TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH BOARD
ABJ40 Travel Survey Methods Committee
New Technologies
Chair: Elaine Murakami
Call for Papers (March 2008):
Using New Technologies to Reduce Respondent Burden in Transportation Surveys
2008 TRB
Presentations:
Josh Auld: Activity-Travel Surveying Using GPS Technology
Peter Stopher: Processing GPS Data
2007 TRB
Presentations:
Jean-Loup Madre: GPS Component for French National Travel Survey
Eiji Hato: Behavioral Data Mining with Probe Person System (11 MB)
Mission Statement
New technologies should be tested to see if they can improve survey quality, including reducing sample bias, reducing respondent burden, reducing item non-response, and improving data accuracy. To advance new concepts in technology applications in survey research, including but not limited to:
- positioning information such as GPS, cellular phone tracking;
- web interface design for travel surveys;
- data collection for “process” and “motivations” for travel decisions; and
- techniques to combine administrative records with survey records.
To advance the state-of-the-art, we will share recent experiences with work that may not yet be published, and develop research statements for work we would like to see initiated in the near future.
Future Activities
To develop from one to three research statements to be submitted to: NCHRP, NCHRP Synthesis, or NCHRP 08-36, and to market these research concepts to various entities, including NCHRP, university researchers, MPOs and State DOTs.