Design and collection of the NETI New England travel survey.

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• Creators:
  Coogan, Matthew ; Gibson, Lucy ; Campbell, Margaret
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Travel surveys
• Publication/ Report Number:
  10-013
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  New England
• Corporate Publisher:
  New England Transportation Institute
• Abstract:
  The purpose of the New England Transportation Issues Study was to create a “portrait” of rural ; transportation patterns in the Northeast. Applying the concepts of both “mobility” and “accessibility,” the ; study explored the issue of “rural isolation,” and how perceptions of isolation differ given age and ; location of residence in rural versus suburban and urban areas. The study was undertaken by the New ; England Transportation Institute (NETI) in cooperation with the University of Vermont Transportation ; Research Center (UVM TRC.) The partnership between NETI and UVM TRC, as expressed in a ; Memorandum of Understanding in support of the research, allowed for the creation of a data resource of ; benefit to both institutions. In particular, the two groups determined that the information and data ; collected by each group will be jointly owned and available for both parties to use in current and future ; research. This includes education and advocacy for rural transportation planning issues. ; NETI is conducting a multi-year research project that seeks to improve the understanding of rural ; isolation and levels of mobility in Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine. It examines in some detail the ; potential for residents in isolated locations to move to a location nearer to traditional town centers, ; examines the constraints to such a change in location, and applies the logic of both “smart growth” and ; “livability” strategies to Northeastern rural states. The data collection described in this report is one part ; of the larger effort. ; The survey draft was submitted to FHWA/ USDOT OST in January 2008, who approved its transmittal in ; February, 2008 to OMB, where it received final approval. The initially planned survey was to be ; conducted by mail and web. In working with the UVM team, it became clear that the initial scale of the ; proposed NETI survey effort would not be large enough to serve the more fine grained needs of the UVM ; research process, which would examine certain question (such as the effects of seasonality on travel). In ; response, the UVM and NETI agreed that UVM would contribute $60,000 to cover the cost of expanding ; the sampling, designing, executing, tabulating and analyzing the NETI rural mobility study and the ; processing of that survey, with NETI providing a parallel amount to serve as non-federal local share. In ; 2008, the UVM TRC submitted the research plan to the IRB process of the University, and has ; undertaken the project following the procedures established thereby. ; This report documents the survey research process undertaken, and documents the format of the data ; describing the settlement patterns of the rural built environment developed as part of the NETI research ; program.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/21184/dot_21184_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 3.08 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
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