2004-2005 Comprehensive Household Travel Data Collection Program

2004-2005
Comprehensive Household Travel
Data Collection Program
MI Travel Counts
Final Report Appendices
August 31, 2005
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List of Appendices
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7.
8.
Sampling Design Technical Document
Final Work Plan
Data Methodology Plan
Final Pre-Recruitment Letter
Person Information Sheet
Diary Cover Letter
Diary Labels
Diary (Without Person Sheet)
Appendix 1: Sampling Design Technical Document
SAMPLE INTRODUCTION
Introduction
Practical sample design consists of balancing precision and economics and the
diminishing returns associated with increased sample size. Sampling theory shows that
the precision of a given design increases as the sample size increases (largely
independent of the population size). However, a particular design's associated data
collection cost also increases with increases in sample size. Therefore, sample design
often begins by asking the following two questions:
1. How much precision is needed?
2. How much precision can we afford?
The answer to the first question will depend on the specific goals and objectives of a
study. In contemporary travel research this generally refers to estimating the parameters
of specific travel models - models that capture the travel patterns and behaviors of
households within a given geographic locale. The answer to the second question will
depend, of course, on one's budget.
Stratification and Travel Inventories - Background
Stratification is one of the primary methods used in sampling to increase the overall
precision of a survey. Stratification refers to the process whereby a population is divided
into a number of separate 'bins' and independent random samples are drawn from those
bins. The effectiveness of stratification on reducing sampling error depends on the
degree of relationship between the variables used to define the strata and the parameters
being measured in the survey. The greater the relationship, the greater the potential
decrease in sampling error.
Variables commonly used to stratify household travel research samples are the following:
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•
•
Geography
Household size, and
Number of vehicles in the household.
Each of these variables has been shown to have an effect on the number of trips, the type
of trips (purpose), and in some localities, the modes used for the trips generated by a
given household. A typical travel sample design within a geographic sampling area or
stratum is as shown in Table 1.
The sample design for many travel surveys begins with obtaining estimates of the
distribution of households by household size and the number of automobiles in specific
geographic areas (e.g., cities, counties, or metro areas). These estimates usually come
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from the U.S. Census. These estimates are then used to determine some type of
proportional allocation of the sample.
Table 1. Typical Travel Sample Design For A Given Piece of Geography
HOUSEHOLD
0
SIZE
VEHICLES
1 person
2 persons
3 persons
4+ persons
1
VEHICLE
2
3+
VEHICLES VEHICLES
If it is decided to maximize the efficiency of the sample design a strict proportional
allocation across the cells of the design may be made, i.e., the desired sample size within
a given cell will correspond to its relative proportion of the population across all the cells.
However, if variance estimates for key parameters in the survey are available, the
allocation may be weighted by these estimates as a further strategy for reducing overall
sampling error.
It was previously noted that generally the reliability of a sample (the amount of sampling
error) is a function of the size of the sample, not the size of the population being sampled.
Therefore, different estimates of error are associated with different levels of stratification
within a survey. At the overall sample level, one has the largest sample size and,
correspondingly, the smallest amount of error. However, as the sample size for any given
cell in a stratified design gets smaller, the corresponding error for that cell increases. On
the surface this might appear to present a contradiction. We use stratification to increase
the precision of a survey, but there is an increase in error associated with the smaller
sample sizes within the cells of the design. The explanation is the following.
1.
We are usually interested in a higher level of aggregation.
For example, within a stratum, we would rarely be interested in the trip rates in
cross-classification tables for households with three members, one auto, and two
workers, versus households with three members, one auto, and three or more
workers. To find and interview a sufficient number of households (for statistically
reliable results) within both of these data cells would require disproportional
sampling, resulting in steep costs for the value of returns.
2.
The key parameters of interest in most travel models are estimated using an
aggregation of cells across a design.
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Stratification and MI Travel Counts
The sample design for MI Travel Counts divides the State of Michigan into seven
geographic strata. Each stratum is defined by a collection of counties or other
geographically defined entities that are either geographically contiguous, or similar with
respect to the types of travel patterns and behaviors generated by households within those
“sampling areas”. The seven strata are the following:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
SEMCOG
Small Cities
Upper Peninsula Rural
Northern Lower Peninsula Rural
Southern Lower Peninsular Rural
Transportation Management Areas (TMAs)
Small Urban Modeled Areas
The geographic definitions for these sampling areas can be found in Appendix A. A total
of 2,040 completed households are allocated to each of the geographic strata. This means
that all models generated for the various geographic strata of the State of Michigan will
be estimated with the same level of precision. It also means that at the modeling stage
weights to account for the proportional number of households in each stratum may need
to be applied when data is aggregated to a statewide level, in order to adjust for unequal
probabilities of selection. Table 2 below shows anticipated weights by stratum, using
2000 5% Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) data for the number of households
within each stratum.
Table 2. Targeted Weight Calculations for Aggregate Statewide Estimates
Stratum
Targeted
Estimated No.
of
% of
Statewide
Weighted
Sample
Households
Households
Weights
Sample
SEMCOG
2,040
1,823,128
0.4817
3.3719
6,879
Northern Lower Peninsula Rural
2,040
220,273
0.0582
0.4074
831
Southern Lower Peninsula Rural
2,040
429,448
0.1135
0.7943
1,620
Upper Peninsula Rural
2,040
94,109
0.0249
0.1741
355
TMAs
2,040
578,786
0.1529
1.0705
2,184
Small Cities
2,040
106,900
0.0282
0.1977
403
Small Urban Areas
2,040
532,161
0.1406
0.9842
2,008
14,280
3,784,805
1.0000
14,280
Like many typical travel studies, household size and the number of vehicles in the
household will be used to further stratify each geographic stratum. However, the MDOT
sample design incorporates an additional level of stratification - the number of workers in
a household.
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The rationale behind this design is that auto sufficiency (the degree to which the number
of autos available to a household matches the number of workers in the household),
rather than auto ownership and household size, is more highly correlated to travel
behavior. Recent travel activity models developed by PBConsult in New York City and
Columbus, Ohio both have used auto sufficiency variables as opposed to auto ownership
in their activity tour and mode choice models. For the development of activity and tour
models, especially when considering joint household travel behavior, the availability of
an auto to every worker changes the dynamics of travel behavior for all persons within a
household. In general, workers tend to have priority over auto availability, and if there
are fewer autos than workers, the other people in the household will have to find
alternative modes of travel.
Traditional travel sample designs have used auto ownership by household size as basic
household characteristics. Sometimes auto ownership has been replaced by household
income since these two variables are highly correlated. Auto ownership and household
size variables do indeed have strong relationships to travel behavior. These relationships
are not ignored when a third variable of importance to travel behavior (number of
workers) is added to provide the auto sufficiency design.
The agreed upon 3-way stratification results in an increase from 16 cells to 64 cells
compared to the 'typical' design (compare Tables 1 and 3). Therefore, under any
allocation procedure, the sample sizes in the cells of this design are going to be smaller
than those obtained in designs that are stratified using only household size and number of
vehicles.
A proportional allocation of households to the cells of the design will be made within
each geographic stratum. This allocation will be based on U.S. Census 2000 PUMS 5%
data. Proportional allocation has two advantages. The first advantage is economic in
nature. Proportional allocation will be most efficient for data collection since sample
households will be in proportion to their incidence in the population with no oversampling required. The second advantage is analytic. Models generated within a
geographic stratum will be self-weighting for that stratum and there will be no
accompanying loss of precision due to weighting. Only aggregation of data to the
statewide level (or across strata) will require weighting.
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Table 3.
MDOT Design - Household Size by Number of Workers by Number of
Vehicles For A Given Piece of Geography
NUMBER OF
WORKERS
1 PERSON
HOUSEHOLDS
0 workers
1 worker
2 workers
3+ workers
2 PERSON
HOUSEHOLDS
0 workers
1 worker
2 workers
3+ workers
3 PERSON
HOUSEHOLDS
0 workers
1 worker
2 workers
3+ workers
4+ PERSON
HOUSEHOLDS
0 workers
1 worker
2 workers
3+ workers
0
VEHICLES
1
VEHICLE
2
VEHICLES
3+
VEHICLES
Sample Development and MI Travel Counts
As stated, the 2000 PUMS 5% sample for the State of Michigan was used to develop the
sample design tables. The smallest geographic stratum in the 5% sample is the PUMA
(Public Use Microdata Sample Area) and many of the MDOT geographic strata cross
PUMAs. See Appendix B for Michigan PUMA map. For each PUMA, the population
was broken out by household size, auto ownership, and number of workers in the
household. The number of workers in the household was determined by the person
record variable of employment status. To determine the correct population within each
geographic stratum, the overall percentage of population by geographic stratum was
determined for each PUMA and each data cell within the table of household size by
number of autos by number of workers within the PUMA was multiplied by the
appropriate percentage and summed for each geographic stratum.
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The value ranges for each of the household characteristics are:
Household size: 1 – 4+ persons
Auto Ownership: 0 – 3+ autos
Workers:
0 – 3+ persons.
This provides 64 feasible cells per geographic area. The household size was limited to
four-plus (with MDOT’s concurrence as opposed to the five-plus in the RFP), as
households greater than five broken down by the other two variables becomes
increasingly rare. In general, the difference between households with 4 members and
households with 5 members is an additional child.
To have statistical significance, a goal of 30 completed travel inventories (TIs) is desired.
(A sample size of 30 provides a sampling margin of error of + 15% at the 90%
confidence level.) To achieve 30 samples per cell, some aggregation will be necessary as
certain combinations of household characteristics are very rare, and the amount of effort
required to reach those households would be inefficient or counter-productive. A
sampling design is required that allows cells to be aggregated, yet maintains distinctive
characteristics of travel behavior.
The first aggregation, as shown in Table 4, is to reduce the cells where both auto
ownership and number of workers are greater than the household size. This is a logical
collapse of cells, as each household member can only use one vehicle at a time, and any
increase in auto ownership will not affect their travel behavior. This reduces the total
number of cells to 45.
A logical and systematic aggregation scheme that retains travel behavior characteristics
would be the most desirable method to combine cells. Table 5 shows the design used for
cell combination. The design is based on ‘auto sufficiency’ rather than auto ownership.
Auto sufficiency is based on sufficient autos per workers and is derived from the
available household characteristics. There are four levels of auto sufficiency: no autos,
autos less than workers, autos greater than workers, and autos equal to workers. The blue
color band represents households with no autos available. The green cells represent
households where the number of autos is less than the number of workers. The yellow
cells represent households where the number of autos is equal to the number of workers.
Finally the pink cells are for households where the number of autos is greater than the
number of workers.
Tables 6.1-6.7 show the percentage of population for each stratum broken down into the
three household characteristics of household size, auto ownership, and number of
workers. These percentages are then used to determine how many households are
required for proportional representation in each cell, in order to meet the required total of
2040 households to be represented in each stratum.
Tables 7.1-7.7 show the actual number of households targeted by sample cell, without
aggregation, for a proportional sample within strata. Tables 8.1-8.7 show the actual
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number of households required by sample cell, with aggregation. Preceding Tables 8.18.7, a table is provided for sampling margins of error at the 90% confidence level, given
various targeted sample cell sizes. Tables 8.1-8.7 show the required target sample design
aggregation scheme using the minimum 30 households per cell rule. In general, if any
aggregation is required, the first pass is to aggregate within the auto sufficiency variable
within a specific household size. This is sufficient except for the zero auto households.
The zero-auto households need to be aggregated across household size. This is due to the
rarity of zero-auto households outside of one-person households.
Aggregation has occurred only as much as necessary to achieve the required 30 travel
inventories per cell. Where a combined total is less than 30, a minimum target cell size
of 30 has been established. No collapsing has occurred either across auto sufficiency
categories or “diagonally” within the auto=workers category.
Deviations from targeted sampling data cells within strata will be considered out of the
norm for progress. These deviations will be reviewed in full as part of the monthly report
and targeted corrective actions will be specified. Succeeding monthly reports will
address progress on deviations. It is anticipated that corrective actions will include all of
the following: additional recruit and retrieval calls, rescheduling of travel days for
households recruited within deviation cells that did not complete diaries for all members,
and as a last resort with MDOT’s approval, targeted low income random-digit-dial
sampling lists.
MORPACE will begin the survey by recruiting twice as many households by sample cell
as are required to be completed, as shown in Tables 8.1-8-7. As the survey progresses,
MORPACE will adjust recruitment rates upwards or downwards as required to reach the
specified completed household sample cell goals within the seven geographic strata.
As shown by the sampling margins of error chart preceding Table 7.1, deviations from
targeted data cell sizes will have a greater impact on the statistical significance of smaller
sized data cells than on larger sized cells. To the degree that the numbers of samples
collected closely matches the required number in the design, samples within strata can be
self-weighting.
