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F INTEGRATING DATA AND FILLING GAPS: THE CASE OF HOUSEHOLD TRAVEL
Pages 138-140

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... To develop examples of possibilities for linking and integrating transportation data sources that BTS might usefully explore with other relevant agencies, we reviewed surveys that provide data on household transportation. Information on household travel, taking account of all transportation modes, is critical for many important transportation policy concerns, including access, safety, direct costs to the household sector, and indirect costs in terms of energy use, environmental effects, and economic productivity.
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From page 139...
... An integrated design for the ATS and the NPTS could provide useful data for federal, state, and MPO analysis and planning purposes, including consistent estimates of daily and long-distance household travel patterns, in a more cost-effective manner than two separate surveys, neither of which provides a complete picture of household transportation. A possible design (discussed in Chapter 3 in the context of the ATS alone)
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From page 140...
... The lack of complete data on commuting is an example of a data gap that is likely important to fill for transportation policy planning and analysis. Periodic reviews by BTS of existing transportation data systems, assessed against BTS's vision of user requirements, can identify data gaps and opportunities for data linkages that are important to address in order to serve priority data needs.
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