DATELINE PMWG Meeting, Luxembourg, 24/25 April 2003 Design and Application of a Travel survey for European Long-distance trips based on an International Network of Expertise 5th Framework Programme Competitive and Sustainable Growth European Commission - DG TREN / EUROSTAT PMWG Meeting, Luxembourg, 24/25 April 2003

PMWG Meeting, Luxembourg, 24/25 April 2003 Project Objectives To develop a total survey design for long-distance passenger travel applied in all 15 Member States of the European Union To implement these surveys in all 15 Member States of the EU To create a valid database that helps answering planning related questions and provides a basis for respective specialist analysis To integrate this database in both a national context and in the EUROSTAT statistical programme PMWG Meeting, Luxembourg, 24/25 April 2003

PMWG Meeting, Luxembourg, 24/25 April 2003 The Consortium PMWG Meeting, Luxembourg, 24/25 April 2003

PMWG Meeting, Luxembourg, 24/25 April 2003 Survey Principles Respondent friendliness The respondent sets the standards, not the researcher Flexibility A survey design applicable in all 15 EU countries and CH Validity Quality and reliability of data Harmonised data Comparability between the 15 EU countries PMWG Meeting, Luxembourg, 24/25 April 2003

PMWG Meeting, Luxembourg, 24/25 April 2003 Sampling Method Random sampling Net Sample Size 60.035 persons Sample Extension 19.900 persons Sample Frames Telephone + population registers Distribution EU total area with equal distribution on NUTS1 level PMWG Meeting, Luxembourg, 24/25 April 2003

PMWG Meeting, Luxembourg, 24/25 April 2003 Travel Definitions JOURNEY A journey is a series of trips starting and ending at home or a temporary location. Journeys that include a destination more than 100 km („as the crow flies“) away from the reference location are long-distance journeys. TRIP A trip connects two activities. Trips can begin and end at any location (home city, overnight location, temporary stop). PMWG Meeting, Luxembourg, 24/25 April 2003

PMWG Meeting, Luxembourg, 24/25 April 2003 Journey Types Holiday (> 100 km + 4 or more overnight stays) Other Private (> 100 km + all other journeys that do not fall into Holiday, Business or Commuter category) Business (> 100 km + any number of overnight stays) Commuter (> 100 km + work / school) PMWG Meeting, Luxembourg, 24/25 April 2003

PMWG Meeting, Luxembourg, 24/25 April 2003 Reporting System SURVEY PERIOD 12 consecutive months REPORTING PERIODS (RETROSPECTIVE) Holiday Journeys = 12 months Business Journeys = 3 months Other Private Journeys = 3 months Commuter = 1 month No professional travel (e.g. pilots, truck drivers) PMWG Meeting, Luxembourg, 24/25 April 2003

PMWG Meeting, Luxembourg, 24/25 April 2003 Survey Information Method - Postal: 7 - Telephone: 10 - Face-to-Face: 1 Conduct - Survey organisations: 6 - Statistical offices: 3 - Ministries: 1 Questionnaires - Languages: 11 - Versions: 14 Monitoring - Continuous checks - Telephone hotline PMWG Meeting, Luxembourg, 24/25 April 2003

PMWG Meeting, Luxembourg, 24/25 April 2003 Two-Phase-System To reduce the burden on the respondent To focus on longer long-distance journeys To focus on rarer modes of transport To achieve a better response rate PMWG Meeting, Luxembourg, 24/25 April 2003

PMWG Meeting, Luxembourg, 24/25 April 2003 Two-Phase-System Journey selection Phase 2 Trip level Phase 1 Journey level POSTAL TELEPHONE / FACE-TO-FACE Journey selection Phase 2 Trip level Phase 1 Journey level PMWG Meeting, Luxembourg, 24/25 April 2003

Survey Implementation PMWG Meeting, Luxembourg, 24/25 April 2003

PMWG Meeting, Luxembourg, 24/25 April 2003 Data Validation EXPLORATION SURVEY For 5% of all respondents Validation of existing and non-reported journeys Result: approx. 4% new journeys found UNIT NON-RESPONSE SURVEY For 10% of all non-respondents Complete questionnaire or key questions Increase of response rate by up to 13% PMWG Meeting, Luxembourg, 24/25 April 2003

Data Coding and Preparation PMWG Meeting, Luxembourg, 24/25 April 2003 European Coding Book (documentation of coding procedure) Software tool „Collect IT“ (developed specifically for the project) Geocoding of place names (geographical co-ordinates) Data correction procedure (feedback with survey organisations) Error and plausibility checks Data provision for weighting and analysis PMWG Meeting, Luxembourg, 24/25 April 2003

Weighting and Projection Weighting on Person Level Four weighting levels (Household, Person, Journey, Trip) Socio-demographic characteristics (gender, age, car ownership) Phase 2 selection procedure Seasonal variation Non-response effect Exploration and correction PMWG Meeting, Luxembourg, 24/25 April 2003 PMWG Meeting, Luxembourg, 24/25 April 2003