A comparative study of national travel surveys in six European countries

Gunnhild Beate Antonsen Svaboe, Trude Tørset and Jardar Lohne

Transportation Planning and Technology, 2024, vol. 47, issue 3, 400-418

Abstract: This paper aims to show how changes in survey design, supervision, and data collector affect travel survey data. The results can be used by policymakers and travel behaviour researchers when evaluating or choosing survey design. A document study of public documentation of national travel survey (NTS) methodology, and research using NTS data material from six European countries were conducted to compare the survey design of their respective NTSs. The results show that all countries included in this analysis have some sort of quality challenges. However, the countries have handled them differently, at different stages, and the transparency of the data collection process varies. Transparency in the data collection process and processing of data is essential for improving the survey design, evaluating quality, and ensuring that the time series is intact.

Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1080/03081060.2024.2311081

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