1. Welcome! 4th Annual TRAVEL DATA USERS FORUM 4th Annual TRAVEL DATA USERS FORUM Foster a dialogue among all data providers and users Identify sources of representative and applicable local and national surveys Serve as a venue to identify and discuss emerging issues Encourage interaction within the passenger-travel-data community Objectives Mission The Forum was designed to provide a venue for the presentation and discussion of important or emerging issues regarding passenger travel data

2. Session 681 2007 Travel Data Users Forum How Will the Changing Cost of Energy Affect Personal Travel? How Will the Changing Cost of Energy Affect Personal Travel? Ed Christopher, Federal Highway Administration, presiding Sponsored by: Urban Transportation Data and Information Systems Committee (ABJ30) National Transportation Data Requirements and Programs Committee (ABJ10) Statewide Transportation Data and Information Systems Committee (ABJ20) Same Session Number as Last Year

3. Genesis of the Session How Will the Changing Cost of Energy Affect Personal Travel?

4. How Will the Changing Cost of Energy Affect Personal Travel? Setting the Energy Cost Stage David L. Greene, Oak Ridge National LaboratoryPerspectives An MPO Charles L. Purvis, Metropolitan Transportation Commission A State DOT Nathan S. Erlbaum, New York State Department of Transportation Transit Steven E. Polzin, University of South Florida And the Traffic Data David W. Gardner, Ohio Department of Transportation Open Discussion (ALL)