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Surveying activity-travel behavior in Flanders: Assessing the impact of the survey design
Cools, Mario; Moons, Elke; Bellemans, Tom et al.
2009In Macharis, C.; Turcksin, L. (Eds.) Proceedings of the BIVEC-GIBET Transport Research Day 2009, Part II
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Keywords :
activity-travel behavior; mixed-mode survey design; heteroscedastic linear regression
Abstract :
[en] Ever since car ownership and car use started to increase in Western Europe and the USA, transportation planners attempted to model people’s travel behavior. In the context of the Feathers project a dynamic activity-based travel demand framework is developed for Flanders. In this paper, the complete survey design of the data collection effort required for such dynamic activity-based model is discussed. A mixed survey design of using a PDA application on the one hand, and using traditional paper and pencil diaries on the other hand, turns out to be a very suitable way of collecting detailed information about planned and executed activity-travel behavior of households. The results show that no attrition effects are present, not on the number of out-of-home activities reported, nor on the number of trips reported. Moreover the survey mode (PDA versus paper and pencil) has no direct impact on the quantities investigated. Notwithstanding, it is essential for further analysis on the Feathers data to explicitly take into account mode effects because of two reasons. First, the effect of explanatory variables can be influenced by the survey mode. Second, the variance in the estimation of the quantity investigated can differ significantly. Heteroscedatisc linear regression models provide the required framework to explicitly take into account these mode effects.
Research center :
Lepur : Centre de Recherche sur la Ville, le Territoire et le Milieu rural - ULiège
LEMA - Local Environment Management and Analysis
Disciplines :
Civil engineering
Special economic topics (health, labor, transportation...)
Author, co-author :
Cools, Mario  ;  Universiteit Hasselt - UH
Moons, Elke;  Universiteit Hasselt - UH
Bellemans, Tom;  Universiteit Hasselt - UH
Janssens, Davy;  Universiteit Hasselt - UH
Wets, Geert;  Universiteit Hasselt - UH
Language :
English
Title :
Surveying activity-travel behavior in Flanders: Assessing the impact of the survey design
Publication date :
2009
Event name :
BIVEC-GIBET Transport Research Day 2009
Event organizer :
BIVEC-GIBET
Event place :
Brussels, Belgium
Event date :
27-05-2009
Audience :
International
Main work title :
Proceedings of the BIVEC-GIBET Transport Research Day 2009, Part II
Editor :
Macharis, C.
Turcksin, L.
Publisher :
VUBPress, Brussels, Belgium
Pages :
727-741
Peer reviewed :
Peer reviewed
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