Measuring Personal Travel and Goods Movement: Special Report 277: A Review of the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' Surveys

Synopsis

"TRB Special Report 277 - Measuring Personal Travel and Goods Movement" recommends a series of actions the U.S. Department of Transportation's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) should take to render its flagship surveys - the National Household Travel Survey (NHTS) and the Commodity Flow Survey (CFS) - more effective in meeting the needs of a broad spectrum of data users. The report also recommends approaches BTS and its survey partners should adopt to develop more effective survey methods and address institutional issues affecting survey stability and quality. This Report Summary was published in the October-September 2004 issue of the TR News.