditure survey data from the standpoint of transport planning and evaluation is given. The primary emphasis is on recently available Australian data, although comparisons are also made with overseas data where these are available. Issues covered include the following: basic organisational features of family expenditure surveys; general limitations in using this source of data; the practical value of family expenditure data in the appraisal of transport needs and demands; complementary sources of data and/or refinements to family expenditure surveys which are needed for transport planning purposes; and key research areas which are left untouched by family expenditure surveys. /TRRL/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Proceeding of the 3rd Annual Meeting of the Australian Transport Research Forum--"Getting the Best Use from the Transport Infrastructure"--Melbourne, Australia, May 24-25, 1977.
• Corporate Authors:

  VICTORIA MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT

  MELBOURNE,    
• Authors:
  • Morris, J
  • WIGAN, M R
• Publication Date: 1977-5

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 56 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Costs; Data collection; Economics; Expenditures; Families; Households; Income; Motor vehicles; Needs assessment; Ownership; Public transit; Surveys; Transportation; Transportation planning
• ITRD Terms: 224: Cost; 8623: Data acquisition; 255: Economics; 309: Household; 256: Income; 1054: Network (traffic); 744: Public transport; 315: Vehicle ownership
• Subject Areas: Economics; Planning and Forecasting; Society; Transportation (General); I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00165569
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Report/Paper Numbers: Proceeding
• Files: ITRD, TRIS, ATRI
• Created Date: Jun 28 1981 12:00AM