Data Initiatives

Data Initiatives
Author: National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board
Publisher:
Total Pages: 220
Release: 2005
Genre: Climatic changes
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"No. 1917 explores the development of a more accurate, cost-effective methodology for estimating vehicle miles traveled; a reality-based approach to soliciting stated preference data; possible causes of loop errors under non-forced-flow traffic conditions; and wireless magnetic sensor networks as a low-cost alternative to inductive loops for traffic measurement."--pub website.

Summary of Travel Trends

Summary of Travel Trends
Author: Patricia S. Hu
Publisher:
Total Pages: 164
Release: 1999
Genre: Transportation
ISBN:

The U.S. Dept. of Transport. (DoT) Strategic Plan for FY 1997-2002 identifies 5 performance goals: safety, mobility, econ. growth & trade, human & natural environ., & nat. security. DoT conducts the NPTS to obtain info. on personal travel of U.S. households with respect to why, how, when, where from, where to, how frequently, how long, & with whom. The NPTS also provides info. by subgroups of the pop., e.g., by age, gender, race, zero-vehicle households, which allows important policy analyses of how transport. serves these groups. This report provides the results of the 1995 NPTS of travel by the civilian, non-institutionalized pop. age 5 & older.