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Table 4
Aggregation of cells where autos > household size
Workers
0
HHSize =1
Autos
1+
Total
0
HHSize =2
Autos
1
2+
Total
0
HHSize =3
Autos
1
2
3+
Total
HHSize =4+
Autos
0
1
2
3+
Total
0
1
2
3+
Total
Workers
0
1
2
3+
Total
Workers
0
1
2
3+
Total
Workers
0
1
2
3+
Total
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Table 5
Auto Sufficiency Design
Workers
0
1
2
3+
Total
Workers
0
1
2
3+
Total
Workers
0
1
2
3+
Total
Workers
0
1
2
3+
Total
HHSize =1
Autos
0
1+
Total
HHSize =2
Autos
0
1
2+
Total
HHSize =3
Autos
0
1
2
3+
Total
HHSize =4+
Autos
0
1
2
3+
Total
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Table 6.1 SEMCOG
Percentage of Population by Household Size, Autos Owned, No. of Workers
Workers
0
1
2
3+
Total
Workers
0
1
2
3+
Total
Workers
0
1
2
3+
Total
Workers
0
1
2
3+
Total
0
3.77
1.15
HHSize =1
Autos
1+
9.08
13.36
4.92
22.44
Total
12.85
14.51
27.36
0
0.87
0.60
0.28
HHSize =2
Autos
1
2+
3.56
4.35
3.66
5.92
1.48 10.36
1.75
8.71
0
0.30
0.38
0.17
0.04
0.89
HHSize =3
Autos
1
2 3+
0.67
0.57
0.20
2.03
2.38
0.98
0.78
3.84
1.97
0.17
0.52
1.56
3.64
7.31
4.72
0
0.47
0.53
0.27
0.14
1.40
HHSize =4+
Autos
1
2
0.72
0.53
1.86
4.27
1.19
6.06
0.36
0.95
4.13 11.81
Total
8.78
10.17
12.12
20.62
31.08
3+
0.23
1.28
2.76
3.40
7.67
Total
1.75
5.76
6.75
2.30
16.56
Total
1.96
7.94
10.27
4.84
25.01
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Table 6.2 Small Cities
Percentage of Population by Household Size, Autos Owned, No. of Workers
HHSize =1
Autos
Workers
0
1
2
3+
Total
0
3.34
0.88
1+
10.60
11.22
Total
13.94
12.10
4.22
21.82
26.04
HHSize =2
Workers
0
1
2
3+
Total
0
0.59
0.39
0.25
1
4.26
3.33
1.57
Autos
2+
7.36
7.20
10.98
Total
12.21
10.92
12.80
1.23
9.16
25.53
35.92
HHSize =3
Workers
0
1
2
3+
Total
Workers
0
1
2
3+
Total
0
0.14
0.25
0.12
0.04
0.55
0
0.11
0.22
0.16
0.07
0.56
Autos
2
0.52
2.06
3.68
0.47
6.73
3+
0.23
0.97
2.20
1.53
4.94
Total
1.40
5.07
6.72
2.19
15.39
HHSize =4+
Autos
1
2
0.44
0.38
1.45
3.45
1.07
6.30
0.28
0.92
3.23
11.06
3+
0.19
1.24
3.34
3.02
7.79
Total
1.12
6.36
10.87
4.29
22.64
1
0.51
1.79
0.72
0.15
3.17
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Table 6.3 Upper Peninsula Rural
Percentage of Population by Household Size, Autos Owned, No. of Workers
HHSize =1
Autos
Workers
0
1
2
3+
Total
0
4.25
1.03
1+
12.07
10.70
Total
16.32
11.72
5.28
22.77
28.05
HHSize =2
Workers
0
1
2
3+
Total
0
0.67
0.39
0.24
1
4.84
3.40
1.50
Autos
2+
8.36
7.43
9.70
Total
13.87
11.21
11.45
1.30
9.73
25.49
36.53
HHSize =3
Workers
0
1
2
3+
Total
Workers
0
1
2
3+
Total
0
0.10
0.27
0.12
0.04
0.52
0
0.09
0.18
0.13
0.03
0.43
Autos
2
0.62
2.07
3.49
0.47
6.64
3+
0.27
1.02
2.12
1.31
4.72
Total
1.45
5.05
6.32
1.99
14.81
HHSize =4+
Autos
1
2
0.42
0.38
1.45
3.04
1.02
5.90
0.27
0.84
3.16
10.16
3+
0.12
1.03
2.94
2.78
6.87
Total
1.01
5.70
9.98
3.92
20.61
1
0.47
1.70
0.59
0.18
2.93
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Table 6.4 Northern Lower Peninsula Rural
Percentage of Population by Household Size, Autos Owned, No. of Workers
HHSize =1
Autos
Workers
0
1
2
3+
Total
0
3.28
0.68
1+
11.99
10.14
Total
15.28
10.82
3.97
22.13
26.10
HHSize =2
Workers
0
1
2
3+
Total
0
0.50
0.40
0.17
1
5.41
3.09
1.33
Autos
2+
9.26
7.23
10.10
Total
15.17
10.72
11.61
1.07
9.83
26.60
37.50
HHSize =3
Workers
0
1
2
3+
Total
Workers
0
1
2
3+
Total
0
0.11
0.20
0.14
0.05
0.50
0
0.10
0.16
0.16
0.09
0.51
Autos
2
0.54
2.18
3.38
0.40
6.50
3+
0.21
1.04
2.23
1.39
4.88
Total
1.41
5.09
6.42
1.96
14.88
HHSize =4+
Autos
1
2
0.47
0.44
1.33
3.23
1.12
6.00
0.18
0.78
3.10
10.46
3+
0.21
1.19
3.22
2.83
7.46
Total
1.22
5.92
10.50
3.88
21.52
1
0.54
1.66
0.67
0.13
3.01
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Table 6.5 Southern Lower Peninsula Rural
Percentage of Population by Household Size, Autos Owned, No. of Workers
Workers
0
1
2
3+
Total
Workers
0
1
2
3+
Total
Workers
0
1
2
3+
Total
Workers
0
1
2
3+
Total
0
2.77
0.80
3.57
0
0.55
0.43
0.25
1.23
HHSize =1
Autos
1+
9.52
11.43
Total
12.28
12.23
20.95
24.51
HHSize =2
Autos
1
2+
3.73
6.44
3.23
7.12
1.55
11.63
8.50
Total
10.72
10.78
13.42
25.19
34.92
0
0.17
0.24
0.12
0.04
0.57
HHSize =3
Autos
1
2
0.53
0.49
1.87
2.08
0.77
3.86
0.13
0.47
3.30
6.89
3+
0.22
0.99
2.30
1.70
5.21
Total
1.40
5.18
7.05
2.33
15.97
0
0.15
0.24
0.17
0.08
0.64
HHSize =4+
Autos
1
2
0.42
0.40
1.52
3.76
1.01
6.75
0.30
1.01
3.26
11.91
3+
0.22
1.39
3.74
3.44
8.79
Total
1.20
6.91
11.66
4.83
24.60
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Table 6.6 TMAs
Percentage of Population by Household Size, Autos Owned, No. of Workers
HHSize =1
Autos
Workers
0
1
2
3+
Total
0
2.86
0.91
1+
8.45
12.65
Total
11.31
13.56
3.77
21.10
24.87
HHSize =2
Workers
0
1
2
3+
Total
0
0.60
0.44
0.22
1
3.29
3.51
1.51
Autos
2+
4.91
6.26
12.02
Total
8.80
10.21
13.76
1.26
8.32
23.19
32.77
HHSize =3
Workers
0
1
2
3+
Total
Workers
0
1
2
3+
Total
0
0.26
0.25
0.12
0.05
0.68
0
0.21
0.30
0.16
0.11
0.78
Autos
2
0.43
2.09
4.15
0.55
7.22
3+
0.17
0.89
2.22
1.71
4.99
Total
1.51
5.16
7.13
2.49
16.30
HHSize =4+
Autos
1
2
0.53
0.45
1.74
4.18
1.11
7.08
0.36
1.03
3.75
12.73
3+
0.22
1.38
3.50
3.71
8.80
Total
1.40
7.60
11.85
5.21
26.06
1
0.66
1.92
0.65
0.17
3.40
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Table 6.7 Small Urban Modeled Areas
Percentage of Population by Household Size, Autos Owned, No. of Workers
HHSize =1
Autos
Workers
0
1
2
3+
Total
0
3.00
0.72
1+
9.77
11.46
Total
12.77
12.18
3.73
21.23
24.95
HHSize =2
Workers
0
1
2
3+
Total
0
0.58
0.46
0.25
1
3.87
3.34
1.46
Autos
2+
6.47
6.89
11.51
Total
10.93
10.69
13.22
1.29
8.67
24.87
34.83
HHSize =3
Workers
0
1
2
3+
Total
Workers
0
1
2
3+
Total
0
0.18
0.27
0.14
0.04
0.62
0
0.15
0.24
0.19
0.10
0.68
Autos
2
0.45
2.06
3.82
0.50
6.83
3+
0.17
0.90
2.19
1.70
4.96
Total
1.36
5.10
6.96
2.38
15.80
HHSize =4+
Autos
1
2
0.43
0.43
1.47
3.72
1.09
6.84
0.30
0.99
3.29
11.98
3+
0.23
1.24
3.46
3.52
8.46
Total
1.24
6.68
11.58
4.91
24.41
1
0.57
1.87
0.81
0.14
3.39
16
Table 7.1 SEMCOG
Number of Sample Households Targeted by Household Size, Autos Owned, and No. of
Workers Without Aggregation
HHSize =1
Autos
Workers
0
1
2
3+
Total
0
77
23
1+
185
273
Total
262
296
100
458
558
HHSize =2
Workers
0
1
2
3+
Total
0
18
12
6
1
73
75
30
Autos
2+
89
121
211
Total
179
208
247
36
178
421
634
HHSize =3
Workers
0
1
2
3+
Total
Workers
0
1
2
3+
Total
Total
0
6
8
3
1
18
0
10
11
5
3
29
Autos
2
12
48
78
11
149
3+
4
20
40
32
96
Total
36
118
138
47
338
HHSize =4+
Autos
1
2
15
11
38
87
24
124
7
19
84
241
3+
5
26
56
69
156
Total
40
162
210
99
510
1
14
41
16
3
74
2040
17
Table 7.2 Small Cities
Number of Sample Households Targeted by Household Size, Autos Owned, and No. of
Workers Without Aggregation
Workers
0
1
2
3+
0
Workers
0
1
2
3+
Total
Workers
0
1
2
3+
Total
Workers
0
1
2
3+
Total
Total
0
68
18
0
0
12
8
5
25
HHSize =1
Autos
1+
216
229
Total
284
247
445
531
HHSize =2
Autos
1
2+
87
150
68
147
32
224
187
Total
249
223
261
521
733
0
3
5
2
1
11
HHSize =3
Autos
1
2
10
11
37
42
15
75
3
9
65
137
3+
5
20
45
31
101
Total
29
104
137
45
314
0
2
4
3
1
11
HHSize =4+
Autos
1
2
9
8
30
70
22
129
6
19
66
226
3+
4
25
68
62
159
Total
23
130
222
88
462
2040
18
Table 7.3 Upper Peninsula Rural
Number of Sample Households Targeted by Household Size, Autos Owned, and No. of
Workers Without Aggregation
HHSize =1
Autos
Workers
0
1
2
3+
Total
0
87
21
1+
246
218
Total
333
239
108
465
572
HHSize =2
Workers
0
1
2
3+
Total
0
14
8
5
1
99
69
31
Autos
2+
171
152
198
Total
283
229
233
27
199
520
745
HHSize =3
Workers
0
1
2
3+
Total
Workers
0
1
2
3+
Total
Total
0
2
5
2
1
11
0
2
4
3
1
9
Autos
2
13
42
71
10
135
3+
5
21
43
27
96
Total
30
103
129
41
302
HHSize =4+
Autos
1
2
8
8
30
62
21
120
6
17
64
207
3+
2
21
60
57
140
Total
21
116
204
80
421
1
10
35
12
4
60
2040
19
Table 7.4 Northern Lower Peninsula Rural
Number of Sample Households Targeted by Household Size, Autos Owned, and No. of
Workers Without Aggregation
HHSize =1
Autos
Workers
0
1
2
3+
Total
0
67
14
1+
245
207
Total
312
221
81
451
532
HHSize =2
Workers
0
1
2
3+
Total
0
10
8
4
1
110
63
27
Autos
2+
189
148
206
Total
309
219
237
22
201
543
765
HHSize =3
Workers
0
1
2
3+
Total
Workers
0
1
2
3+
Total
Total
0
2
4
3
1
10
0
2
3
3
2
10
Autos
2
11
45
69
8
133
3+
4
21
46
28
100
Total
29
104
131
40
304
HHSize =4+
Autos
1
2
10
9
27
66
23
122
4
16
63
213
3+
4
24
66
58
152
Total
25
121
214
79
439
1
11
34
14
3
61
2040
20
Table 7.5 Southern Lower Peninsula Rural
Number of Sample Households Targeted by Household Size, Autos Owned, and No. of
Workers Without Aggregation
HHSize =1
Autos
Workers
0
1
2
3+
Total
0
56
16
1+
194
233
Total
251
249
73
427
500
HHSize =2
Workers
0
1
2
3+
Total
0
11
9
5
1
76
66
32
Autos
2+
131
145
237
Total
219
220
274
25
173
514
712
HHSize =3
Workers
0
1
2
3+
Total
Workers
0
1
2
3+
Total
Total
0
3
5
2
1
12
0
3
5
3
2
13
Autos
2
10
42
79
10
141
3+
4
20
47
35
106
Total
29
106
144
48
326
HHSize =4+
Autos
1
2
9
8
31
77
21
138
6
21
66
243
3+
5
28
76
70
179
Total
24
141
238
99
502
1
11
38
16
3
67
2040
21
Table 7.6 TMAs
Number of Sample Households Targeted by Household Size, Autos Owned, and No. of
Workers Without Aggregation
Workers
0
1
2
3+
Total
Workers
0
1
2
3+
Total
Workers
0
1
2
3+
Total
Workers
0
1
2
3+
Total
Total
0
58
19
77
0
12
9
4
26
HHSize =1
Autos
1+
172
258
Total
231
277
431
507
HHSize =2
Autos
1
2+
67
100
72
128
31
245
170
Total
180
208
281
473
668
0
5
5
2
1
14
HHSize =3
Autos
1
2
13
9
39
43
13
85
4
11
69
147
3+
3
18
45
35
102
Total
0
4
6
3
2
16
HHSize =4+
Autos
1
2
11
9
36
85
23
144
7
21
76
260
3+
4
28
71
76
180
Total
31
105
145
51
332
29
155
242
106
532
2040
22
Table 7.7 Small Urban Modeled Areas
Number of Sample Households Targeted by Household Size, Autos Owned, and No. of
Workers Without Aggregation
Workers
0
1
2
3+
Total
Workers
0
1
2
3+
Total
Workers
0
1
2
3+
Total
Workers
0
1
2
3+
Total
Total
0
61
15
76
0
12
9
5
26
HHSize =1
Autos
1+
199
234
Total
261
248
433
509
HHSize =2
Autos
1
2+
79
132
68
141
30
235
177
Total
223
218
270
507
711
0
4
5
3
1
13
HHSize =3
Autos
1
2
12
9
38
42
17
78
3
10
69
139
3+
3
18
45
35
101
Total
28
104
142
49
322
0
3
5
4
2
14
HHSize =4+
Autos
1
2
9
9
30
76
22
140
6
20
67
244
3+
5
25
71
72
173
Total
25
136
236
100
498
2040
23
For Tables 8.1 to 8.7, estimates of the sample margins of error for various sample cell
sizes are presented below. These estimates are based on the SRS (simple random sample)
formula for estimating the error of a dichotomous variable where the population
parameter equals 50% and the confidence level is 90%.
Sample Size
30
70
100
130
170
200
250
300
350
400
450
500
550
600
650
700
800
900
1000
2040
Error
+ 15.0%
+ 10.0%
+ 8.2%
+ 7.2%
+ 6.3%
+ 6.8%
+ 5.2%
+ 4.7%
+ 4.4%
+ 4.1%
+ 3.9%
+ 3.7%
+ 3.5%
+ 3.3%
+ 3.2%
+ 3.1%
+ 2.9%
+ 2.7%
+2.6%
+ 1.8%
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Table 8.1 SEMCOG
Number of Sample Households Targeted by Household Size, Autos Owned, and No. of
Workers With Aggregation
HHSize =1
Autos
Workers
0
1
2
3+
Total
0
100
100
1+
185
273
Total
458
558
HHSize =2
Workers
0
1
2
3+
Total
0
36
36
1
73
75
30
Autos
2+
89
121
211
178
421
Total
634
HHSize =3
Workers
0
1
2
3+
Total
Workers
0
1
2
3+
Total
Total
0
47
1
41
Autos
2
30
68
78
30
3+
40
32
47
HHSize =4+
Autos
0
1
2
31
38
87
124
50
Total
338
3+
Total
82
69
510
2040
25
Table 8.2 Small Cities
Number of Sample Households Targeted by Household Size, Autos Owned, and No. of
Workers With Aggregation
Workers
0
1
2
3+
Total
Workers
0
1
2
3+
Total
Workers
0
1
2
3+
Total
Workers
0
1
2
3+
Total
Total
0
86
86
0
47
HHSize =1
Autos
1+
216
229
445
531
HHSize =2
Autos
2+
1
87
150
68
147
32
224
187
0
Total
Total
521
HHSize =3
Autos
1
2
46
37
42
75
30
733
3+
Total
45
31
314
0
HHSize =4+
Autos
1
2
46
70
30
129
47
3+
Total
68
62
462
2040
26
Table 8.3 Upper Peninsula Rural
Number of Sample Households Targeted by Household Size, Autos Owned, and No. of
Workers With Aggregation
HHSize =1
Autos
Workers
0
1
2
3+
Total
0
108
108
1+
246
218
Total
465
572
HHSize =2
Workers
0
1
2
3+
Total
0
47
1
99
69
31
Autos
2+
171
152
198
199
520
Total
745
HHSize =3
Workers
0
1
2
3+
Total
Workers
0
1
2
3+
Total
Total
0
1
35
30
Autos
2
49
42
71
3+
Total
43
30
302
HHSize =4+
Autos
0
1
2
39
30
62
120
44
3+
Total
60
57
421
2040
27
Table 8.4 Northern Lower Peninsula Rural
Number of Sample Households Targeted by Household Size, Autos Owned, and No. of
Workers With Aggregation
HHSize =1
Autos
Workers
0
1
2
3+
Total
0
81
81
1+
245
207
Total
451
532
HHSize =2
Workers
0
1
2
3+
Total
0
42
1
110
63
30
Autos
2+
189
148
206
201
543
Total
765
HHSize =3
Workers
0
1
2
3+
Total
Workers
0
1
2
3+
Total
Total
0
1
34
30
Autos
2
47
45
69
3+
Total
46
30
304
HHSize =4+
Autos
0
1
2
47
66
30
122
43
3+
Total
66
58
439
2040
28
Table 8.5 Southern Lower Peninsula Rural
Number of Sample Households Targeted by Household Size, Autos Owned, and No. of
Workers With Aggregation
HHSize =1
Autos
Workers
0
1
2
3+
Total
0
73
73
1+
194
233
Total
427
500
HHSize =2
Workers
0
1
2
3+
Total
0
50
1
76
66
32
Autos
2+
131
145
237
173
514
Total
712
HHSize =3
Workers
0
1
2
3+
Total
Workers
0
1
2
3+
Total
Total
0
1
38
30
Autos
2
45
42
79
3+
Total
47
35
326
HHSize =4+
Autos
0
1
2
50
31
77
138
48
3+
Total
76
70
502
2040
29
Table 8.6 TMAs
Number of Sample Households Targeted by Household Size, Autos Owned, and No. of
Workers With Aggregation
Workers
0
1
2
3+
Total
Workers
0
1
2
3+
Total
Workers
0
1
2
3+
Total
Workers
0
1
2
3+
Total
Total
0
77
77
0
56
HHSize =1
Autos
1+
172
258
431
507
HHSize =2
Autos
1
2+
67
100
72
128
31
245
170
0
Total
Total
473
HHSize =3
Autos
1
2
43
39
43
85
30
668
3+
Total
45
35
332
HHSize =4+
Autos
0
1
2
52
36
85
144
51
3+
Total
71
76
532
2040
30
Table 8.7 Small Urban Areas
Number of Sample Households Targeted by Household Size, Autos Owned, and No. of
Workers With Aggregation
Workers
0
1
2
3+
Total
Workers
0
1
2
3+
Total
Workers
0
1
2
3+
Total
Workers
0
1
2
3+
Total
Total
0
76
76
0
53
HHSize =1
Autos
1+
199
234
433
509
HHSize =2
Autos
1
2+
79
132
68
141
30
235
177
0
Total
Total
507
HHSize =3
Autos
1
2
42
38
42
78
30
711
3+
Total
45
35
322
0
HHSize =4+
Autos
1
2
48
30
76
140
48
3+
Total
71
72
498
2040
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Sample Selection and Monitoring for MI Travel Counts
Obtaining the Sample
Based on the final approved sampling design, MORPACE purchases a list-assisted,
random-digit-dial (RDD) sample for the MDOT Comprehensive Household Data
Collection Pilot and Program. List-assisted refers to the use of commercial lists of
directory-listed telephone numbers to increase the likelihood of dialing household
residences. When this method is used, unlisted telephone numbers and directory-listed
telephone numbers have the same probability of selection.
During this process, banks of 100 consecutive telephone numbers (i.e., 910-341-5800 to
910-341-5899) will be constructed and compared to a database containing the count of
directory-listed residential telephone numbers in each bank. The banks that contain zero
directory-listed telephone numbers will be deleted from the sampling frame. This greatly
increases the chance of dialing residential households. Obviously, the deleted banks will
contain some residential telephone numbers. However, recent research has shown that
less than two percent of the residential telephone numbers nationally are located in 100banks with zero directory-listed numbers.
MORPACE purchases the stratified, list-assisted RDD sample for MI Travel Counts from
the GENESYS Sampling System, a division of Marketing Systems Group (MSG) in Fort
Washington, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1987, GENESYS Sampling Systems is a fullservice sampling company that provides a wide variety of services to the research
community. GENESYS has a highly effective ID Plus screening process that works to
eliminate non-working numbers from the sampling frame.
Monitoring the Sample
The MORPACE-PB team will monitor sampling progress for key variables of interest by
geographic sampling area. The key variables by stratum will be household size, number
of vehicles, number of workers, income category, number of visitors, trip rates per
person, and mode of transportation. Missing item responses for these variables will also
be tracked. The monitoring system will be in the form of a programmed CATI tally
collected in real-time and available to MORPACE project personnel, MDOT staff, and
PB via modem connection. A copy of this computerized tally will be faxed to MDOT
with the weekly status report. Monitoring will be carefully tailored to the individual
needs and concerns of MDOT, the modeling requirements, and the results of the Pilot.
