LOOKING BEYOND COMMUTER TRAVEL IN CAPE TOWN: METHODOLOGICAL LESSONS FROM THE APPLICATION OF AN ACTIVITY-BASED TRAVEL SURVEY. IN: TRANSPORT SURVEY QUALITY AND INNOVATION
The focus of the study reviewed in this chapter was to determine the travel patterns of the South African capital Cape Town's metropolitan area population as a whole, with households as the primary sampling unit. The chapter provides information on how the preparations were made for the survey, the method of its administration, and the lessons learned. Presented are the following specifics: past travel analysis and current representations of travel behavior; study objectives; analytical method and survey instrument; target population and sample selection; survey administration; data coding, capture and analysis; and methodological lessons.
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Authors:
- Behrens, R
- Publication Date: 2003
Language
- English
Media Info
- Pagination: p. 109-136
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Serial:
- Publication of: Elsevier
- Publisher: Elsevier
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Activity choices; Analysis; Data collection; Households; Methodology; Needs assessment; Samples; Travel behavior; Travel patterns; Travel surveys; Trend (Statistics)
- Geographic Terms: Cape Town (South Africa); South Africa
- Subject Areas: Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Society;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00961513
- Record Type: Publication
- ISBN: 0080441998
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Aug 8 2003 12:00AM