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This report contains a methodological discussion of the Wood-Washington-Wirt Interstate Planning Commission (WWW-IPC) 2002 Household Travel Survey. This survey was conducted during the spring of 2002 and covered two counties in the greater Parkersburg, West Virginia area. The counties were Washington County, Ohio and Wood County, West Virginia. This report was prepared to assist those who are working with the Household Travel Survey database with a focus on survey development procedures and results. A household travel survey provides the means of examining an average day of travel by households within the two-county study area. Fundamentally the household travel survey sought to determine why people made trips (their trip purpose), how they traveled (mode), how far they traveled (trip lengths), how often they traveled during the day, and at what times during the day they traveled. There were three primary purposes of the survey: 1) to provide a check and additional detail on the U.S Census 2000 journey-to-work travel data, 2) to develop parameters that could be applied for the WWW travel demand model, and 3) to provide information on trips that are not work-related (non-work trips). There are many secondary uses for the survey database. Information was collected on persons who work at home, number of retired persons per household, adult bicycle ownership, and a number of other household and person facts that may be consulted in the future. The survey featured a self-administered mail-back questionnaire. The questionnaire was designed in a manner to allow the results to be adjusted and factored with the 2000 U.S. Census. Specifically, the questionnaire collected two types of data: 1) census variables such as the number of persons per household, age, vehicle availability, sex, employment status, occupation and income; and 2) transportation related variables including trip origin and destination, trip purpose, travel time, mode of travel used, and vehicle occupancy. The survey design can be described as: Random Digit Dial (RDD) telephone recruitment; Self administered mail-out mail-back surveys; Targeted individuals at their homes; Collected both demographic and travel data; 24-Hour trip diary format; A focus on non-work trip making; Utilized reminder calls, letters, and gift incentives for late respondents; and Scheduled to interface with the 2002 Wood-Washington 20-Year Multimodal Transportation Plan.

01043941

English

27p

2004

9th National Conference on Transportation Planning for Small and Medium-Sized Communities

CD-ROM

Figures (9) ; Tables (13)

Households; Mode choice; Questionnaires; Travel behavior; Travel demand; Travel surveys; Trip length; Trip purpose

2000 Census

Nonwork trips

Parkersburg (West Virginia); Washington County (Ohio); Wood County (West Virginia)

Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

TRIS, TRB

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