The purpose of aggregating data cells with small sample sizes (less than 30) is because:
1. It is impractical from a data collection efficiency viewpoint to collect the precise
number of interviews in each of the pre-combined cells. These cells are by
definition difficult to find in the general population; and
2. It is unlikely that information such as trip rates will be analyzed for these cells,
given their very small sample sizes; and
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3. Sampling precision is sufficient and is calculated at the aggregate cell level.
Deviations from targeted sampling data cells within strata will be considered out of the
norm for progress. These deviations will be reviewed in full as part of the monthly report
and targeted corrective actions will be specified. Succeeding monthly reports will
address progress on deviations. It is anticipated that corrective actions will include all of
the following: additional recruit and retrieval calls, rescheduling of travel days for
households recruited within deviation cells that did not complete diaries for all members,
and as a last resort with MDOT’s approval, targeted low income random-digit-dial
sampling lists.
In additional to data cell monitoring within strata, attention will be given to monitoring
the representation of recruited and completed households by sub-geographic areas within
strata. For this purpose, Appendix A includes a sample allocation guide for both the
recruit and retrieval data collection efforts to serve as the CATI sample in-stratum
monitoring system. These tables show the expected proportional breakdown of each
stratum by its relevant sub-geographic components, i.e. counties, cities, or townships.
Corresponding 2000 household census counts are converted to proportional percents and
the number of expected recruited/completed households per sub-geographic area. Based
on the MI Travel Counts Pilot experience, MORPACE estimates that, on average, twice
as many household will need to be recruited in each stratum as are required to complete
the travel inventories. The in-stratum sample monitoring will be maintained on a
continuous basis and results will be a part of each interim monthly report. If problems
are found, corrective actions will include all of the possible actions listed in the paragraph
above. The goal is approximate proportional sub-geographic representation.
Response Rates and Sample Disposition
How different consultants compute response rates for travel inventories is a highly
controversial topic. Everyone adheres to the CASRO guidelines; however these
guidelines are a calculation based on the number of eligible sample numbers, the number
of ineligible (non-working and business) numbers, the number of unknown eligibility
numbers, and the number of completed interviews—and different researchers have
different definitions for these categories. For example, if a household respondent hangs
up the phone before the interviewer gets through the introduction, is this an eligible
number or does it remain an unknown eligibility number? Are all the non-working
numbers screened out by the GENESYS ID Plus system counted as ineligible numbers in
the CASRO computation? Generally recruitment response rates that include all noncontact and contact numbers in the sampling frame are over 30% for the recruitment
interview, based on USDOT/Westat developed criteria for the 2001 NHTS. MORPACE
achieved these rates for the NHTS Add-On studies monitored by USDOT, and expects to
achieve or exceed this rate for MI Travel Counts. Reporting of response rates for both
the recruit and retrieval interview will be included in the monthly report that will be
reviewed by PB, Peter Stopher, and MDOT.
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PB will submit a written review and their comments as to the status of sampling quality,
within five working days of MORPACE’s monthly report. The latter will be submitted
the 1st of each month (or the closest business day after the first of each month.)
MORPACE’s CATI and scheduling system tracks and documents the disposition of all
calls. Refusals are coded in the system as uninformed refusals (which are considered
“soft refusals”) and “hard refusals” (where the respondent asked never to be called again
or was hostile or belligerent). Uninformed (soft) refusal numbers are households where
the respondent hung-up before the interviewer was able to get through the introduction.
These numbers are “rested” for a 7-day period and then retried until a minimum of 8 calls
are made over different days of the week and at different times, or a refusal or complete
is secured. Soft refusals are referred to MORPACE’s refusal conversion process.
(Senior, specially trained interviewers re-contact the household on a different day and
attempt to complete the interview). Hard refusals are not called back. These are where
the respondent specifically asked to be removed from the sample list, or the respondent
was threatening or abusive in their refusal.
MORPACE’s completion rates for households (where complete and verified travel
information has been collected from all members of the households recruited) are around
55% of all households recruited.
Final monitoring of households to stratum will be based on geocoding of completed
home addresses to TAZs, while interim real-time tracking will be based on respondents
self-identification of their county, city, and where relevant their township. (See the
county, city, township questions that will be asked as part of the recruit.) The
MORPACE-PB senior project team staff will meet in Lansing with the MDOT project
manger and other staff on a monthly basis to review sampling quality control and status.
This monthly meeting will include discussion of cell target success and sampling quality
control, specifically after 2000 and 4000 samples have been collected.
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Appendix A: Geographic Definitions of Sampling Areas and Allocation Guide for In-Area
Geographic Sample Monitoring
1: SEMCOG
Number of Households
%
Completed Sample Size
Recruited Sample Size
Livingston County
Macomb County
55,384
309,203
3.00%
16.76%
61
342
122
684
Monroe County
Oakland County
53,772
471,115
2.91%
25.53%
59
521
119
1042
St. Clair County
Washtenaw County
62,072
125,327
3.36%
6.79%
69
139
137
277
Out Wayne County
City of Detroit
Total 1
436,570
331,870
1,845,313
23.66%
17.98%
100.00%
483
367
2040
965
734
4080
Adrian
7,908
5.99%
122
244
Albion
Alma
3,252
3,220
2.46%
2.44%
50
50
100
99
Alpena
Belding
4,874
2,185
3.69%
1.65%
75
34
151
68
Big Rapids
Cadillac
3,388
4,118
2.57%
3.12%
52
64
105
127
Cheboygan
Coldwater
2,146
4,058
1.63%
3.07%
33
63
66
125
Dowagiac
Escanaba
2,421
5,800
1.83%
4.39%
37
90
75
179
Gladstone
Greenville
2,126
3,303
1.61%
2.50%
33
51
66
102
Hastings
Hillsdale
2,759
3,067
2.09%
2.32%
43
47
85
95
Houghton
Ionia
2,114
2,421
1.60%
1.83%
33
37
65
75
Iron Mountain
Ironwood
3,458
2,841
2.62%
2.15%
53
44
107
88
Ishpeming
Kingsford
2,915
2,352
2.21%
1.78%
45
36
90
73
Lapeer
Ludington
3,443
3,690
2.61%
2.79%
53
57
106
114
Manistee
Marquette
2,912
8,071
2.21%
6.11%
45
125
90
249
Marshall
Menominee
3,111
4,063
2.36%
3.08%
48
63
96
126
Mt. Pleasant
Owasso
8,449
6,340
6.40%
4.80%
131
98
261
196
Petoskey
Sault Ste Marie
2,700
5,742
2.04%
4.35%
42
89
83
177
South Haven
2,095
1.59%
32
65
2: Small Cities
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2. Small Cities (continued)
Sturgis
Tecumseh
Number of Households
%
Completed Sample Size
Recruited Sample Size
4,293
3,499
3.25%
2.65%
66
54
133
108
2,910
132,044
2.20%
100.00%
45
2040
90
4080
Alger County
Baraga County
3,785
3,353
4.34%
3.84%
89
78
177
157
Chippewa County
Delta County
7,732
7,910
8.86%
9.07%
181
185
362
370
Dickinson County
Gogebic County
5,576
4,584
6.39%
5.26%
130
107
261
214
Houghton County
Iron County
11,679
5,748
13.39%
6.59%
273
134
546
269
998
2,481
1.14%
2.84%
23
58
47
116
5,067
14,781
5.81%
16.95%
119
346
237
691
Menominee County
Ontonagon County
6,466
3,456
7.41%
3.96%
151
81
302
162
Schoolcraft County
Total 3
3,606
87,222
4.13%
100.00%
84
2040
169
4080
Alcona County
Alpena County
5,132
7,944
2.49%
3.85%
51
79
102
157
Antrim County
Arenac County
9,222
6,710
4.47%
3.26%
91
66
183
133
Benzie County
Cheboygan County
6,500
8,689
3.15%
4.22%
64
86
129
172
Charlevoix County
Clare County
10,400
12,686
5.05%
6.16%
103
126
206
251
5,625
9,877
2.73%
4.79%
56
98
111
196
Gladwin County
Grand Traverse County
10,561
2,901
5.12%
1.41%
105
29
209
57
Iosco County
Kalkaska County
11,727
6,428
5.69%
3.12%
116
64
232
127
Lake County
Leelanau County
4,704
6,679
2.28%
3.24%
47
66
93
132
Manistee County
Mason County
6,948
7,716
3.37%
3.74%
69
76
138
153
Missaukee County
Montmorency County
5,450
4,455
2.64%
2.16%
54
44
108
88
Ogenaw County
Osceola County
8,842
8,861
4.29%
4.30%
88
88
175
175
Oscoda County
3,921
1.90%
39
78
Three Rivers
Total 2
3: Upper Peninsula Rural
Keeweenaw County
Luce County
Mackinac County
Marquette County
4: Northern Lower Peninsula
Crawford County
Emmet County
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4: Northern Lower
Peninsula (continued)
Number of Households
%
Completed Sample Size
Recruited Sample Size
Otsego County
Presque Isle County
8,995
6,155
4.36%
2.99%
89
61
178
122
Roscommon County
Wexford County
Total 4
11,250
7,706
206,084
5.46%
3.74%
100.00%
111
76
2040
223
153
4080
Allegan County
31,567
8.08%
165
330
Barry County
Berrien County
18,276
19,148
4.68%
4.90%
95
100
191
200
Branch County
Calhoun County
12,291
10,848
3.15%
2.78%
64
57
128
113
Cass County
Gratiot County
11,449
11,281
2.93%
2.89%
60
59
120
118
Hillsdale County
Huron County
14,268
14,597
3.65%
3.74%
75
76
149
152
Ionia County
Isabella County
16,000
13,976
4.10%
3.58%
84
73
167
146
Lapeer County
Lenawee County
27,286
24,523
6.99%
6.28%
143
128
285
256
Mecosta County
Montcalm County
11,527
18,776
2.95%
4.81%
60
98
120
196
Muskegon County
Newaygo County
2,432
17,599
0.62%
4.51%
13
92
25
184
9,778
3,980
2.50%
1.02%
51
21
102
42
Sanilac County
Shiawassee County
16,871
20,556
4.32%
5.26%
88
107
176
215
St. Joseph County
Tuscola County
16,178
21,454
4.14%
5.49%
85
112
169
224
Van Buren County
Total 5
25,890
390,551
6.63%
100.00%
135
2040
270
4080
Flint= Genesee County
169,825
29.34%
599
1197
Grand Rapids Area =
236,537
40.87%
834
1667
5: Southern Lower Peninsula
Oceana County
Ottawa County
6: TMAs
Kent County, City of
Hudsonville, and Townships of Jamestown,
Georgetown, Tallmadge,
and Allendale
37
6: TMAs (continued)
Lansing Area =
Number of Households
%
Completed Sample Size
Recruited Sample Size
172,413
29.79%
608
1215
578,775
100.00%
2040
4080
36,889
6.76%
138
276
156,129
28.61%
584
1167
29,940
5.49%
112
224
41,284
7.57%
154
309
Jackson County
58,168
10.66%
217
435
Kalamazoo County
93,479
17.13%
349
699
Counties of Clinton,
Eaton, and Ingham
Total 6
7: Small Urban Modeled Areas
Battle Creek Area =
Cities of Battle Creek
and Springfield; Townships of Bedford,
Pennfield, Emmett
Leroy, and Newton
Bay City/ Saginaw/
Midland Area =
Counties of Bay,
Saginaw and Midland
Benton Harbor/
St. Joseph Area =
Cities of Benton Harbor,
St. Joseph, Shoreham,
Stevensville, and
Bridgeman
Townships of St.
Joseph, Benton,
Sodus, Rayalton,
Lincoln, and Lake
Holland Area =
Cities of Holland and
Zeeland
Townships of
Laketown, Overisel,
Fillmore, Park, Holland,
Zeeland, Port Sheldon,
Olive, and Blendon
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7: Small Urban Modeled
Areas (continued)
Muskegon/Grand
Haven Area =
Number of Households
%
Completed Sample Size
Recruited Sample Size
80,244
14.71%
300
600
20,287
3.72%
76
152
29,252
5.36%
109
219
545,672
100.00%
2040
4080
Cities of Norton Shores,
Roosevelt Park,
North Muskegon,
Muskegon, Whitehall,
Grand Haven, Ferrysburg, Spring Lake, and
Muskegon Heights
Townships of White
River, Montague, Blue
Lake, Holton, Cedar
Creek, Dalton, Fruitand,
Laketon, Muskegon,
Egelston, Sullivan,
Fruitport, Norton Shores,
Spring Lake, Crockery,
Robinson, and Grand
Haven
Niles Area =
Cities of Niles,
Buchanan, and
Edwardsburg
Townships of Niles,
Howard, Milton,
Bertrand, Buchanan,
and Ontwa
Traverse City Area =
Traverse City and
Townships of Elmwood,
Long Lake, Green Lake,
Blair, Garfield,
Peninsula, Acme, White
Water, and East Bay
Total 7
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Appendix B: Map of Michigan Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs)
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2004-2005
Comprehensive Household Travel
Data Collection Program
MI Travel Counts
Final Report Appendices
August 31, 2005
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Appendix 2: Final Work Plan
MDOT Comprehensive Household Travel Data Collection Work Program
November 25, 2003 – FINAL
Milestone Payment #1
Task #1
Planned
Submission
MDOT
MTG
MDOT
Approval
Design Task
11-12-03
1a. Project Kickoff and Work Program meeting with MDOT and subcontractors to Kickoff project and
distribute/review Draft Work Plan. MDOT comments to MORPACE by 11-14-03.
11-12-03
1b. MORPACE distribution/discussion of general diary format types to MDOT and subcontractors. Meeting
between MDOT and MORPACE to discuss/review general diary format set for 11-20-03.
11-19-03
1c. MORPACE submits Final Work Plan to MDOT for review and final approval.
11-24-03
1d. MDOT approves Final Work Plan.
Milestone Payment #2-3-4
Task #2A-3A-4A
Planned
Submission
MDOT
MTG
MDOT
Approval
Design Task
11-19-03
2A1. MORPACE submits to MDOT memorandum from Stopher and Donnelly regarding recommendations on general
format of diary required to meet MDOT travel demand modeling objectives. Meeting between MORPACE and MDOT to
discuss the general diary format set for 11-20-03.
11-18-03
2A2. MORPACE submits Draft Initial Pre-Recruitment Letter to MDOT for preliminary review for meeting on 1120-03.
11-18-03
2A3. MORPACE submits Draft Initial Recruitment Instrument to MDOT for preliminary review for meeting on 1120-03.
11-18-03
Planned
Submission
MDOT
MTG
MDOT
Approval
11-20-03
2A4. MORPACE submits Draft Initial Reminder Call Script to MDOT for preliminary review for meeting on 11-2003.
Design Task
2A5. Meeting with MORPACE and MDOT to explain/review/clarify diary format memorandum and Draft Initial
Recruit/Reminder Script, Letter, and Instrument. MORPACE will submit draft initial diary to MDOT on 11-25-03
for review and comment. MORPACE will submit revised draft initial diary on 12-08-03 for review and comment.
MORPACE will submit initial recruitment letter and reminder script and recruitment instrument to MDOT on 0116-04. Approval of these initial items set for 01-23-04.
11-21-03
2A6. MDOT Approval of general diary format. Examples distributed 11-12-03 Kickoff meeting, and diary format
memorandum from Stopher/Donnelly memorandum of 11-18-03.
11-25-03
2A7. MORPACE submits Draft Initial Household Travel Data Collection Instrument (Diary) to MDOT for review.
The Review Team and MORPACE will discuss at 12-02-03 meeting. MORPACE will submit revised draft initial
diary on 12-08-03. MDOT will review/comment for 12-18-03 and 01-09-04 meetings. MORPACE will submit initial
diary 01-16-04 for initial pilot approval by MDOT on 01-23-04.
11-25-03
2A8. MORPACE submits Draft Initial Public Awareness Program (approach text document) to MDOT for review.
MDOT initial approval set for 01-23-04.
12-1&2-03
3A1. MDOT and MORPACE coordinate a Sample Design Workshop/Discussion in
Lansing.
12-02-03
2A9. Meeting between MORPACE and MDOT to explain/review/clarify Draft Initial Diary and Draft Initial Public
Awareness Program.
12-03-03
2A10. Meeting between MORPACE, MDOT, CGI staff, and Geocoding Subcommittee at CGI to discuss geocoding to
Framework standards.
12-08-03
2A11. MORPACE submits Revised Draft Initial Household Data Collection Instrument (Diary) for MDOT to review.
12-12-03
2A12. MORPACE submits Draft Initial Data Retrieval Script with long distance recall questionnaire to MDOT
for review. Initial Data Retrieval Script will be submitted on 01-16-04 for initial Pilot approval on 0123-04.
12-12-03
2A13. MORPACE submits Draft Initial Interviewer Training Manual to MDOT for review. Initial Interviewer
Training Manual submitted on 01-16-04 for Pilot. Initial Pilot approval set for 01-23-04.
12-12-03
Planned
Submission
MDOT
MTG
MDOT
Approval
A14. MORPACE submits Draft Data Collection Methodology to MDOT for review. Final Data Collection Methodology
approval set for 01-23-04.
Design Task
12-15-03
MORPACE will submit to MDOT Draft Data Coding and Quality Control Manual for review/comment. Final Data
Coding and Quality Control Manual submitted on 01-16-04 for 01-23-04 approval.
12-12-03
3A2. MORPACE submits Draft Sample Design Technical Document to MDOT for review. Final Sample Design
Technical Document submitted on 01-16-04 for 01-23-04 approval.
