1. SESSION 483 NATIONAL TRAVEL SURVEYS: AN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE Alan E. Pisarski

2. WHERE TO START ?  A thank you to all the presenters  Excellent material to work with  Their work will benefit others in US and in the World

3. WHERE TO START ?  A thank you to all the presenters  Excellent material to work with  Their work will benefit others in US and in the World  IS THERE A MAIN MESSAGE?

4. YES! 1. S URVEYS ARE VERRRY HARD TO DO ! 2. H ARD TO KEEP ALIVE ! 3. W E ARE ALL CHALLENGED BY CHANGING :  T ECHNOLOGIES  D EMOGRAPHY  P OLICY D EMANDS

5. IN MY WHITE PAPER FOR FHWA I USED THIS FORMAT TO REVIEW THE NHTS  CONTENT  METHODS  FINANCIAL  INSTITUTIONAL

6. FOR THIS I NEED TO ADD A 5 TH CATEGORY  CONTENT  METHODS  FINANCIAL  INSTITUTIONAL  POLICY NEEDS

7. Some thoughts on content  Not too surprisingly content is very similar  Asking about rail passes  Asking about business travel  The great challenges  Get at long distance travel in one survey  Get at more detailed private vehicle activity  Get at variation in week’s travel

8. On long distance travel  We need a complete trip length distribution 0-1000 miles  We need a frequency distribution of what percent of long travel is generated by what percent of pop  Survey approaches that can’t do that have limited value  What share of travel lies between daily travel and intercity? World Tourism Organization of the UN defines this as = travel outside the “usual” environment  Not likely doable in a composite survey!  Not clear that it is worth the costs involved!

9. USA: ATS 1995 In US >2000 miles* = 10% of trips & 42% of long trip miles 10% of pop makes 51% of trips

10. Some thoughts on Methods  More Issues; more challenges; as expected  Periodicity is a great issue everywhere  5 continuous surveys;  9 others very variable in timing 4,6,10 years!!!  RESEARCH ON DECAY RATES OF DATA NEEDED  Advantages of a national register-like sample frame is evident  CATI still strong in some places; threatened in others. New techs are a big part of the future  NEED TO SHARE OUR EXPERIENCE WITH NEW TOOLS

11. Some thoughts on Finance  A struggle to do surveys  A struggle to sustain them  Maybe Switzerland is immune? Not really!  Do we fail to make the policy case for better information  Need research on value of data; B/C If you think data collection is pricey – consider the cost of ignorance!

12. Some thoughts on Institutions  Who leads – Who follows: A 3 way challenge  Cities/metros?  Provinces/States/Regions?  National?  Now trans-national EU; N. Amer. Surveys?  National plus add-ons is strong prospect  Canadian variation  Other models?

13. Some thoughts on Policy  Things getting very nichie in traditional data  e.g., Electric vehicles  Some niche modes  some niche purposes/activities  Some niche applications  Other Policies than directly transportation  Vehicle Safety  Environmental  Fuel Use and Efficiency  Sustainability

14. Alan E. Pisarski alanpisarski@alanpisarski.com Thank you!