Dear Colleagues:
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TRB�s Committee on Travel Survey Methods (ABJ40) has developed the
transportation community's first-ever
wiki-style
On-line Travel Survey Manual with details on virtually
everything transportation survey developers & survey managers need
to know.
�Please visit http://www.travelsurveymanual.org
to get a sense of the 25 extensive chapters, covering all
types of
transportation surveys, including household, visitor, parking, freight
&
establishment surveys; stated preference and qualitative surveys;
GPS-based
designs and data expansion; survey costs and quality control. � The
newly
developed Appendix provides high-quality samples of RFPs, diary
forms,
and other field materials. �
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This document represents an overhaul and update of the 1996 USDOT and
EPA
manual prepared by Cambridge Systematics (thank you to Kevin Tierney!),
with
major contributions from TRB�s recent NCHRP Report 571
�Standardized Procedures for Personal Travel Surveys� (thank you to
Peter Stopher & team!).
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This document is the result of hard work and long hours by nearly 100
volunteers. �Thank you �to everyone who participated in
this effort. �
Of course, a wiki-style project means that no one is �in charge� of
checking all contents (unlike a contract, where the PI is responsible).
�There are many ways that this document can be improved, including
corrections and updates, and we would love your editing contributions!
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We want to keep this document up to date, especially with field
materials, such
as samples of RFPs, respondent diaries, and CATI scripts. �With the
advent
of so many computer-based surveys, we hope survey crews will capture
(via video
images) & upload computer screen survey interfaces. �
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We hope that you will find this document useful, and we look forward to
your
help improving and updating it. �� For permission to edit chapters,
please contact Lei Zhang (lei@umd.edu)
or Krishnan Viswanathan (kviswanathan@camsys.com),
so that they can provide you the appropriate login information.
�Please pass the word along.
�
Thanks so much,
�
Kara Kockelman, Krishnan Viswanathan, Elaine Murakami, Lei Zhang, Kevin
Tierney
& the rest of the Travel Survey Manual Gang
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--� Our apologies for cross-posting!�� --