12-15-03
2A15. MORPACE submits Draft Initial Geocoding Procedures Manual to MDOT for review. Initial submitted on 0116-04 with initial Pilot approval set for 01-23-04.
12-15-03
A16a. MORPACE submits Draft Initial Functional Website-two alternative design directions jpg.doc- to MDOT
for review. Submit initial functional website in 01-16-04 for MDOT approval, and final approval 01-23-04
12-17-03
Meeting between MORPACE and MDOT to discuss Draft Sampling Design Technical Document
12-18-03
2A16b. MORPACE submits to MDOT the Final design for Initial Functional Website (with look and feel) for MDOT
approval. MORPACE will submit web-site html files to MDOT on 01-16-04 for review and testing. Initial pilot
approval on 01-23-04.
12-18-03
2A17. MORPACE submits Draft Initial Public Awareness Program with at least two initial press releases
(recommendation text documents) to MDOT for review.
12-18-03
2A18. MORPACE submits documentation of Toll Free Line for Respondents to MDOT for approval.
12-18-03
219/3A3/4A2. Meeting between MDOT and MORPACE to Review:
Draft Initial Household Data Collection Instrument (Diary),
Draft Initial Household Data Collection Script,
Draft Initial Interviewer Training Manual,
Draft Data Collection Methodology,
Draft Initial Geocoding Procedures,
Draft Initial Public Awareness Program and website,
Draft Data Coding and Quality Control Manual,
Draft Sample Design Technical Document.
MDOT review period for documents listed above through 01-12-04.
Milestone Payment #6
Task #3A
Planned
Submission
MDOT
MTG
MDOT
Approval
01-06-04
Design Task
3A4. MORPACE submits Revised Draft Sample Design Technical Document to MDOT for review. MDOT Review through
01-12-04 with Final Sample Design Technical Document submitted on 01-16-04 for approval on 01-23-04.
Milestone Payment #5-6
Task #2B-3B-4B
Planned
Submission
MDOT
MTG
MDOT
Approval
Design Task
12-12-03to1-12-04 2B1/3B1/4B1. MDOT review of all Data Collection and Instrument Designs and Sample Design.
01-16-04
01-06-04
Meeting with MDOT and Brogan staff to review draft initial public awareness program and determine what
public awareness items can proceed at this time. Please see Public Awareness Program schedule for list
items.
01-09-04
2B2/3B2/4B2. Meeting between MDOT and MORPACE to review
Initial and Revised Documents & Instruments and Revised Draft Sample Design Technical Document.
MORPACE will submit to MDOT the following items for review and approval on 01-23-04. Changes will be
incorporated and these items will be used in the Pilot:
2B3. Final Data Collection Program Methodology
2B4. Initial Functional Website (HTML files for testing)
2B5. Initial Public Awareness Program with at least two press releases to MDOT
2B6. Initial Pre-Recruitment Letter
2B7. Initial Recruitment Instrument
2B8. Initial Data Collection Instrument (Diary)
2B9. Initial Data Retrieval Script and System
2B10. Initial Geocoding Procedures Manual
2B11. Initial Interviewing Training Manual
3B1. Final Sample Design Technical Document
Planned
Submission
MDOT
MTG
MDOT
Approval
01-16-04
Design Task
4M3. MORPACE will submit Final Data Coding and Quality Control Manual to MDOT for review and approval on 0123-04.
01-21-04
2B12/3B4/4B4. Meeting between MORPACE and MDOT (if needed)
01-23-04
2B13/4B5. MDOT Approval of all initial instruments for Pilot.
01-23-04
3B5i. MDOT Approval of Final Sample Design Technical Document and Final Data Coding and Quality Control
Manual
MDOT
Approval
Design Task
Milestone Payment #7
Task #5A
Planned
Submission
MDOT
MTG
01-26-04 to 02-10-04
5A1. Pilot Interviewing with 100 completed households - MDOT monitoring.
Milestone Payment #8
Task #5B-6
Planned
Submission
MDOT
MTG
MDOT
Approval
Design Task
02-24-04
Planned
Submission
5B1. MORPACE submission to MDOT of Pilot Report and data documenting outcomes, identifying problem areas,
and providing recommended changes. PB and Peter Stopher will also review during this time frame.
MDOT
MTG
MDOT
Approval
02-26-04
Design Task
5B2. Meeting between MORPACE and MDOT to Review Pilot Report and Data Results. MDOT review Pilot Report and
submit recommendations to MOPRACE by 03-01-04.
03-04-04
6a. MORPACE submits to MDOT Final Functional Website and Toll-Free Line verification
03-04-04
6b. MORPACE submits to MDOT Final Public Awareness Program with at least two press releases for review
03-04-04
6c. MORPACE submits to MDOT Final Pre-Recruitment Letter for review.
03-04-04
6d. MORPACE submits to MDOT Final Recruitment Instrument for review.
03-04-04
6e. MORPACE submits to MDOT Final Data Collection Instrument (Diary) for review.
03-04-04
6f. MORPACE submits to MDOT Final Data Retrieval Script and System for review.
03-04-04
6g. MORPCAE submits to MDOT Final Geocoding Procedures Manual for review
03-04-04
6h. MORPACE submits to MDOT Final Interviewing Training Manual for review.
03-04-04
6i. Hand-Off of Functional Website to MDOT
3/4-12/04
MDOT Review and Approval of ABOVE Documents
3-15-04 Start Data Collection
Milestone Payment #9 thru 15
Task #7.1 and 7.2
7.1 and 7.2 Weekly meetings or conversations will occur between MORPACE and MDOT Project Manager from 11-06-03 to final acceptance of
Pilot results. Monthly Meetings with MDOT throughout data collection period. Teleconferences as needed. Interim data submissions, weekly and
monthly reports as scheduled in Exhibit A of the contract dated November 6, 2003 between the Michigan Department of Transportation and MORPACE
International, Inc.
Planned
Submission
MDOT
MTG
MDOT
Approval
Design Task
04-30-04
7a. MORPACE completes the data collection from 2,000 Household by this date and submits all geocoded data and data
files in the agreed to format to MDOT. (9). Review and comment loop back to MORPACE from MDOT staff within 10
days.
05-31-04
7b. MORPACE completes the data collection from 4,000 Household by this date and submits all geocoded data and data
files in the agreed to format to MDOT. (10). Review and comment loop back to MORPACE from MDOT staff within 10
days.
06-30-04
7c. MORPACE completes the data collection from 6,000 Household by this date and submits all geocoded data and date
files in the agreed to format to MDOT. (11). Review and comment loop back to MORPACE from MDOT staff within 10
days.
10-15-04
7d. MORPACE completes the data collection from 8,000 Household by this date and submits all geocoded data and data
files in the agreed to format to MDOT. (12). Review and comment loop back to MORPACE from MDOT staff within 10
days.
11-15-04
7e. MORPACE completes the data collection from 10,000 Household by this date and submits all geocoded data and
data files in the agreed to format to MDOT. (13). Review and comment loop back to MORPACE from MDOT staff within
10 days.
12-15-04
7f. MORPACE completes the data collection from 12,000 Household by this date and submits all geocoded data and
data files in the agreed to format to MDOT. (14). Review and comment loop back to MORPACE from MDOT staff within
10 days.
12-31-04
7g. MOPRACE completes the data collection from 14,280 Household by this date and submits all geocoded data and
data files in the agreed to format to MDOT. (15). Review and comment loop back to MORPACE from MDOT staff within
10 days.
Milestone Payment #16
Task #8
Planned
Submission
MDOT
MTG
MDOT
Approval
Design Task
02-24-05
8a. MORPACE submits to MDOT the Draft Final Project Report and Draft Final Data Files for review.
MDOT will review and comment to MORPACE within 10 days of submittal.
03-24-05
8b. MORPACE submits to MDOT the Interim Final Project Report and Interim Data Files for review.
MDOT will review and comment to MORPACE within 10 days of submittal.
04-24-05
8c. MORPACE submits to MDOT the Final Project Report and Final Data Files for the last review.
MDOT will review and comment to MORPACE within 10 days of submittal.
05-10-05
8d. MORPACE submits the Final Project Report and Final Data Files.
05-24-05
8e. MORPACE submits Camera-Ready Report to MDOT of approved Final Report and Final Data Files.
05-30-05
8f. MORPACE submits 50 copies of Final Report and Final Data files to MDOT.
When the term ‘MORPACE’ is listed within this document, all involvement in any meeting or deliverable that requires any subcontractors is the
responsibility of MORPACE Project Manager to coordinate.
Appendix 3:
1.
Data Methodology Plan
Introduction
This report covers the methodology of carrying out the MI Travel Count study and focuses on the
processes involved including: data collection and its purpose, specific project objectives and
corresponding resources, project overview, data collection stages, and supporting documents.
2.
Background and Project Goals
Purpose: The purpose of MI Travel Counts is to obtain accurate information on statewide travel
characteristics for the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) to allow them to update,
develop, and calibrate statewide and urban travel demand models. The MI Travel Counts program is
one component of the overall model improvement plan that MDOT has under taken. The model
structure identified in Phase I of the improvement plan is a tour-based model that requires extensive
and appropriate information including, at a minimum: automobile availability, tour/stop generation,
tour/stop destination choices, tour/stop time of day/departure time choices, and tour/stop mode
choices.
Requirements: The requirements for the travel inventory data collection are clearly defined, first in
the MDOT RFP then in each of the documents and procedures manuals listed below:
Sample Design Technical Document
Public Awareness Program with at least two press releases
Functional website specifications
Documented toll free telephone line for respondents’ questions
Pre-Recruitment (pre-notification) Letter
Recruitment Instrument
Diary Cover Letter
Household Data Collection Instrument (Diary)
Data retrieval script for data collection
Interviewer Training Manual
Geocoding Procedures Manual
Data Checking and Quality Control Manual
General Description: The sampling consists of seven geographic sampling areas or strata within the
state, with 2,040 household interviews completed within each sample area, for a total of 14,280
completed interviews. The sampling design documented in the MI Travel Counts Sample Design
Technical Document provides for collection of proportional data within strata with data cells defined by
household size, number of vehicles, and number of workers per household. This is different than
many typical travel studies that use household size and the number of vehicles in the household. The
MDOT sample design incorporates an additional level of stratification - the number of workers in a
household.
The rationale behind this design is that auto sufficiency (the degree to which the number of autos
available to a household matches the number of workers in the household), rather than auto
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ownership and household size, is more highly correlated to travel behavior. The minimum data cell
size will be 30 completed households.
Generally, the information required for MI Travel counts falls into five categories:
(1) household characteristics (variables specified in Task 2.3 of the RFP),
(2) person characteristics (variables specified in Task 2.2),
(3) a travel inventory (activity-travel diary) for each member of the household with all of the
information specified as needed in Task 2.1, including mode and vehicle questions for a
48-hour period, and
(4) a long-distance travel retrospective section (variables specified in Task 2.4). Home, work,
school, and all stop locations will need to be geocoded.
(5) household, person, and travel inventory information from any persons who are visiting a
sampled household for a 24-hour period, which overlaps the household’s assigned travel
days.
MI Travel Counts will be introduced and accompanied by a strong public awareness effort and a fully
functional website to assure the credibility of the project. A toll-free dedicated number will be manned
throughout the data collection period to answer questions from respondents and the public.
The primary organizing principle for MI Travel Counts is the tour-based concept. A tour is defined as a
sequence of one or more away-from-home activity stops, such as for work, shopping, or recreation
that begins and ends at the same location. The most prevalent type of tour is the home-based tour.
A workplace type tour during lunch hour is a sub-tour within the larger home-based tour.
Since it is difficult for respondents to grasp the tour concept, identifying tours and sub-tours and
numbering trip segments will be a post-processing activity, with every time a location is repeated
within a travel day serving as the identifier of a tour or sub-tour completion. Trip segments to stops
within tours or sub-tours will be numbered in sequence within the data file.
3. Specific Project Objectives and Corresponding Resources
MORPACE’s (and its susbconsultants’) emphasis is on producing top quality data sets, customized to
the needs of MDOT for developing transportation models. This will include:
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assuring the representativeness of the sample and the appropriate structuring and filling of
sampling data cells
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minimizing missing and incorrect data
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increasing the percentage of actual trips reported
Monitoring: Computer assisted telephone interviewing (CATI) and sample control systems are
integrated with real-time monitoring technologies to assure datasets that meet MDOT’s expectations.
These systems assure instant reporting of household sample disposition, status within the inventory
process, and electronic tallies for collected and missing key variables.
Pilot: The purpose of the Pilot was to test the performance of the materials and procedures developed
for MI Travel Counts. A Pilot of the data collection effort was conducted from January 26th to
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February 10th of 2004. A report of this pilot along with a pilot dataset was submitted to MDOT, with
recommended changes for consideration and approval. The full project will require close, real-time
monitoring to achieve Census proportionality by in-geographic sample areas for: household size,
number of household vehicles, number of workers, age, and household income. If left unmonitored,
smaller households and retirees are more likely to complete the project, while larger and younger
households are less likely. Zero vehicle households are less likely to complete the interview, as are
lower income households. Corrective actions in the form of a higher number of callbacks to
households in difficult to fill data cells, rescheduling of underrepresented recruited households, and
increased or targeted sampling frames will most likely be required.
Reducing Respondent Burden: To meet quality requirements, consideration of respondent burden is
essential, given the 48-hour activity and tour-based travel inventory design. While a 48-hour data
collection period provides the richest and most varied dataset for travel modelers, the caution is with
the amount of respondent time required. Burden is intrinsic in the redundancy of address questions
and in the length of phone time taken to collect travel inventories from all members of a household.
As a means of reducing respondent burden, multiple data collection techniques are used in MI Travel
Counts, since different types of respondents choose to respond in different ways. Respondents are
able to report their personal travel inventories by phone (when called or by calling a 1-800 project
number), by Internet, or by mail. The Internet is proposed to happen but as of this writing has not
been implemented. An experienced interviewer will be available during normal business hours to take
travel inventory information by CATI, as respondents choose to call in from a land or cell phone. (For
mail-ins, recalls are made to collect missing information or for clarification.)
Interviewers and Training: MORPACE interviewers are Michigan based and thus have the same
geographic frame of reference as respondents. Interviewers will have experience interviewing on the
firm’s CATI system before they are personally selected by the phone room supervisor to conduct travel
inventories, which are considered advanced work. Project specific training includes interactive
practice with the CATI script in test mode. Interviewer instructions and training guides are
documented in the MI Travel Counts Interviewer Training Manual.
Data Checking: MORPACE’s CATI programming is designed to be able to perform a series of
CATI logic checks. An extensive post-processing list of data checks to be performed can be
found in the Data Coding and Quality Control Procedures Manual. In-CATI controls assure
such things as not allowing a passenger to travel alone. Post-processing checks uncover
errors in the tour-based record such as the time and distance of travel between two points
is not within reasonable parameters. Also checks are made for missing data items that
affect the “complete” status of a household. Since this is a continuous checking process,
attempts will be made to re-contact with respondents within four days to clarify
mode/trip/stop/location information and/or obtain important missing information. PB will
review interim datasets to assure that all logic checks specified in the MORPACE PostProcessing Data Checks section of the Data Coding and Quality Control Manual meet
specifications. MORPACE quickly converts its CATI database to SPSS or SAS files for project
management review. The MORPACE-PB project team provides fully checked interim data
sets to MDOT at intervals of 2000 household completes.
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Geocoding Standards: MORPACE’s geocoding rates to latitude/longitude (the street address or street
intersection level) will be 99% or better for home addresses, 95% or better for work and school
addresses, and 90% or better for all other trip locations. Our success in coding to TAZs will exceed
95%. The 2-digit model area codes will conform to MDOT model coding schemes in its Transportation
Management System (TMS). The model area code field and the TAZ field will be separate fields in the
databases MDOT receives.
MORPACE will fully utilize the resources provided by the Michigan’s
Geographic Information Center using MI geographic Framework V3 (MGFv3), which has been fully
integrated with MapMarker. Trip files will have a designated geocoding results code confirming the
record was coded to Framework V3.
Along with full interim data files, geocoding files will be submitted to Parsons Brinckerhoff on an
interim basis. Parsons Brinckerhoff (PB) will use the MI geographic Framework V3 (MGFv3), ArcGIS
8.x, and the TransCAD statewide model network file provided by MDOT to check geocoding results
provided by MORPACE. For each trip file, PB will also check the differences in respondent reported
departure and arrival times against times generated by using the TransCAD statewide model network
file. The TransCAD statewide network file is based on MGFv3 file, but only has higher level roadways
included in the network. This file also has speed and time associated with each highway segment. PB
will also use the Southeast Michigan Council of Government (SEMCOG) TransCAD 2000 travel demand
forecasting model for those trips that are made completely within the SEMCOG region. The SEMCOG
TransCAD network is based off of the MGFv2 file.
Summary Quality Control Features: Final key quality control features of the management
plan are: (1) meeting all agreed to requirements, (2) frequent communication and meetings
with MDOT in Lansing and on-site at the MORPACE phone room, (3) the provision of realtime and timely electronic status reports, and (7) seven periodic interim deliveries of data
fully audited and checked by PB with corrections made by MORPACE.
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4. Project Overview
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the MI Travel Counts Sample Design Technical Document, will be developed and added to the
final database. This weighting factor will apply when statewide (aggregate) results are produced.
Work Plan: The work plan for MI Travel Counts consists of the following eight tasks:
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Task 1: Project Work and Management Plan
Task 2: Data Collection Methodology and Initial Instrument Design
Task 3: Sample Design
Task 4: Data Coding and Quality Control
Task 5: Pilot Data Collection Program
Task 6: Final Data Collection Instrument Design
Task 7: Data Collection Program Implementation and Geocoding
Task 8: Final Report and Data Delivery
This Work Plan is fully documented in an approved final contract document dated November 25, 2003. This Plan
serves as the milestone document for the completion of MI Travel Counts effort. It also serves as the
foundation for the final report summarizing the results of the study.
Consultant Team Roles: As the prime consultant MORPACE is responsible for data collection and for
executing this project in its entirety. PB is significantly involved in instrument design and interim and
final auditing of data, to ensure that the data collected thoroughly meets modeling requirements.
Peter Stopher, an internationally recognized expert in travel inventories, reviewed and advised on
instrument design and inventory procedures, and will consult on weighting and expansion. (To meet
MDOT’s Phase 1 model improvement plan requirements, weight factors by sampling area will be
developed as specified in the Sample Design Technical Document.) Brogan & Partners, a Detroitbased firm, designed and will conduct the public awareness activities necessary for establishing the
credibility of this large-scale travel inventory effort. Richard Nellett, former supervisor of MDOT’s
statewide modeling efforts, serves as a liaison to the project team to ensure that project activities
fully comply with MDOT’s objectives and procedures. The proposed project management team is
committed to this project and will remain dedicated throughout the course of the project.
Activity-Tour Based Design: A hybrid activity diary format will be used. The design captures only two
types of activities within the home: (1) home-not working and (2) home–working. Primary and
secondary activities at each location are collected; however, the timing of these activities at any one
location is collected as a block without differentiating among activities. Activities and modes of travel
are collected via closed-ended categories. Thus respondents are required to self-code their activities
into pre-set categories using examples in the diary. The categories for activities and mode are based
on those provided from the Phase 1 model improvement plan. The diary is designed to fit the CATI
question flow and to take the respondent through their activities/locations and travel in chronological
order.
Innovative Inclusion of Visitors: An innovative approach to travel inventories introduced by MDOT
includes visitors to households during the 48-hour travel period. This provides a means of exploring
home-based “tourism” within Michigan and its impact on household travel. This subset of Michigan
visitors is otherwise difficult to reach. The addition of visitors to the data collection requires questions
in the recruit interview to determine whether visitors are expected during the assigned travel days. If
so, travel diaries for visitors are provided in the mailing to the household. At the time of the
household travel inventory interview, the CATI program has the ability to allow the addition of visitors
if they were unanticipated (or delete if they did not arrive) during post processing.
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Public Information Program: A professional public awareness and information program is important to
establishing the credibility of MI Travel Counts. Evidence and experience show that heightened
awareness provides a positive impact on respondent participation. Public information includes news
releases, which lead to articles in area newspapers. These articles help inform the public about MI
Travel Counts in regard to the need for the data and how it will be used. This is particularly important
in the post 9/11 environment and given the sensitive information that is collected from respondents.
(Not just demographic questions such as income, but questions about their vehicles and when they
are away from home, etc.) The public awareness program is a cooperative effort between MDOT and
the MORPACE-PB-Brogan & Partners project team. Press releases and all public information materials
are fully reviewed and approved by MDOT and will be distributed using a list of local planning and
governmental agencies developed in cooperation with MDOT. The news media is periodically updated
on the project’s progress. The MORPACE project director and other MORPACE and subconsultant
technical staff are available to attend information sessions as needed and requested by MDOT.
The complexity of this particular project and the number of households MDOT must reach, many of
whom are in rural areas where this type of extensive personalized research is rarely conducted,
requires a comprehensive public information program
The MI Travel Counts Public Awareness Plan
documents these efforts and the functional website at www.Michigan.gov/mitravelcounts.
5. Stages of the Data Collection
In addition to the public information component, MI Travel Counts consist of nine components:
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Sample selection and maintenance
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Pre-notification letter
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Recruit
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Materials and mailing of household travel diaries and instructions
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Reminder call
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Retrieval
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Recalls for missing data, geocoding, and data checking/correction
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Geocoding
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Data Checks
The following section summarizes each of these stages, the quality checks and reports. A more
detailed description can be found in the Data Coding and Quality Control Plan and the Geocoding
Procedures Manual.
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MORPACE Quality Control System for MI Travel Counts
Stage: SAMPLE SELECTION AND MAINTENENCE
Activity and Quality Method: MORPACE will order the sample from GENESYS
according to the specifications in the MI Travel Counts Sample Design Technical
Document. GENESYS is one of two companies nationwide that has a database of all
USA telephone exchange and block numbers. Utilizing this database, GENESYS will
generate the random-digit-dial sampling frame to the specifications outlined in the
MI Travel Counts Sample Design Technical Memorandum. GENESYS will provide full
documentation of the ineligible numbers screened by Sample Area through its ID
Plus program. GENESYS will attach census density codes (urban, suburban, and
rural) and provides 2000 updated socioeconomic breakdowns by the sampling areas.
A MORPACE programmer will randomly divide the sample into replicates of
500 numbers within each sample area and set up a tally within the CATI for
providing real-time tracking of sample disposition, data cell filling, and socioeconomic
attributes of reached and completed households. The CATI call system will control
number distribution to interviewers. MORPACE will not use predictive dialers. The
interviewer will manually dial the phone numbers. Replicates will be released one at
a time until all households receive a minimum of six calls. A maximum of two calls
will be made to a number (one hour apart) in any one evening. Daytime and
weekend attempts will be made before numbers are retired. MORPACE will order
one-fourth of the sample at a time because GENESYS updates quarterly to include
new numbers.
Within the CATI screens via modem, MDOT, Parsons Brinckerhoff (PB), and
MORPACE management will be able to view directly from their desktop PCs, the realtime sample disposition reports. These will include counts on ineligible numbers,
uninformed and informed refusals, non-contacts (busy, answering machines) and
completes. The CATI screens will also contain counts of recruited and retrieved
households by data cells within sample areas and by socioeconomic attributes
including household density, which will then be compared with the GENESYS reports
for the geographic sample area.
Reports Due:
• CATI screen tallies will be faxed or emailed to MDOT on a weekly basis.
• Electronically prepared summaries of sample and respondent dispositions will
be submitted to MDOT as part of the monthly progress reports.
Stage: PRE-NOTIFICATION
Activity and Quality Method: Sample replicates will be released for pre-notification
letters on a scheduled basis. This is done so that respondents do not receive the
letter too far in advance of the recruit phone call. Replicates will be sent to Acxiom
for address matching. Acxiom is a company that maintains a database service for
matching USA phone numbers to addresses, and vice versa. Acxiom is able to
provide addresses for some unlisted numbers since its database includes information
from additional marketing sources such as magazine subscriptions. A match rate of
60% to 65% is expected.
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Households who receive advance letters will be flagged in the data file. The
letter will be subjected to MORPACE's internal ISO check-off process. The project
director or her designee will be present to audit the mailing process and check the
appearance and stuffing of envelopes. MORPACE and MDOT staff names and
addresses will be inserted in the mailing list as a final check. MORPACE monitors and
logs all undeliverable mailings and will flag these in a data file. An attempt will be
made to correct the address through the USPS website. A log will also be kept of
phone calls to the 1-800-566-6262, to Internet help, and of any mail responses.
Any non-routine responses will be referred to MDOT and/or the public information
sub-consultant.
Reports Due:
• An electronic tally report will be available for each mailing and in total for the
number of pre-notification letters sent, the number of undeliverable letters,
and the outcome results of recruit interviews for those receiving and not
receiving pre-notification letters.
• Weekly progress reports will also contain a summary of any non-routine
respondent inquiries or comments regarding the pre-notification process or
the project.
Stage: RECRUIT
Activity and Quality Method: The CATI system tracks the sample disposition and
number and type of data cell and socioeconomic attributes for the completed sample.
Partial completes will be assigned as callbacks by the CATI scheduler system. As
described elsewhere, refusals will be coded as uninformed, soft, or hard refusals.
Hard refusals are reviewed by the supervisor and usually will not be called back.
Uninformed refusals will be scheduled for new attempts in 7 days. Soft refusals will
be scheduled by the system for refusal conversion attempts by senior interviewers.
Two-consecutive travel days will be randomly assigned to a household by the
CATI system, keeping assignment even by eligible days over the interviewing period.
At the end of every interviewing evening the supervisor will write a project note in
the CATI to the senior project manager reporting on progress in meeting objectives,
and relay any non-routine issues that arose with respondents.
MORPACE project management will continue to monitor interviews remotely.
This capability will also be available to Parsons Brinckerhoff and MDOT.
Reports Due:
• Real-time tallies of sample disposition, data cell filling, and socioeconomic
attributes of respondents will be available by modem and will be faxed or emailed
to MDOT weekly.
• Monthly electronic reports will be included with progress reports.
• Weekly progress reports will include report on non-routine problems encountered
or comments received from respondents.
Stage: MATERIALS & MAILING
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Activity and Quality Method: The cover letter, informational materials, and the
diary, approved by MDOT, will be checked and approved through MORPACE's ISO
process. Home addresses will be checked using the USPS website. Any addresses
that do not match will be sent back to the phone room for re-contacting.
The diaries will be mailed out daily by the MORPACE coding department with a
full sign-off procedure. Personal labels will be applied to diaries with the name, ID
#, and the travel days for each respondent. A business reply envelope will be
included with the household packet. A full mailing log will be electronically
maintained in the database. Any undeliverable mailings will be fully explored and
the household will be re-contacted by phone for corrected information. The data file
will be continually edited with these changes by an assigned assistant programmer.
Calls to the 1-800 number, online help, or mail responses will be logged.
Reports Due:
• Respondent mailings will be noted in the data file along with any edited
address information not contained in a monthly or weekly progress report.
Stage: REMINDER CALLS
Activity and Quality Method: Re-mailings and rescheduling of travel dates will be
edited into the data file on a daily basis by the assistant programmer. Hard refusals
will be recorded and reviewed by a supervisor for possible refusal conversion.
Reports Due:
• No separate reports are due at this stage.
Stage: RETRIEVAL
Activity and Quality Method: Household retrieval interviews will be automatically
scheduled by the CATI system for the evening following the assigned travel day.
Retrieval interviews will continue to be scheduled automatically for the following
three days until the CATI records that all members have completed the travel
inventory. Phone messages will be left. Respondents will be asked for the most
convenient time to call them back, and the CATI scheduler will automatically bring
the call up at this time for an available interviewer. Attempts will be made during
the day and on weekends.
It is proposed and planned that respondents who indicated in the recruit that
they would complete by Internet will be automatically called on the second and
succeeding nights, if their interview is not recorded in the database as a total
household complete. As of this writing the Internet has not be implemented.
Difficult to reach respondents will be asked to mail in their diaries or to call into the
1-800 number provided. The CATI system will provide all of the real-time tallies
specified for the recruit, by person and household as appropriate. The data file will
be edited daily with any corrected information that is received from respondents.
MORPACE project management will continue to monitor interviews remotely.
This capability will be available to Parsons Brinckerhoff and MDOT.
Reports Due:
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Real-time tallies of sample disposition, data cell filling, and socioeconomic
attributes of respondents will be available by modem and will be faxed or
emailed to MDOT weekly.
Monthly electronic reports will be included with monthly progress reports.
Weekly progress reports will include report on non-routine problems
encountered or comments received from respondents.
Zero trip persons and the reasons will be reported to MDOT weekly for
review.
Stage: RECALLS
Activity and Quality Method: Mailed in travel diaries will be manually reviewed for
completeness and callbacks will be made to respondents to collect missing
information. The completed inventories will then be entered into the CATI system.
Recalls will also be made to clarify or collect missing data that is discovered when
performing computer checks of completed CATI or Internet travel inventories.
Finally, callbacks will be made, for address information when an address is found to
be non-geocodable to latitude and longitude. All corrected information will be
entered into or edited into the CATI data file.
Reports Due:
• A final edited data file with the required 14,280 completed households and
non-completed households with missing data.
Stage: GEOCODING
Activity and Quality Method: All address information will be continually
downloaded for geocoding by MORPACE's specialized staff. The first attempt will be
to geocode to street address. If no street address is available, Internet address
look-ups will be manually attempted using business name and type, cross streets,
and city. Failures will be referred to the phone room for re-contact. If re-contact
does not provide appropriate data, then geocoding to city and street intersection will
be attempted. Incompletes will be flagged in the data file and reviewed with MDOT.
MORPACE will coordinate with and use the resources of the Michigan Center
for Geographic Information. Anticipated cases where MORPACE will not be able to
geocode to at least the nearest street intersection are only where the respondent
refuses to provide the needed information, the respondent cannot be re-contacted,
or the respondent cannot provide enough information to geocode. In these cases the
entire household record will be reviewed with MDOT personnel to determine whether
the household should be removed from the data file and replaced, or whether the
household’s overall demographic and trip/activity information is sufficient to warrant
keeping the household in the final data file, since the trade-off might be a less
representative overall household sample base.
Reports Due:
• A report will be submitted to MDOT on a monthly basis, along with an .DBF
file report of non-geocodable points and points geocoded only to TAZ. All
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geocoded points will have a code indicating the level to which they were
geocoded to such as street address, intersection, etc.
Maps of home geocoded points, created in Map Info by sample area will be
submitted on a monthly basis in bitmap format.
Parsons Brinckerhoff will submit a monthly report of their review of interim
geocoding files and corrective actions. The report will encompass a review of
trips with mode and trip duration times for consistency with distance.
Stage: DATA CHECKS
Activity and Quality Method: An electronic program will be developed for
reviewing all inventories on a continuous basis for missing data that would cause the
household interview to be considered an incomplete under the requirements of Task
2 of the RFP. Households with missing data will be referred to the phone room for
recall. Corrected data will be edited into the file. Incomplete households will be
flagged in the data file.
The sample disposition for all recruit and retrieval interviews will be reviewed
periodically by the senior MORPACE project manager to assure that the maximum
number of call attempts are being made, within the time period allowed. The
comparative outcomes of phone, Internet, 1-800, and mailed interviews will be
reviewed. Adult proxy reporting by gender and relationship will be reviewed.
Reports Due:
• Electronic reports of the results of the data checking will be submitted to
Parsons Brinckerhoff and MDOT on a monthly basis.
• Reports on incomplete households including their data file ID numbers will be
submitted monthly along with electronic sample disposition reports for both
the recruit and the retrieval.
• As part of the monthly report, MORPACE will report the results of the multimodal comparisons and report on adult proxy interviewing.
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No incentives are used for MI Travel Counts. The civic duty aspect of participation and concern about
roads and transit services is used to encourage respondents to participate. Throughout the project
duration, a toll free telephone number is available for answering questions and is manned from 9.a.m.
to 10 p.m. on weekdays, from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Saturdays, and from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. on
Sundays. At other times, messages are recorded and promptly responded to. The 1-800 number is
also manned during the same hours by experienced interviewers who can immediately collect the
respondent’s travel inventory information by CATI. A web-based (Internet URL) help address is also
available, along with information on the project’s website.
Diary materials and cover letter information are mailed U.S. Priority Mail, in official priority mail
envelopes, approximately seven days prior to the travel date. MORPACE has found that this expense
is worthwhile because it cuts down on re-mailings and reassignment of travel days, and it strengthens
the respondent’s perception of the importance and credibility of the study.
The data collection occurs over the spring and fall of 2004, with the sample within geographic strata
distributed over 10 weeks during the spring 0f 2004 and 14 weeks during the fall of 2005. (The
SEMCOG sampling area may be an exception to this distribution.) Travel days are randomly assigned
for two consecutive days, Monday through Thursday, excluding agreed upon holidays (Memorial Day,
July 4th, Labor Day, and Wednesday and Thursday of Thanksgiving week). It is very important that
this process be tightly micro-managed, as a steady flow of recruitments and retrievals leads to quality
results.
The travel inventories must be reported for all household and visitor members on the same
consecutive days. If a problem arises, the household is re-assigned for another travel period.
Reminder calls are made on the evening before the first assigned travel day. Questions are answered
and if no one is home, a reminder message with the pertinent information is left.
The activity-travel diary (retrieval interview) format consists of five parts:
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Activity-travel diary
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Remaining household socioeconomic attributes
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Remaining person socioeconomic attributes
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Long-distance travel retrospective
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Visitor travel inventory (if applicable)
The response categories listed in Attachment A of the MDOT RFP were utilized unless otherwise
approved by MDOT. Coding in the data file for time is in military time; however, this is electronically
converted from the a.m./p.m. times that will appear in the CATI program and in the diaries, for easy
reporting by both the respondents and the interviewers.
Process For Assuring Households are Complete
MORPACE’s emphasis is on providing a high quality dataset that accurately reflects the responses
provided by household members and captures tours and sub-tours with all the MDOT required
information in a consistent manner. MORPACE accepts that the data requirements set out in Task 2 of
the MDOT RFP in order for a household to be deemed complete. However, a few of the results
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requirements of Task 2.1 Activity-Travel Diaries are post-data collection modeling tasks that require
considerable modeling analysis and time. (See bullet 4 of the MDOT RFP regarding “home-base
tour”). MORPACE’s responsibility is to collect the data necessary to perform all of these tasks,
including:
2.1 Activity-Travel Diary Characteristics that will be noted if missing:
•
Times of day during which the respondent was at home, regardless of activity
•
For respondents that do not do any travel for the 48 hour period, interval times of day at
home in which the respondent was engaged in paid work activities of any kind
•
Recording of each change in location the respondent made, along with the times of departure
and arrival at the next location, the primary and secondary activities at each location, and the
modes of travel used to get between locations, over the 48-hour recording period
•
Indication when a tour (travel) begins before the travel period or ends after the travel period.
