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Survey design for studying transit access behavior in Mumbai City, India

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Title Survey design for studying transit access behavior in Mumbai City, India
 
Creator RASTOGI, R
RAO, KVK
 
Subject travel choice
india
data collection
surveys
transportation planning
 
Description The decisions regarding data collection technique, instrument format, and sample design are crucial steps in any transportation planning. This paper presents the experiences of the writers with a pilot survey conducted for the identification of the best data collection technique and for the standardization of the survey instrument format to be used in studying the transit access behavior of commuters in the Mumbai (Bombay) region of India. Three data collection techniques and three variants of survey instrument format were considered for the collection of revealed information and stated information. The criteria used for the evaluation of these techniques were the nonresponse rate and missing data. It is noted that the face-to-face personal interview method is suitable for the collection of revealed information, and the delivered and mailed back method is suitable for the collection of stated information. Column format is found to be better for the collection of journey characteristics. Detailed format is better for recording responses under policy effects. The economic and efficiency analysis of the survey process is also reported. The problems faced by the survey administrators and enumerators are discussed.
 
Publisher ASCE-AMER SOC CIVIL ENGINEERS
 
Date 2011-07-18T14:47:55Z
2011-12-26T12:50:40Z
2011-12-27T05:36:38Z
2011-07-18T14:47:55Z
2011-12-26T12:50:40Z
2011-12-27T05:36:38Z
2002
 
Type Article
 
Identifier JOURNAL OF TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING-ASCE, 128(1), 68-79
0733-947X
http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)0733-947X(2002)128:1(68)
http://dspace.library.iitb.ac.in/xmlui/handle/10054/4957
http://hdl.handle.net/10054/4957
 
Language en