Role of National Household Travel Survey Within U.S. Department of Transportation

摘要

By bringing together a variety of National Household Travel Survey (NHTS) users and transportation experts, this forum provides an opportunity to discuss and learn about methodological issues, analysis and estimation applications, and findings related to transportation policy, planning, and modeling. Participation in this discussion reaffirms the U. S. Department of Transportation's (USDOT's) commitment to pursue the NHTS. The NHTS was created to help in understanding and analyzing the travel of individuals and household units regardless of mode. For more than 30 years, the NHTS and its predecessor survey, the Nationwide Personal Transportation Survey (NPTS), have provided information to policy makers, transportation planners, and others who need comprehensive data on travelers and travel patterns in the United States. These surveys have served USDOT and the transportation community well, providing a rich source of quantitative data to use as a framework for tracking the travel behavior of the American public over the past three decades and identifying trends.