TRB Pubsindex
Text Size:

Title:

HOLIDAY AND SUMMER WEEKEND TRAFFIC SURVEY

Accession Number:

00227710

Record Type:

Component

Abstract:

THE TRAFFIC ENGINEERING DIVISION OF THE COOK COUNTY HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT (ILLINOIS) CONDUCTED ROADSIDE INTERVIEWS WITH 12,000 MOTORISTS ON HOLIDAY AND SUMMER WEEKENDS. TWO SITES WERE SELECTED FOR THE INTERVIEWS, AND THE MOTORISTS WERE DIRECTED BY A FLAGMAN INTO A SPECIAL INTERVIEW LANE. THE BASIC QUESTIONS ON THE INTERVIEW FORM PERTAINED TO ORIGIN, DESTINATION AND TRIP PURPOSE. DATA WERE COMPILED ON /1/ THE NUMBER OF RECREATIONAL TRIPS FOR A NON-HOLIDAY SUMMER WEEKEND BY TIME OF DAY, /2/ RECREATIONAL TRIPS AS A FUNCTION OF DAY OF RETURN TRIP FOR HOLIDAY AND NON-HOLIDAY SUMMER WEEKENDS, /3/ RECREATIONAL AND NON-RECREATIONAL TRIPS BY DESTINATION FOR TOLL ROAD AND NON-TOLL ROAD USERS, /4/ TOLL ROAD USE AS A FUNCTION OF TRIP FREQUENCY FOR RECREATIONAL TRIPS, AND /5/ RECREATIONAL TRIPS FOR A HOLIDAY SUMMER WEEKEND BY TIME OF DAY.

Supplemental Notes:

No 297, pp 74-85, 10 FIG. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved.

Monograph Title:

Forecasting Highway Trips

Monograph Accession #:

01410680

Language:

English

Authors:

Plummer, Andrew V
Wilkie, Leo G
Gran, Robert F

Pagination:

10p

Publication Date:

1961

Serial:

Highway Research Board Bulletin

Issue Number: 297
Publisher: Highway Research Board

Conference:

40th Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board

Location: Washington DC, United States
Date: 1961-1-9 to 1961-1-13
Sponsors: Highway Research Board

Media Type:

Digital/other

Uncontrolled Terms:

Old TRIS Terms:

Subject Areas:

Highways; Operations and Traffic Management

Files:

TRIS, TRB

Created Date:

Aug 15 2004 2:36AM

More Articles from this Serial Issue: