Web-based Survey Techniques

Web-based Survey Techniques
Author: Gregory Spitz
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
Total Pages: 114
Release: 2006
Genre: Internet questionnaires
ISBN: 0309097789

"TRB's Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Synthesis 69: Web-Based Survey Techniques explores the current state of the practice for web-based surveys. The report examines successful practice, reviews the technologies necessary to conduct web-based surveys, and includes several case studies and profiles of transit agency use of web-based surveys. The report also focuses on the strengths and limitations of all survey methods"--Publisher's description

Public Transport Planning with Smart Card Data

Public Transport Planning with Smart Card Data
Author: Fumitaka Kurauchi
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 198
Release: 2017-02-17
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1315353334

Collecting fares through "smart cards" is becoming standard in most advanced public transport networks of major cities around the world. Travellers value their convenience and operators the reduced money handling fees. Electronic tickets also make it easier to integrate fare systems, to create complex time and space differentiated fare systems, and to provide incentives to specific target groups. A less-utilised benefit is the data collected through smart cards. Records, even if anonymous, provide for a much better understanding of passengers’ travel behaviour as current literature shows. This information can also be used for better service planning. Public Transport Planning with Smart Card Data handles three major topics: how passenger behaviour can be estimated using smart card data, how smart card data can be combined with other trip databases, and how the public transport service level can be better evaluated if smart card data is available. The book discusses theory as well as applications from cities around the world and will be of interest to researchers and practitioners alike who are interested in the state-of-the-art as well as future perspectives that smart card data will bring.

Transport Survey Methods

Transport Survey Methods
Author: Jean-Loup Madre
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
Total Pages: 662
Release: 2009-11-02
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 1848558449

Identifies various challenges to the world community of transport survey specialists as well as the larger constituency of practitioners, planners, and decision-makers that it serves and provides potential solutions and recommendations for addressing them.

Transport Survey Methods

Transport Survey Methods
Author: Johanna Zmud
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
Total Pages: 821
Release: 2013-01-29
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 1781902879

Compiles the critical thinking on priority topics in contemporary transport policy and planning contexts. In this title, the contributed papers cover two key themes related to types of decision-making of importance to the development of data collection on both passenger travel and freight movements.

Social Research Methods

Social Research Methods
Author: H. Russell Bernard
Publisher: SAGE
Total Pages: 825
Release: 2013
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 1412978548

Bernard does an excellent job of not only showing how to practice research, but also provides a detailed discussion of broader historical and philosophical contexts that are important for understanding research.

Women's Issues in Transportation

Women's Issues in Transportation
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Publisher: Transportation Research Board
Total Pages: 298
Release: 2010
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 0309160839

Women's Issues in Transportation: Summary of the 4th International Conference, Volume 2: Technical Papers includes 27 full peer-reviewed papers that were presented at the October 2009 conference. The conference highlighted the latest research on changing demographics that affect transportation planning, programming, and policy making, as well as the latest research on crash and injury prevention for different segments of the female population. Special attention was given to pregnant and elderly transportation users, efforts to better address and increase women's personal security when using various modes of transportation, and the impacts of extreme events such as hurricanes and earthquakes on women's mobility and that of those for whom they are responsible. TRB's Conference Proceedings 46: Women's Issues in Transportation, Volume 1: Conference Overview and Plenary Papers includes an overview of the October 2009 conference and six commissioned resource papers, including the two keynote presentations.

Current Practices for Assessing Economic Development Impacts from Transportation Investments

Current Practices for Assessing Economic Development Impacts from Transportation Investments
Author: Glen Weisbrod
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
Total Pages: 88
Release: 2000
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780309068734

This synthesis report will be of interest to DOT administrators, supervisors, and staff, as well as to the consultants working with them in assessing the economic development impacts of existing or proposed transportation investments. Metropolitan Planning Organization regional and local staffs might also find it informative. It is intended to help practicing planners become aware of the range of methods and analysis techniques available, organized by the different categories of agency needs, to address different types of planning, policy, and research needs. This synthesis summarizes the current state of the practice by means of a survey of transportation planning agencies in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. This report provides reviews of the analysis methods used in recent project and program evaluation reports of these agencies, in addition to a bibliography of economic literature and guides.

Smart Urban Mobility

Smart Urban Mobility
Author: Ivana Cavar Semanjski
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 268
Release: 2023-02-08
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0128208910

Smart Urban Mobility: Transport Planning in the Age of Big Data and Digital Twins explores the data-driven paradigm shift in urban mobility planning and examines how well-established practices and strong data analytics efforts can be better aligned to fit transport planning practices and "smart" mobility management needs. The book provides a comprehensive survey of the major big data and technology resources derived from smart cities research which are collectively poised to transform urban mobility. Chapters highlight the important aspects of each data source affecting applicability, along with the outcomes of smart mobility measures and campaigns.Transport planners, urban policymakers, public administrators, city managers, data scientists, and consulting companies managing smart city interventions and data-driven urban transformation projects will gain a better understanding of this up-and-coming research from this book's detailed overview and numerous practical examples and best practices for operational deployment. - Addresses key principles underlying smart mobility, as well as opportunities and challenges of integrating big data-driven insights into transport planning and smart cities - Presents practical advice on how to implement smart mobility advances, providing a benchmark reference by best practice examples in the field - Examines synthesis of existing gaps, limitations, and big data potential beyond traditional data needs for transport planning, as well as examples of the best practices