•
Street address (or other geographic identification such as place name or business name) for
geocoding (see Geocoding Procedures Manual for requirements)
•
Number of persons traveling with respondents between locations if an auto-mobile/van/truck/
motorcycle/moped is used
•
Relationship and ID of household members traveling with respondents to locations in an
automobile/van/truck/ motorcycle/moped
•
If a household vehicle was used
•
If an auto-mobile/van/truck/ motorcycle/moped is used, the cost of parking fees and the basis
on which they were paid
•
Transit fares or/or method of payment for public transit
•
Place type
2.2 Additional Required Person Socioeconomic Attributes that will be noted if missing:
•
Age or group age
•
Gender
•
Employment status
•
Student status and school name; college name and campus location if in Michigan
•
Address of primary workplace
•
Driver’s license status
•
Number of operable vehicles on travel days
2.3 Additional Required Household Socioeconomic Attributes that will be noted if missing:
•
Address of residence (See requirements in Geocoding Procedures Manual)
•
Number of overnight visitors on data collection days
•
Household income
•
Household size
•
Number of workers
MORPACE’s CATI programming and post-processing data checks are extensively designed to assure
delivery of complete household data.
However, it is possible that trade-offs between the level of
completeness of individual records within households and overall response bias will develop. For this
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reason a process for deciding which households should be removed from the final dataset has been
developed and will be as follows:
•
With the interim data and report submitted to MDOT, MORPACE will submit a household trip
file with all persons in all households (including Household, Person, and Trip ID) with any
locations not geocoded to x,y coordinates and/or missing any of the key variables listed in
2.1 through 2.3 of the Data Coding and Quality Control Manual.
•
Appended to this trip file will be the following variables for each person:
Sample Area
Number in Household
Number of Autos
Number of Workers
Percent of Assigned Data Cell Complete
Household Income
Homes Address and Geocoding Result
Age or Group Age
Gender
Employment Status
Workplace Address Geocoding Result
Student Status and Geocoding Result of School Location
Driver's license status
·
•
Also added to this trip file will be any households found questionable by PB. This file/list of
possibly incomplete households will be thoroughly reviewed by MORPACE and PB. MORPACE
will expend considerable effort at this time to "salvage" households by manually attempting
geocoding to TAZs (where a verifiable address has been found but the systems could not
geocode), by further investigating Internet or Atlas look-ups, and/or by making recalls to
respondents for missing demographic information as appropriate. Recommendations as to
which households to exclude will be made by PB and MORPACE within ten days of submitting
the Interim report and the trip file of incomplete households. In making the decisions as to
which households should be excluded, the following two factors will be taken into account:
1. The comprehensive quality of the household's information, and
2. The bias effects on proportional sampling.
•
MDOT will make the final decision regarding which households to remove from the final data
file, based on balancing the two factors above and on guidelines for completeness described in
this document.
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6.
Data Collection Methodology Deliverables
Data Collection Methodology supporting documents include the following:
Sample Design Technical Document
Final Public Awareness Program with at least two press releases
Functional website specifications
Documented toll free telephone line for respondents’ questions
Pre-Recruitment (pre-notification) Letter
Recruitment Instrument
Diary Cover Letter
Household Data Collection Instrument (Diary)
Data retrieval script or data collection
Interviewer Training Manual
Geocoding Procedures Manual
Data Coding and Quality Control Manual
This methodology document is a general overview of the process. Detailed information and processes
can be found the documents listed above. Some of the processes outlined in this document were not
finalized at the writing of this document.
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Appendix 4:
Final Prenotification
Letter
JENNIFER M. GRANHOLM
STATE
GOVERNOR
OF MICHIGAN
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
GLORIA J. JEFF
DIRECTOR
Dear Michigan Resident:
The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) is conducting MI Travel Counts, a
transportation study to better understand the daily travel characteristics of Michigan residents.
Michigan's transportation community will use the results of your participation to evaluate and
develop a 21st century transportation system that improves and increases mobility for every
Michigan citizen and community. The data gathered is used for transportation planning and
setting priorities for future transportation investments.
Your household has been randomly selected to represent approximately 700 Michigan
households. A trained interviewer from MORPACE International, a Michigan-based research
firm with over 50 years of experience, will be calling within the next week to ask some statistical
questions regarding your household. The call should take about five minutes. All information is
confidential and your participation is voluntary, yet vital. We understand your time is valuable
and we will make every effort to make your participation in MI Travel Counts as convenient as
possible.
If you have any questions about MI Travel Counts, please contact MORPACE International at
1-800-566-6262, or call MDOT at 517-241-1301. Information is also available at
www.michigan.gov/mitravelcounts. Thank you in advance for helping to move Michigan
forward.
Sincerely,
Gloria J. Jeff
Director
Michigan Department of Transportation
MURRAY D. VAN WAGONER BUILDING • P.O. BOX 30050 • LANSING, MICHIGAN 48909
www.michigan.gov • (517) 373-2090
Appendix 5: Person Information Sheet
NAME:
TRAVEL DATES:
«NAME_»
«TDATE1»
«TDATE2»
«QNO»«PERS_ID»
School Information
! Not a student – Skip this section
! In pre-school/nursery school
! K-12 student
! Full-time college/graduate student
! Vocational/technical student
! Part-time college/graduate student
School/College Name: ______________________________________________________________________________
Location: _____________________________________________
Street Address or Closest Intersection
Work Information
__________________________________________
City, State, Zip
! Not currently employed – Skip this section
Do you have more than one job? ! Yes
! No
If you have more than one job, please refer to the job at which you
spend the most hours for the following questions.
What is your employer’s industry?
Agriculture, Forestry,
Fishing and Hunting
Mining
Utilities
Construction
Manufacturing
Wholesale Trade
Retail Trade
Transportation and
Warehousing
Information
Finance and Insurance
Real Estate,
Rental/Leasing
Professional, Scientific
and Technical Services
Management of
Companies and
Enterprises
"
Where do you work?
"
"
"
"
"
"
"
____________________________________________________________________
Name of Employer
____________________________________________________________________
Type of Business
____________________________________________________________________
Street Address
____________________________________________________________________
City, State, Zip
"
"
"
____________________________________________________________________
Closest Intersection
Does your job involve…? ! Evenings
! Overnight shifts
Average hours worked per week?
"
hours
"
Which of the following best describes your work schedule?
“I have no flexibility in my work schedule.”
“I have some flexibility in my work schedule.”
“I’m pretty much free to adjust my schedule as I like.”
"
"
"
"
"
"
"
"
"
Administrative and
Support and Waste
Management and
Remediation Services
Educational Services
Health Care and
Social Services
Arts, Entertainment
and Recreation
Accommodation and
Food Services
Public Administration/
Government
Other Services
Military
Other
_________________
Does your employer offer compressed work week options? (eg 40 hrs in less than 5 days) ! Yes ! No ! Don’t know
Long-Distance Travel
Please provide the following information for ALL trips you took within the last 3 months, greater than 100 miles (one-way) from home.
Destination: ____________________________________
City & State or Country, if outside U.S.
Circle day of departure:
Mon
Tues
Wed
Thurs
Fri
Sat
Please record any additional
long-distance trips on the
back of this sheet.
Sun
Primary Reason for Trip: _________________________
See Activity Codes Below
Primary type of transportation used to reach destination: __________________________
See Travel Codes Below
Type(s) of transportation used at destination:
___________________
Circle day of return:
Mon
See Travel Codes Below
___________________
Tues
Wed
Thurs
_____________________
Fri
How many times did you make this trip in the past 3 months?
Activity Codes:
Sat
_____________________
Sun
_
In the past 12 months?
__
(1) Work/Business (2) School-related (3) Vacation (4) Social (visit friends or relatives) (5) Sightseeing (6) Recreation (7) Entertainment
(8) Shopping (9) Family/Personal reasons (10) Religious (11) Medical
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Travel Codes:
(1) Car, van, truck (2) Motorcycle/Moped (3) Bike (4) Walk (5) School bus (6) Taxi/Shuttle (7) Public bus (specify provider) (8) Train
(9) Airplane (10) Boat (11) Other (please specify)
Appendix 6:
Diary Cover
Letter
JENNIFER M. GRANHOLM
STATE
GOVERNOR
OF MICHIGAN
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
GLORIA J. JEFF
DIRECTOR
L ANSING
Dear «MAILATTN»:
Did you know that our travel habits can help shape Michigan’s transportation system?
It’s true! Our daily commutes to work, cross-state vacations, errands around town, bus rides, bike rides,
walks, and everything in between are important. Where we go, how we get there, and what we do when
we get there - all shape the understanding of how Michigan’s transportation system is used and how it can
be improved for all of us - now and in the future.
Whether you travel by car, bus, train, airplane, boat, bike, or on foot, your participation is essential in
helping Michigan and your community to create a safer and more efficient transportation system.
This is why your participation in MI Travel Counts is so important, and it’s easy!
This packet contains everything your household needs to record travel.
One Travel Diary for each member of your household, and any overnight visitors:
• Please record ALL locations you visit during your assigned 48-hour travel period.
• Each household member should complete his or her own diary whenever possible.
• Even if your travel during the assigned period is not typical, we still need it reported.
• A Person Information section is included at the beginning of the diary. Please fill in school
and work information and record recent trips over 100 miles.
• Instructions and an example are included in the front of the diary.
The information you provide will only be used for the statistical purposes of this study. It will be kept
confidential and secure.
A few days after your travel period, an interviewer from MORPACE International, a Michigan research
firm, will call to collect your household’s travel information. MORPACE would like to speak with each
person age 16 or older. Adults will be asked to respond for children under 16 years of age.
If you have questions about filling out the MI Travel Counts diary, contact MORPACE International at
1-800-566-6262, or visit www.michigan.gov/mitravelcounts. If you have any other questions about the
program, please contact Karen Faussett at MDOT at 517-241-1301.
As a small token of our appreciation, we have included a state map. Thank you for helping move
Michigan forward, your participation means better Michigan transportation!
Sincerely,
Gloria J. Jeff
Director
MURRAY D. VAN WAGONER BUILDING • P.O. BOX 30050 • LANSING, MICHIGAN 48909
www.michigan.gov
«QNO»
Appendix 7:
Labels
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MI Travel Counts BRE Label
Please mail diaries ONLY after we have phoned to
collect your travel information.
If mailing, include for each household member:
• Travel Diary completed for your two travel
days (48 hours).
• Be sure to complete the Person Information
section in the beginning of your diary.
MI Travel Counts Mailing Label
«QNO»
«MAILATTN»
«MAILADD2»
«TMAILCTY», «TMAILST» «MAILZIP»
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MI Travel Counts Diary Label
MI Travel Counts Return Label
«NAME_»
Travel Dates:
Day 1 «TDATE1» &
Day 2 «TDATE2»
«PHONENO»
«QNO»«PERS_ID»
www.surveycafe.com/michigan/password.asp
«INTQNO»
MI Travel Counts
MORPACE International, Inc.
31700 Middlebelt Road, Suite 200
Farmington Hills, MI 48334
Appendix 8:
Diary (Without Person Sheet)
Instructions
! Use this diary on your assigned travel days, shown on the cover.
Begin at 3:00 AM on your first travel day and continue for 48
hours, ending at 3:00 AM.
! Fill out one page for EACH location you go to. If uncertain
whether to include a location at which you stop, include it.
! Record ALL locations visited, even short stops for coffee or gas.
! Record the EXACT time that you arrive and leave each location.
! Provide as much address information as you can. Include:
# street address
# type of place or business
# nearest cross streets
! Record your primary activity (what you did) at each location.
(Refer to Activity Choices on Page 2.)
Travel Diary
! If you take a round-trip without stopping at a location (walk the
dog or ride around in the car), record the furthest point of the trip
as the location and what you do there as TURN AROUND.
(Refer to Activity Choice 17 on Page 2.)
! If you park your car and walk MORE than five minutes to your
destination, record your type of transportation as car first, then
walk. If you walk more than five minutes from a bus to your
destination, record your transportation as bus first, then walk.
! If your work involves frequent travel - truck driver, sales person,
taxi driver, etc. - record where and when you start work and
where and when you end work. If you make non-work related
stops between work stops, record those locations. Do not report
your frequent work-related stops.
If you have any questions, please call:
1-800-566-6262
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Activity Choices: What you do at locations
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
HOME – PAID WORK
HOME – OTHER (sleeping, eating, chores, watching TV, etc.)
WORK (employment and job-related activities)
Start Here
Where were you at 3:00 AM?
$ Traveling – GO TO QUESTION 1 ON PAGE 4
$
X At a location
1.
ATTEND CHILDCARE
ATTEND SCHOOL
ATTEND COLLEGE (college or university, graduate or professional school)
EXAMPLE
2.
Where is this?
Home
Name of Location 1
EAT OUT (restaurant, drive-thru, etc.)
PERSONAL BUSINESS (banking, medical, salon, etc.)
715 Lovely Lane
Residential
EVERYDAY SHOPPING (grocery, drug store, gas, etc.)
Anytown, MI 48000
Lovely Lane & Sea Way
Street Address
MAJOR SHOPPING (appliances, cars, home furnishings, clothes, etc.)
RELIGIOUS/COMMUNITY (worship, wedding, funeral, meetings, etc.)
SOCIAL (visit friends, relatives, etc.)
Type of Place or Business
City, State, Zip Code
3.
A. What was your primary activity at Location 1? (check only ONE box)
$
$
X
$
$
$
$
RECREATION – PARTICIPATE (sports, exercise, park, museum, etc.)
RECREATION – WATCH (movies, sports events, etc.)
ACCOMPANY ANOTHER PERSON (child accompanies parent to food store, etc.)
PICK-UP/DROP-OFF PASSENGER
1
2
3
4
5
6
Home – Paid Work
Home – Other
Work
Attend Childcare
Attend School
Attend College
$
$
$
$
$
$
7
8
9
10
11
12
Eat Out
Personal Business
Everyday Shopping
Major Shopping
Religious/Community
Social
B. Other activities at Location 1, if any?
TURN AROUND (to travel back from furthest point on dog walk, etc.)
4.
Nearest Cross Streets
When did you leave Location 1?
_____
Location 2 & 4
Work
Walk, Bus
Location 1 & 8
Home
Car
Car
Bus, Walk Location 3
Restaurant
Location 5
Gas Station
Location 7
Daycare
Center
Car
Car
Location 6
Grocery Store
Pages 3-5 show an example of how to fill out the diary. Please start your diary on Page 6.
2
13
14
15
16
17
Recreation – Participate
Recreation – Watch
Accompany Another Person
Pick-Up/Drop-Off Passenger
Turn Around
_____
1 ___
5 $
X AM $ PM
7 : ___
___ ___
Example of Travel Day
Car
_____
$
$
$
$
$
3
Travel: How did you get to Location 2?
1.
1
1
2
3
4
%
5
6
7
8
3rd (if needed)
School Bus
Taxi/Shuttle
Dial-A-Ride
Train
9
10
B.
$ Driver
X
1
2
3
4
2.
If you used a car/van/truck or motorcycle/moped for this trip . . .
Were you the . . .?
4
1st
Public Bus
(Provider)__________________
Other
(Specify)___________________
$ Passenger
NOT including yourself, how many people were in the vehicle? 0 1
0 1
2
2
3
3
4
4
5
5
6+
Were you the . . .?
B.
3.
Was this vehicle from your household? $
X Yes
School Bus
Taxi/Shuttle
Dial-A-Ride
Train
9
Public Bus
Anytown Bus
(Provider)__________________
Other
(Specify)___________________
10
$ Driver
$ Passenger
0 1
2
2
3
3
4
4
5
5
Was this vehicle from your household? $ Yes
D.
$ No
How much, in total, did you personally pay for parking? $ Nothing
$ ____ ____ . ____ ____
$ ____ ____ . ____ ____
Was the rate…? $ Hourly $ Daily $ Monthly $ Other _________________
Was the rate…? $ Hourly $ Daily $ Monthly $ Other _________________
EXAMPLE
4.
When did you arrive at Location 2?
5.
Where is this?
7 : ___
4 ___
2 $
X AM $ PM
___ ___
ABC Inc.
3.
If you used a bus/train/taxi for this trip, how much did you pay? $ ____ ____
1 . ____
7 ____
5
Location 3
GO TO
QUESTION 6
When did you arrive at Location 3?
5.
Where is this?
Office Supplies
Anytown, MI 48000
Main St & Elm Rd
Street Address
Type of Place or Business
City, State, Zip Code
7
8
9
10
11
12
Eat Out
Personal Business
Everyday Shopping
Major Shopping
Religious/Community
Social
B. Other activities at Location 2, if any?
7. When did you leave Location 2?
If address was
already reported
GO TO
QUESTION 6
Nearest Cross Streets
Sunny’s
_____
_____
$
$
$
$
$
13
14
15
16
17
Recreation – Participate
Recreation – Watch
Accompany Another Person
Pick-Up/Drop-Off Passenger
Turn Around
4
Restaurant
Anytown, MI 48000
Pine Way & Elm Rd
Street Address
Type of Place or Business
1
2
3
4
5
6
Home – Paid Work
Home – Other
Work
Attend Childcare
Attend School
Attend College
$
X
$
$
$
$
$
7
8
9
10
11
12
Eat Out
Personal Business
Everyday Shopping
Major Shopping
Religious/Community
Social
B. Other activities at Location 3, if any?
$ PM
7.
Nearest Cross Streets
A. What was your primary activity at Location 3? (check only ONE box)
$
$
$
$
$
$
_____
5 ___
0 X
1 ___
1 : ___
___
$ AM
333 Pine Way
City, State, Zip Code
6.
A. What was your primary activity at Location 2? (check only ONE box)
$
$
$
$
$
$
1 ___
2 : ___
3 ___
5 $ AM $
X PM
___
Name of Location 3
123 Main St
Home – Paid Work
Home – Other
Work
Attend Childcare
Attend School
Attend College
EXAMPLE
4.
Name of Location 2
If address was
already reported
6+
6+
__________________________________________________________________________
C.
How much, in total, did you personally pay for parking? X
$ Nothing
1
2
3
4
5
6
3rd (if needed)
NOT including yourself, how many are household members?
