What Is Different About Non-Response in GPS-Aided Surveys?
ISBN: 978-1-84-855844-1, eISBN: 978-1-84-855845-8
Publication date: 2 November 2009
Abstract
Over the past decade, transportation researchers have leveraged global positioning system (GPS) technology to improve the accuracy and increase the depth of spatial and temporal details obtained through household travel surveys. While earlier studies used GPS as a supplement to traditional household travel survey methods, measuring the accuracy of trips reported (Wolf et al., 2006), studies are now underway to identify the methods and tools that will allow us to do away with paper diaries entirely and simply rely on GPS to obtain trip details. This paper finds that while GPS clearly helps to improve participation among some groups, it decreases participation among others. Thus, it should be considered a tool in the household travel survey toolbox and not “the” solution to non-response issues in household travel surveys.
Acknowledgements
Acknowledgements
Special thanks to those who provided information and publications regarding the use of GPS in specific travel surveys worldwide, including Yasuo Asakura, Kay Axhausen, Sean Doherty, Andy Harvey, Martin Lee-Gosselin, Elaine Murakami, Juan de Dios Ortúzar, Peter Stopher, Orlando Strambi, Jean Wolf and Johanna Zmud. In addition, thanks to Charles Gorugantula of the Mid-America Regional Council and Bob Griffiths of the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments for permission to use the data from their studies in this analysis, and Heather Contrino and Stephen Greaves for their reviews and input on the paper content. Finally, the author wishes to thank the two anonymous reviewers for their comments and suggestions to strengthen this effort. Any errors or omissions remain the responsibility of the author.
The research described in this paper has been funded wholly or in part by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Science to Achieve Results (STAR) Graduate Fellowship Program. EPA has not officially endorsed this publication, and the views expressed herein may not reflect the views of the EPA.
Citation
Bricka, S. (2009), "What Is Different About Non-Response in GPS-Aided Surveys?", Bonnel, P., Lee-Gosselin, M., Zmud, J. and Madre, J.-L. (Ed.) Transport Survey Methods, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 403-428. https://doi.org/10.1108/9781848558458-023
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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