Tools and Methods for a Transportation Household Survey

摘要: INTRODUCTION Large household surveys always have presented a methodological challenge for transportation planners and authorities. Conducting survey of more than 70,000 households is not simple task because the sample size complexity itself. Every planner knows that data are strongly related to spatial elements territory network (roads public transit), tool must take these specificities into account. Today, even though intelligent systems (ITSs) provided new ways collect data, large still needed. Data collected from operations now well integrated in fields planning, finance, management. This paper presents information technologies were used 2003 Greater Montreal Area Household Survey (Quebec, Canada). It also emphasizes technological background architectures required yield best results possible survey. Following recounting history area, totally disaggregate approach object-oriented modeling, two key helped support develop tools, section. The third part paper, "Survey Information System Framework," describes methodology was prepare synchronize various software programs databases. "Implementation" section aimed at demonstrating functions conclusion reports some findings on experience Montreal. BACKGROUND In past, travel conducted mainly by mail or face-to-face interviews. They basically development aggregated forecasting models. Richardson et al. (1995) propose thorough description classical Methods Transport planning. With advent technologies, combining computation capacities, become an integral continuing planning process assist many types studies. Transportation Research Board Millennium Paper Committee Travel Surveys Methods, Griffiths (2000) identify future directions methods: * improvement quality standards through full honest documentation process. need document all stages appears as most overriding conference held 1997 raising (Richardson 2002). use mixed-mode designs meet needs surveyor create least burden greatest flexibility respondents. concept common cognitive space between interviewer respondent outlined Brog (2000). purpose tools maximize this facilitate exchange agents lessen burden. A move toward continuous provide timely economical manner, which would preserve technical managerial skills conduct complex surveys. judicious augment existing techniques. regard, computer-assisted telephone interviewing (CATI) one main regarding allows interviewers administer questionnaire via capture responses electronically. CATI "employs interactive computing their supervisors performing basic data-collection tasks interview surveys" (Nicholls II 1988). …