$ No
If you used a bus/train/taxi for this trip, how much did you pay? $ ____ ____ . ____ ____
$
$
$
X
$
$
$
%
Which household members were with you?
Location 2
6.
5
6
7
8
9
NOT including yourself, how many people were in the vehicle? 0 1
6+
Michael
__________________________________________________________________________
D.
2nd (if needed)
If you used a car/van/truck or motorcycle/moped for this trip . . .
Which household members were with you?
C.
%
Car, van, truck
Motorcycle/Moped
Bicycle
Walk
A.
NOT Including yourself, how many are household members?
EXAMPLE
What type(s) of transportation did you use to go to Location 3?
%
2nd (if needed)
Car, van, truck
Motorcycle/Moped
Bicycle
Walk
A.
Travel: How did you get to Location 3?
1.
What type(s) of transportation did you use to go to Location 2?
1st
2.
EXAMPLE
When did you leave Location 3?
12
_____
_____
$
$
$
$
$
13
14
15
16
17
Recreation – Participate
Recreation – Watch
Accompany Another Person
Pick-Up/Drop-Off Passenger
Turn Around
_____
___ ___
$ PM
1 : ___
4 ___
5 $ AM X
5
Travel: How did you get to Location 2?
Start Recording Here
1.
%
Where were you at 3:00 AM?
1.
2.
What type(s) of transportation did you use to go to Location 2?
2nd (if needed)
1
2
3
4
$ Traveling – GO TO QUESTION 1 ON PAGE 7
$ At a location
Where is this?
Car, van, truck
Motorcycle/Moped
Bicycle
Walk
2.
Name of Location 1
City, State, Zip Code
1
2
3
4
5
6
Home – Paid Work
Home – Other
Work
Attend Childcare
Attend School
Attend College
$
$
$
$
$
$
7
8
9
10
11
12
B. Other activities at Location 1, if any?
4.
When did you leave Location 1?
_____
_____
$
$
$
$
$
13
14
15
16
17
___ ___ : ___ ___ $ AM $ PM
Public Bus
(Provider)__________________
Other
(Specify)___________________
10
$ Driver
$ Passenger
0 1
2
2
3
3
4
4
5
5
6+
6+
Which household members were with you?
__________________________________________________________________________
C.
Recreation – Participate
Recreation – Watch
Accompany Another Person
Pick-Up/Drop-Off Passenger
Turn Around
_____
9
NOT including yourself, how many people were in the vehicle? 0 1
Nearest Cross Streets
Eat Out
Personal Business
Everyday Shopping
Major Shopping
Religious/Community
Social
School Bus
Taxi/Shuttle
Dial-A-Ride
Train
NOT including yourself, how many are household members?
A. What was your primary activity at Location 1? (check only ONE box)
$
$
$
$
$
$
Were you the . . .?
B.
Type of Place or Business
5
6
7
8
3rd (if needed)
If you used a car/van/truck or motorcycle/moped for this trip . . .
A.
Street Address
3.
%
1st
Was this vehicle from your household? $ Yes
D.
$ No
How much, in total, did you personally pay for parking? $ Nothing
$ ____ ____ . ____ ____
Was the rate…? $ Hourly $ Daily $ Monthly $ Other _________________
3.
If you used a bus/train/taxi for this trip, how much did you pay? $ ____ ____ . ____ ____
Location 2
4.
When did you arrive at Location 2?
5.
Where is this?
___ ___ : ___ ___ $ AM $ PM
Name of Location 2
If address was
already reported
GO TO
QUESTION 6
6.
Street Address
Type of Place or Business
City, State, Zip Code
Nearest Cross Streets
A. What was your primary activity at Location 2? (check only ONE box)
$
$
$
$
$
$
1
2
3
4
5
6
Home – Paid Work
Home – Other
Work
Attend Childcare
Attend School
Attend College
$
$
$
$
$
$
7
8
9
10
11
12
Eat Out
Personal Business
Everyday Shopping
Major Shopping
Religious/Community
Social
B. Other activities at Location 2, if any?
7.
6
When did you leave Location 2?
_____
_____
$
$
$
$
$
13
14
15
16
17
Recreation – Participate
Recreation – Watch
Accompany Another Person
Pick-Up/Drop-Off Passenger
Turn Around
_____
___ ___ : ___ ___ $ AM $ PM
7
Travel: How did you get to Location 3?
Travel: How did you get to Location 4?
1.
1.
What type(s) of transportation did you use to go to Location 3?
%
2nd (if needed)
1
2
3
4
2.
%
%
1st
Car, van, truck
Motorcycle/Moped
Bicycle
Walk
5
6
7
8
9
10
Public Bus
(Provider)__________________
Other
(Specify)___________________
Were you the . . .?
B.
$ Driver
NOT including yourself, how many are household members?
3.
Car, van, truck
Motorcycle/Moped
Bicycle
Walk
$ Passenger
NOT including yourself, how many people were in the vehicle? 0 1
0 1
2
2
3
3
4
4
5
5
2nd (if needed)
1
2
3
4
2.
If you used a car/van/truck or motorcycle/moped for this trip . . .
A.
6+
Public Bus
(Provider)__________________
Other
(Specify)___________________
10
A.
Were you the . . .?
B.
NOT including yourself, how many people were in the vehicle? 0 1
$ Driver
$ Passenger
NOT including yourself, how many are household members?
0 1
2
2
3
3
4
4
5
5
6+
6+
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
C.
D.
How much, in total, did you personally pay for parking? $ Nothing
$ No
Was this vehicle from your household? $ Yes
D.
$ No
How much, in total, did you personally pay for parking? $ Nothing
$ ____ ____ . ____ ____
$ ____ ____ . ____ ____
Was the rate…? $ Hourly $ Daily $ Monthly $ Other _________________
Was the rate…? $ Hourly $ Daily $ Monthly $ Other _________________
If you used a bus/train/taxi for this trip, how much did you pay? $ ____ ____ . ____ ____
3.
If you used a bus/train/taxi for this trip, how much did you pay? $ ____ ____ . ____ ____
Location 4
4.
When did you arrive at Location 3?
5.
Where is this?
___ ___ : ___ ___ $ AM $ PM
4.
When did you arrive at Location 4?
5.
Where is this?
If address was
already reported
GO TO
QUESTION 6
If address was
already reported
Street Address
Type of Place or Business
City, State, Zip Code
Nearest Cross Streets
A. What was your primary activity at Location 3? (check only ONE box)
Home – Paid Work
Home – Other
Work
Attend Childcare
Attend School
Attend College
$
$
$
$
$
$
7
8
9
10
11
12
Eat Out
Personal Business
Everyday Shopping
Major Shopping
Religious/Community
Social
B. Other activities at Location 3, if any?
When did you leave Location 4?
___ ___ : ___ ___ $ AM $ PM
Name of Location 4
Name of Location 3
7.
9
Which household members were with you?
Was this vehicle from your household? $ Yes
1
2
3
4
5
6
School Bus
Taxi/Shuttle
Dial-A-Ride
Train
Which household members were with you?
C.
$
$
$
$
$
$
5
6
7
8
3rd (if needed)
If you used a car/van/truck or motorcycle/moped for this trip . . .
6+
Location 3
6.
%
1st
3rd (if needed)
School Bus
Taxi/Shuttle
Dial-A-Ride
Train
What type(s) of transportation did you use to go to Location 4?
_____
_____
$
$
$
$
$
13
14
15
16
17
6.
Street Address
Type of Place or Business
City, State, Zip Code
Nearest Cross Streets
A. What was your primary activity at Location 4? (check only ONE box)
$
$
$
$
$
$
Recreation – Participate
Recreation – Watch
Accompany Another Person
Pick-Up/Drop-Off Passenger
Turn Around
1
2
3
4
5
6
Home – Paid Work
Home – Other
Work
Attend Childcare
Attend School
Attend College
$
$
$
$
$
$
7
8
9
10
11
12
Eat Out
Personal Business
Everyday Shopping
Major Shopping
Religious/Community
Social
B. Other activities at Location 4, if any?
_____
___ ___ : ___ ___ $ AM $ PM
8
GO TO
QUESTION 6
7.
When did you leave Location 4?
_____
_____
$
$
$
$
$
13
14
15
16
17
Recreation – Participate
Recreation – Watch
Accompany Another Person
Pick-Up/Drop-Off Passenger
Turn Around
_____
___ ___ : ___ ___ $ AM $ PM
9
Travel: How did you get to Location 5?
Travel: How did you get to Location 6?
1.
1.
What type(s) of transportation did you use to go to Location 5?
%
%
1st
2.
%
2nd (if needed)
1
2
3
4
Car, van, truck
Motorcycle/Moped
Bicycle
Walk
5
6
7
8
3rd (if needed)
School Bus
Taxi/Shuttle
Dial-A-Ride
Train
9
10
Were you the . . .?
B.
$ Driver
Public Bus
(Provider)__________________
Other
(Specify)___________________
2nd (if needed)
1
2
3
4
Car, van, truck
Motorcycle/Moped
Bicycle
Walk
2.
$ Passenger
NOT including yourself, how many people were in the vehicle? 0 1
0 1
2
2
3
3
4
4
5
5
6+
Were you the . . .?
B.
C.
How much, in total, did you personally pay for parking? $ Nothing
0 1
2
2
3
3
4
4
5
5
Was this vehicle from your household? $ Yes
D.
How much, in total, did you personally pay for parking? $ Nothing
Was the rate…? $ Hourly $ Daily $ Monthly $ Other _________________
3.
If you used a bus/train/taxi for this trip, how much did you pay? $ ____ ____ . ____ ____
Location 6
5.
Where is this?
___ ___ : ___ ___ $ AM $ PM
4.
When did you arrive at Location 6?
5.
Where is this?
Name of Location 5
If address was
already reported
GO TO
QUESTION 6
6+
6+
$ No
Was the rate…? $ Hourly $ Daily $ Monthly $ Other _________________
When did you arrive at Location 5?
Street Address
Type of Place or Business
City, State, Zip Code
Nearest Cross Streets
A. What was your primary activity at Location 5? (check only ONE box)
Home – Paid Work
Home – Other
Work
Attend Childcare
Attend School
Attend College
$
$
$
$
$
$
When did you leave Location 5?
___ ___ : ___ ___ $ AM $ PM
Name of Location 6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Eat Out
Personal Business
Everyday Shopping
Major Shopping
Religious/Community
Social
B. Other activities at Location 5, if any?
7.
$ Passenger
$ ____ ____ . ____ ____
4.
1
2
3
4
5
6
$ Driver
$ ____ ____ . ____ ____
If you used a bus/train/taxi for this trip, how much did you pay? $ ____ ____ . ____ ____
$
$
$
$
$
$
10
__________________________________________________________________________
$ No
Location 5
6.
Public Bus
(Provider)__________________
Other
(Specify)___________________
NOT including yourself, how many are household members?
__________________________________________________________________________
3.
9
Which household members were with you?
Was this vehicle from your household? $ Yes
D.
School Bus
Taxi/Shuttle
Dial-A-Ride
Train
NOT including yourself, how many people were in the vehicle? 0 1
6+
Which household members were with you?
C.
5
6
7
8
3rd (if needed)
If you used a car/van/truck or motorcycle/moped for this trip . . .
A.
NOT including yourself, how many are household members?
%
1st
If you used a car/van/truck or motorcycle/moped for this trip . . .
A.
What type(s) of transportation did you use to go to Location 6?
_____
_____
$
$
$
$
$
13
14
15
16
17
GO TO
QUESTION 6
6.
Recreation – Participate
Recreation – Watch
Accompany Another Person
Pick-Up/Drop-Off Passenger
Turn Around
Street Address
Type of Place or Business
City, State, Zip Code
Nearest Cross Streets
A. What was your primary activity at Location 6? (check only ONE box)
$
$
$
$
$
$
_____
___ ___ : ___ ___ $ AM $ PM
10
If address was
already reported
1
2
3
4
5
6
Home – Paid Work
Home – Other
Work
Attend Childcare
Attend School
Attend College
$
$
$
$
$
$
7
8
9
10
11
12
Eat Out
Personal Business
Everyday Shopping
Major Shopping
Religious/Community
Social
B. Other activities at Location 6, if any?
7.
When did you leave Location 6?
_____
_____
$
$
$
$
$
13
14
15
16
17
Recreation – Participate
Recreation – Watch
Accompany Another Person
Pick-Up/Drop-Off Passenger
Turn Around
_____
___ ___ : ___ ___ $ AM $ PM
11
Travel: How did you get to Location 7?
Travel: How did you get to Location 8?
1.
1.
What type(s) of transportation did you use to go to Location 7?
%
%
1st
2.
%
2nd (if needed)
1
2
3
4
Car, van, truck
Motorcycle/Moped
Bicycle
Walk
5
6
7
8
3rd (if needed)
School Bus
Taxi/Shuttle
Dial-A-Ride
Train
9
10
Were you the . . .?
B.
$ Driver
Public Bus
(Provider)__________________
Other
(Specify)___________________
2nd (if needed)
1
2
3
4
Car, van, truck
Motorcycle/Moped
Bicycle
Walk
2.
$ Passenger
NOT including yourself, how many people were in the vehicle? 0 1
0 1
2
2
3
3
4
4
5
5
6+
Were you the . . .?
B.
C.
How much, in total, did you personally pay for parking? $ Nothing
0 1
2
2
3
3
4
4
5
5
Was this vehicle from your household? $ Yes
D.
How much, in total, did you personally pay for parking? $ Nothing
Was the rate…? $ Hourly $ Daily $ Monthly $ Other _________________
3.
If you used a bus/train/taxi for this trip, how much did you pay? $ ____ ____ . ____ ____
Location 8
5.
Where is this?
___ ___ : ___ ___ $ AM $ PM
4.
When did you arrive at Location 8?
5.
Where is this?
Name of Location 7
If address was
already reported
GO TO
QUESTION 6
6+
6+
$ No
Was the rate…? $ Hourly $ Daily $ Monthly $ Other _________________
When did you arrive at Location 7?
Street Address
Type of Place or Business
City, State, Zip Code
Nearest Cross Streets
A. What was your primary activity at Location 7? (check only ONE box)
Home – Paid Work
Home – Other
Work
Attend Childcare
Attend School
Attend College
$
$
$
$
$
$
When did you leave Location 7?
___ ___ : ___ ___ $ AM $ PM
Name of Location 8
7
8
9
10
11
12
Eat Out
Personal Business
Everyday Shopping
Major Shopping
Religious/Community
Social
B. Other activities at Location 7, if any?
7.
$ Passenger
$ ____ ____ . ____ ____
4.
1
2
3
4
5
6
$ Driver
$ ____ ____ . ____ ____
If you used a bus/train/taxi for this trip, how much did you pay? $ ____ ____ . ____ ____
$
$
$
$
$
$
10
__________________________________________________________________________
$ No
Location 7
6.
Public Bus
(Provider)__________________
Other
(Specify)___________________
NOT including yourself, how many are household members?
__________________________________________________________________________
3.
9
Which household members were with you?
Was this vehicle from your household? $ Yes
D.
School Bus
Taxi/Shuttle
Dial-A-Ride
Train
NOT including yourself, how many people were in the vehicle? 0 1
6+
Which household members were with you?
C.
5
6
7
8
3rd (if needed)
If you used a car/van/truck or motorcycle/moped for this trip . . .
A.
NOT including yourself, how many are household members?
%
1st
If you used a car/van/truck or motorcycle/moped for this trip . . .
A.
What type(s) of transportation did you use to go to Location 8?
_____
_____
$
$
$
$
$
13
14
15
16
17
GO TO
QUESTION 6
6.
Recreation – Participate
Recreation – Watch
Accompany Another Person
Pick-Up/Drop-Off Passenger
Turn Around
Street Address
Type of Place or Business
City, State, Zip Code
Nearest Cross Streets
A. What was your primary activity at Location 8? (check only ONE box)
$
$
$
$
$
$
_____
___ ___ : ___ ___ $ AM $ PM
12
If address was
already reported
1
2
3
4
5
6
Home – Paid Work
Home – Other
Work
Attend Childcare
Attend School
Attend College
$
$
$
$
$
$
7
8
9
10
11
12
Eat Out
Personal Business
Everyday Shopping
Major Shopping
Religious/Community
Social
B. Other activities at Location 8, if any?
7.
When did you leave Location 8?
_____
_____
$
$
$
$
$
13
14
15
16
17
Recreation – Participate
Recreation – Watch
Accompany Another Person
Pick-Up/Drop-Off Passenger
Turn Around
_____
___ ___ : ___ ___ $ AM $ PM
13
Travel: How did you get to Location 9?
Travel: How did you get to Location 10?
1.
1.
What type(s) of transportation did you use to go to Location 9?
%
%
1st
2.
%
2nd (if needed)
1
2
3
4
Car, van, truck
Motorcycle/Moped
Bicycle
Walk
5
6
7
8
3rd (if needed)
School Bus
Taxi/Shuttle
Dial-A-Ride
Train
9
10
Were you the . . .?
B.
$ Driver
Public Bus
(Provider)__________________
Other
(Specify)___________________
2nd (if needed)
1
2
3
4
Car, van, truck
Motorcycle/Moped
Bicycle
Walk
2.
$ Passenger
NOT including yourself, how many people were in the vehicle? 0 1
0 1
2
2
3
3
4
4
5
5
6+
Were you the . . .?
B.
C.
How much, in total, did you personally pay for parking? $ Nothing
2
2
3
3
4
4
5
5
Was this vehicle from your household? $ Yes
D.
How much, in total, did you personally pay for parking? $ Nothing
Was the rate…? $ Hourly $ Daily $ Monthly $ Other _________________
3.
If you used a bus/train/taxi for this trip, how much did you pay? $ ____ ____ . ____ ____
Location 10
5.
