Improving Collection and Monitoring of Urban Travel Data: an International Review
Sound and reliable data are essential for the development of effective urban transport strategies, yet national governments differ considerably in their requirements on and support for the collection of such data. This paper reports a survey of national governments which assessed the policy areas for which data is needed, the types of indicator required, the split of responsibilities in collecting data and the guidance and support provided in the collection process. It categorizes the problems which national and local governments face in data collection and interpretation. It concludes by presenting a series of recommendations for good practice in the specifying the data needed, enhancing data quality, allocating responsibilities for data collection and interpretation, and disseminating the results.
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Authors:
- May, Anthony
- Grant-Muller, Susan
- Marsden, Greg
- Thanos, Sotirios
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Conference:
- Transportation Research Board 87th Annual Meeting
- Location: Washington DC, United States
- Date: 2008-1-13 to 2008-1-17
- Date: 2008
Language
- English
Media Info
- Media Type: DVD
- Features: References; Tables;
- Pagination: 24p
- Monograph Title: TRB 87th Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers DVD
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Data collection; Data quality; Federal government; Information management; Standards; Traffic data; Urban transportation policy; Urban travel
- Identifier Terms: European Conference of Ministers of Transport
- Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; I71: Traffic Theory;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01089536
- Record Type: Publication
- Report/Paper Numbers: 08-1244
- Files: BTRIS, TRIS, TRB
- Created Date: Feb 29 2008 7:41AM