Project
TEST - Technologies for European Surveys of Travel Behaviour
Funding origin:
European
STRIA Roadmaps:
Network and traffic management systems (NTM)
Smart mobility and services (SMO)
Transport mode:
Multimodal
Transport sectors:
Passenger transport
Freight transport
Duration:
Start date: 01/01/1997,
End date: 01/02/1999
Status: Finished
Funding details:
Overview
Background & policy context:
Data on patterns of travel and levels of demand are an essential input to sound policy decisions in the transport sector. The European Commission and Member States have perceived for some years that such data are not available publicly with adequate levels of quality, consistency and coverage. Cost-effective data collection is crucial, and new technologies are becoming available that might be exploited for this purpose.
Objectives:
TEST aimed to develop and evaluate innovative ways of using new technologies for collecting, analysing and disseminating travel survey data. The project focused on five areas:
- using hand-held computers during trips as a tool for near real time data collection;
- offering Internet-based forms for the completion of long distance travel surveys;
- using geographical information systems (GIS) to improve the accuracy of recording place names visited during trips;
- using artificial intelligence (AI) processes to correct erroneous data and impute missing data in travel diaries;
- building a web site interface to provide access to stored data.
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