Where is this?
___ ___ : ___ ___ $ AM $ PM
4.
When did you arrive at Location 10?
5.
Where is this?
Name of Location 9
If address was
already reported
GO TO
QUESTION 6
6+
6+
$ No
Was the rate…? $ Hourly $ Daily $ Monthly $ Other _________________
When did you arrive at Location 9?
Street Address
Type of Place or Business
City, State, Zip Code
Nearest Cross Streets
A. What was your primary activity at Location 9? (check only ONE box)
Home – Paid Work
Home – Other
Work
Attend Childcare
Attend School
Attend College
$
$
$
$
$
$
When did you leave Location 9?
___ ___ : ___ ___ $ AM $ PM
Name of Location 10
7
8
9
10
11
12
Eat Out
Personal Business
Everyday Shopping
Major Shopping
Religious/Community
Social
B. Other activities at Location 9, if any?
7.
0 1
$ ____ ____ . ____ ____
4.
1
2
3
4
5
6
$ Passenger
$ ____ ____ . ____ ____
If you used a bus/train/taxi for this trip, how much did you pay? $ ____ ____ . ____ ____
$
$
$
$
$
$
$ Driver
__________________________________________________________________________
$ No
Location 9
6.
10
Public Bus
(Provider)__________________
Other
(Specify)___________________
NOT including yourself, how many are household members?
__________________________________________________________________________
3.
9
Which household members were with you?
Was this vehicle from your household? $ Yes
D.
School Bus
Taxi/Shuttle
Dial-A-Ride
Train
NOT including yourself, how many people were in the vehicle? 0 1
6+
Which household members were with you?
C.
5
6
7
8
3rd (if needed)
If you used a car/van/truck or motorcycle/moped for this trip . . .
A.
NOT including yourself, how many are household members?
%
1st
If you used a car/van/truck or motorcycle/moped for this trip . . .
A.
What type(s) of transportation did you use to go to Location 10?
_____
_____
$
$
$
$
$
13
14
15
16
17
GO TO
QUESTION 6
6.
Recreation – Participate
Recreation – Watch
Accompany Another Person
Pick-Up/Drop-Off Passenger
Turn Around
Street Address
Type of Place or Business
City, State, Zip Code
Nearest Cross Streets
A. What was your primary activity at Location 10? (check only ONE box)
$
$
$
$
$
$
_____
___ ___ : ___ ___ $ AM $ PM
14
If address was
already reported
1
2
3
4
5
6
Home – Paid Work
Home – Other
Work
Attend Childcare
Attend School
Attend College
$
$
$
$
$
$
7
8
9
10
11
12
Eat Out
Personal Business
Everyday Shopping
Major Shopping
Religious/Community
Social
B. Other activities at Location 10, if any?
7.
When did you leave Location 10?
_____
$
$
$
$
$
_____
13
14
15
16
17
Recreation – Participate
Recreation – Watch
Accompany Another Person
Pick-Up/Drop-Off Passenger
Turn Around
_____
___ ___ : ___ ___ $ AM $ PM
15
Travel: How did you get to Location 11?
Travel: How did you get to Location 12?
1.
1.
What type(s) of transportation did you use to go to Location 11?
%
%
1st
2.
%
2nd (if needed)
1
2
3
4
Car, van, truck
Motorcycle/Moped
Bicycle
Walk
5
6
7
8
3rd (if needed)
School Bus
Taxi/Shuttle
Dial-A-Ride
Train
9
10
Were you the . . .?
B.
$ Driver
Public Bus
(Provider)__________________
Other
(Specify)___________________
2nd (if needed)
1
2
3
4
Car, van, truck
Motorcycle/Moped
Bicycle
Walk
2.
$ Passenger
NOT including yourself, how many people were in the vehicle? 0 1
0 1
2
2
3
3
4
4
5
5
6+
Were you the . . .?
B.
D.
3.
C.
How much, in total, did you personally pay for parking? $ Nothing
0 1
2
2
3
3
4
4
5
5
Was this vehicle from your household? $ Yes
D.
How much, in total, did you personally pay for parking? $ Nothing
Was the rate…? $ Hourly $ Daily $ Monthly $ Other _________________
Was the rate…? $ Hourly $ Daily $ Monthly $ Other _________________
3.
If you used a bus/train/taxi for this trip, how much did you pay? $ ____ ____ . ____ ____
Location 12
5.
Where is this?
___ ___ : ___ ___ $ AM $ PM
4.
When did you arrive at Location 12?
5.
Where is this?
Name of Location 11
If address was
already reported
GO TO
QUESTION 6
6+
6+
$ No
$ ____ ____ . ____ ____
When did you arrive at Location 11?
Street Address
Type of Place or Business
City, State, Zip Code
Nearest Cross Streets
A. What was your primary activity at Location 11? (check only ONE box)
Home – Paid Work
Home – Other
Work
Attend Childcare
Attend School
Attend College
$
$
$
$
$
$
7
8
9
10
11
12
When did you leave Location 11?
___ ___ : ___ ___ $ AM $ PM
Name of Location 12
Eat Out
Personal Business
Everyday Shopping
Major Shopping
Religious/Community
Social
B. Other activities at Location 11, if any?
7.
$ Passenger
$ ____ ____ . ____ ____
4.
1
2
3
4
5
6
$ Driver
__________________________________________________________________________
$ No
If you used a bus/train/taxi for this trip, how much did you pay? $ ____ ____ . ____ ____
$
$
$
$
$
$
10
Public Bus
(Provider)__________________
Other
(Specify)___________________
Which household members were with you?
Location 11
6.
9
NOT including yourself, how many are household members?
__________________________________________________________________________
Was this vehicle from your household? $ Yes
School Bus
Taxi/Shuttle
Dial-A-Ride
Train
NOT including yourself, how many people were in the vehicle? 0 1
6+
Which household members were with you?
C.
5
6
7
8
3rd (if needed)
If you used a car/van/truck or motorcycle/moped for this trip . . .
A.
NOT including yourself, how many are household members?
%
1st
If you used a car/van/truck or motorcycle/moped for this trip . . .
A.
What type(s) of transportation did you use to go to Location 12?
_____
$
$
$
$
$
_____
13
14
15
16
17
GO TO
QUESTION 6
6.
Recreation – Participate
Recreation – Watch
Accompany Another Person
Pick-Up/Drop-Off Passenger
Turn Around
Street Address
Type of Place or Business
City, State, Zip Code
Nearest Cross Streets
A. What was your primary activity at Location 12? (check only ONE box)
$
$
$
$
$
$
_____
___ ___ : ___ ___ $ AM $ PM
16
If address was
already reported
1
2
3
4
5
6
Home – Paid Work
Home – Other
Work
Attend Childcare
Attend School
Attend College
$
$
$
$
$
$
7
8
9
10
11
12
Eat Out
Personal Business
Everyday Shopping
Major Shopping
Religious/Community
Social
B. Other activities at Location 12, if any?
7.
When did you leave Location 12?
_____
$
$
$
$
$
_____
13
14
15
16
17
Recreation – Participate
Recreation – Watch
Accompany Another Person
Pick-Up/Drop-Off Passenger
Turn Around
_____
___ ___ : ___ ___ $ AM $ PM
17
Travel: How did you get to Location 13?
Travel: How did you get to Location 14?
1.
1.
What type(s) of transportation did you use to go to Location 13?
%
%
1st
2.
Car, van, truck
Motorcycle/Moped
Bicycle
Walk
5
6
7
8
3rd (if needed)
School Bus
Taxi/Shuttle
Dial-A-Ride
Train
9
10
Were you the . . .?
$ Driver
B.
NOT including yourself, how many people were in the vehicle? 0 1
Car, van, truck
Motorcycle/Moped
Bicycle
Walk
$ Passenger
0 1
2
2
3
3
4
4
5
5
2nd (if needed)
1
2
3
4
2.
If you used a car/van/truck or motorcycle/moped for this trip . . .
A.
6+
10
Public Bus
(Provider)__________________
Other
(Specify)___________________
If you used a car/van/truck or motorcycle/moped for this trip . . .
A.
Were you the . . .?
B.
NOT including yourself, how many people were in the vehicle? 0 1
6+
$ Driver
$ Passenger
NOT including yourself, how many are household members?
0 1
2
2
3
3
4
4
5
5
6+
6+
__________________________________________________________________________
Was this vehicle from your household? $ Yes
How much, in total, did you personally pay for parking? $ Nothing
$ No
C.
Was this vehicle from your household? $ Yes
D.
How much, in total, did you personally pay for parking? $ Nothing
$ No
$ ____ ____ . ____ ____
$ ____ ____ . ____ ____
Was the rate…? $ Hourly $ Daily $ Monthly $ Other _________________
Was the rate…? $ Hourly $ Daily $ Monthly $ Other _________________
If you used a bus/train/taxi for this trip, how much did you pay? $ ____ ____ . ____ ____
3.
If you used a bus/train/taxi for this trip, how much did you pay? $ ____ ____ . ____ ____
Location 14
4.
When did you arrive at Location 13?
5.
Where is this?
___ ___ : ___ ___ $ AM $ PM
4.
When did you arrive at Location 14?
5.
Where is this?
Name of Location 13
If address was
already reported
GO TO
QUESTION 6
Street Address
Type of Place or Business
City, State, Zip Code
Nearest Cross Streets
A. What was your primary activity at Location 13? (check only ONE box)
Home – Paid Work
Home – Other
Work
Attend Childcare
Attend School
Attend College
$
$
$
$
$
$
7
8
9
10
11
12
When did you leave Location 13?
___ ___ : ___ ___ $ AM $ PM
Name of Location 14
Eat Out
Personal Business
Everyday Shopping
Major Shopping
Religious/Community
Social
B. Other activities at Location 13, if any?
7.
9
__________________________________________________________________________
D.
1
2
3
4
5
6
3rd (if needed)
School Bus
Taxi/Shuttle
Dial-A-Ride
Train
Which household members were with you?
C.
$
$
$
$
$
$
5
6
7
8
Which household members were with you?
Location 13
6.
%
1st
Public Bus
(Provider)__________________
Other
(Specify)___________________
NOT including yourself, how many are household members?
3.
%
2nd (if needed)
1
2
3
4
What type(s) of transportation did you use to go to Location 14?
_____
$
$
$
$
$
_____
13
14
15
16
17
GO TO
QUESTION 6
6.
Recreation – Participate
Recreation – Watch
Accompany Another Person
Pick-Up/Drop-Off Passenger
Turn Around
Street Address
Type of Place or Business
City, State, Zip Code
Nearest Cross Streets
A. What was your primary activity at Location 14? (check only ONE box)
$
$
$
$
$
$
_____
___ ___ : ___ ___ $ AM $ PM
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If address was
already reported
1
2
3
4
5
6
Home – Paid Work
Home – Other
Work
Attend Childcare
Attend School
Attend College
$
$
$
$
$
$
7
8
9
10
11
12
Eat Out
Personal Business
Everyday Shopping
Major Shopping
Religious/Community
Social
B. Other activities at Location 14, if any?
7.
When did you leave Location 14?
_____
$
$
$
$
$
_____
13
14
15
16
17
Recreation – Participate
Recreation – Watch
Accompany Another Person
Pick-Up/Drop-Off Passenger
Turn Around
_____
___ ___ : ___ ___ $ AM $ PM
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Travel: How did you get to Location 15?
Travel: How did you get to Location 16?
1.
1.
What type(s) of transportation did you use to go to Location 15?
%
%
1st
2.
%
2nd (if needed)
1
2
3
4
Car, van, truck
Motorcycle/Moped
Bicycle
Walk
5
6
7
8
3rd (if needed)
School Bus
Taxi/Shuttle
Dial-A-Ride
Train
9
10
Were you the . . .?
B.
$ Driver
Public Bus
(Provider)__________________
Other
(Specify)___________________
2nd (if needed)
1
2
3
4
Car, van, truck
Motorcycle/Moped
Bicycle
Walk
2.
$ Passenger
NOT including yourself, how many people were in the vehicle? 0 1
0 1
2
2
3
3
4
4
5
5
6+
Were you the . . .?
B.
D.
3.
C.
How much, in total, did you personally pay for parking? $ Nothing
0 1
2
2
3
3
4
4
5
5
Was this vehicle from your household? $ Yes
D.
How much, in total, did you personally pay for parking? $ Nothing
Was the rate…? $ Hourly $ Daily $ Monthly $ Other _________________
Was the rate…? $ Hourly $ Daily $ Monthly $ Other _________________
3.
If you used a bus/train/taxi for this trip, how much did you pay? $ ____ ____ . ____ ____
Location 16
5.
Where is this?
___ ___ : ___ ___ $ AM $ PM
4.
When did you arrive at Location 16?
5.
Where is this?
Name of Location 15
If address was
already reported
GO TO
QUESTION 6
6+
6+
$ No
$ ____ ____ . ____ ____
When did you arrive at Location 15?
Street Address
Type of Place or Business
City, State, Zip Code
Nearest Cross Streets
A. What was your primary activity at Location 15? (check only ONE box)
Home – Paid Work
Home – Other
Work
Attend Childcare
Attend School
Attend College
$
$
$
$
$
$
7
8
9
10
11
12
When did you leave Location 15?
___ ___ : ___ ___ $ AM $ PM
Name of Location 16
Eat Out
Personal Business
Everyday Shopping
Major Shopping
Religious/Community
Social
B. Other activities at Location 15, if any?
7.
$ Passenger
$ ____ ____ . ____ ____
4.
1
2
3
4
5
6
$ Driver
__________________________________________________________________________
$ No
If you used a bus/train/taxi for this trip, how much did you pay? $ ____ ____ . ____ ____
$
$
$
$
$
$
10
Public Bus
(Provider)__________________
Other
(Specify)___________________
Which household members were with you?
Location 15
6.
9
NOT including yourself, how many are household members?
__________________________________________________________________________
Was this vehicle from your household? $ Yes
School Bus
Taxi/Shuttle
Dial-A-Ride
Train
NOT including yourself, how many people were in the vehicle? 0 1
6+
Which household members were with you?
C.
5
6
7
8
3rd (if needed)
If you used a car/van/truck or motorcycle/moped for this trip . . .
A.
NOT including yourself, how many are household members?
%
1st
If you used a car/van/truck or motorcycle/moped for this trip . . .
A.
What type(s) of transportation did you use to go to Location 16?
_____
$
$
$
$
$
_____
13
14
15
16
17
GO TO
QUESTION 6
6.
Recreation – Participate
Recreation – Watch
Accompany Another Person
Pick-Up/Drop-Off Passenger
Turn Around
Street Address
Type of Place or Business
City, State, Zip Code
Nearest Cross Streets
A. What was your primary activity at Location 16? (check only ONE box)
$
$
$
$
$
$
_____
___ ___ : ___ ___ $ AM $ PM
20
If address was
already reported
1
2
3
4
5
6
Home – Paid Work
Home – Other
Work
Attend Childcare
Attend School
Attend College
$
$
$
$
$
$
7
8
9
10
11
12
Eat Out
Personal Business
Everyday Shopping
Major Shopping
Religious/Community
Social
B. Other activities at Location 16, if any?
7.
When did you leave Location 16?
_____
$
$
$
$
$
_____
13
14
15
16
17
Recreation – Participate
Recreation – Watch
Accompany Another Person
Pick-Up/Drop-Off Passenger
Turn Around
_____
___ ___ : ___ ___ $ AM $ PM
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Travel: How did you get to Location 17?
1.
%
%
1st
2nd (if needed)
1
2
3
4
2.
Notes/Additional Locations & Travel
What type(s) of transportation did you use to go to Location 17?
Car, van, truck
Motorcycle/Moped
Bicycle
Walk
5
6
7
8
3rd (if needed)
School Bus
Taxi/Shuttle
Dial-A-Ride
Train
9
10
Public Bus
(Provider)__________________
Other
(Specify)___________________
If you used a car/van/truck or motorcycle/moped for this trip . . .
A.
Were you the . . .?
B.
$ Driver
$ Passenger
NOT including yourself, how many people were in the vehicle? 0 1
NOT including yourself, how many are household members?
0 1
2
2
3
3
4
4
5
5
6+
6+
Which household members were with you?
__________________________________________________________________________
C.
Was this vehicle from your household? $ Yes
D.
$ No
How much, in total, did you personally pay for parking? $ Nothing
$ ____ ____ . ____ ____
Was the rate…? $ Hourly $ Daily $ Monthly $ Other _________________
3.
If you used a bus/train/taxi for this trip, how much did you pay? $ ____ ____ . ____ ____
Location 17
4.
When did you arrive at Location 17?
5.
Where is this?
___ ___ : ___ ___ $ AM $ PM
Name of Location 17
If address was
already reported
GO TO
QUESTION 6
6.
Street Address
Type of Place or Business
City, State, Zip Code
Nearest Cross Streets
A. What was your primary activity at Location 17? (check only ONE box)
$
$
$
$
$
$
1
2
3
4
5
6
Home – Paid Work
Home – Other
Work
Attend Childcare
Attend School
Attend College
$
$
$
$
$
$
7
8
9
10
11
12
Eat Out
Personal Business
Everyday Shopping
Major Shopping
Religious/Community
Social
B. Other activities at Location 17, if any?
7.
When did you leave Location 17?
_____
_____
$
$
$
$
$
13
14
15
16
17
Recreation – Participate
Recreation – Watch
Accompany Another Person
Pick-Up/Drop-Off Passenger
Turn Around
_____
___ ___ : ___ ___ $ AM $ PM
If you visited additional locations, please record the information on the back.
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Thank you for your participation in this important study.
If you have any questions, please call:
1-800-566-6262
MORPACE International, Inc.
Department M030504
31700 Middlebelt Road, Suite 200
Farmington Hills, MI 48334