1 National Household Travel Survey (NHTS) Add-on Status Model Task Force Data Committee October 17, 2008
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National Household Travel Survey (NHTS) Add-on Status
Model Task Force Data CommitteeOctober 17, 2008
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Funding and NHTS Background
Funding approved by MPOAC via PL Funds
– Total cost for 12,000 urban samples is $2,100,000
– Data analysis & tabulation $500,000
– FDOT allocated $350,000 for 2,000 rural samples
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Funding and NHTS Background
Daily data collected includes:
– Purpose of the trip (work, shopping, etc.)
– Means of transportation used (car, bus, subway, walk, etc.)
– How long the trip took (i.e., travel time)
– Time of day when the trip took place
– Day of week when the trip took place
– Private vehicle trip details
number of people in the vehicle (i.e., vehicle occupancy)
driver characteristics (age, sex, worker status, education level, etc.)
vehicle attributes (make, model, model year, amount of miles driven in a year)
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Funding and NHTS Background
Data used to:
– Quantify travel behavior
– Analyze changes in travel characteristics over time
– Relate travel behavior to the demographics of the traveler
– Study the relationship of demographics and travel over time
Data items not included:
– Travel costs
– Information on specific routes
– Longitudinal information
– Reasons for specific mode
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Sampling Plan
Proposed Sampling Plan– Region 1 – Collier, Lee, Charlotte, Sarasota, and Manatee (Census 2000
Households: 545,158 )– Region 2 – Duval, St. Johns, Clay, Nassau, and Alachua (Census 2000
Households: 613,890 )– Region 3 – Leon, Gadsen, Wakulla, Walton, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Escambia,
and Bay (Census 2000 Households: 424,149 )– Region 4 – Broward, Miami-Dade, Palm Beach, Indian River, St. Lucie, and Martin
(Census 2000 Households: 2,150,666 )– Region 5 – Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Lake, Sumter, Brevard, Volusia, and
Marion (Census 2000 Households: 1,040,095 )– Region 7 – District 7 (except Citrus) and Polk (Census 2000 Households:
1,196,954 )– Region 8 – Rural counties not in the first six (Census 2000 Households: 370,209 )
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Sampling Plan
Sample Size Confidence Interval (95% CL)
RegionNumber of Households Original Revised Original Revised
1 545,158 1,096 1,200 ± 3.0% ± 2.8%
2 613,890 1,234 1,234 ± 2.8% ± 2.8%
3 424,149 852 1,200 ± 3.4% ± 2.8%
4 2,150,666 4,322 4,116 ± 1.5% ± 1.5%
5 1,040,095 2,090 2,000 ± 2.1% ± 2.2%
7 1,196,954 2,406 2,250 ± 2.0% ± 2.1%
8 370,209 2,000 2,000 ± 2.2% ± 2.2%
Total 6,341,121 14,000 14,000 ± 0.8% ± 0.8%
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Sampling Plan
Region Sample Size
Region 1 1,200
Region 2 1,224
Region 3 1,200
Region 4 4,116
Region 5 2,000
Region 7 2,250
Region 8 2,000
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Sampling Plan
MPO Sample Size
Each MPO will be sampled such that atleast 80% of the sampled
households from the MPO are included in the region sample
Why do this?
– Makes data collection more cost effective
– Ensures sufficient samples for segmentation
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Sampling Plan
Rural Counties
FDOT District Total Households Sample SizeConfidence Interval (95% CL)
1 83,828 453 ± 4.6%
2 125,436 678 ± 3.8%
3 51,894 280 ± 5.9%
5 21,284 115 ± 9.2%
6 35,106 190 ± 7.1%
7 52,661 284 ± 5.8%
Rural Total 370,209 2,000 ± 2.2%
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Current Status
Very positive response rate
Slated to complete in April 2009
Region
Category Total FL
Total Target Sample Size 14,000 14,000
Useable Households (final) as of 10/14/2008 6,278 6,278
% of Completion Goal 44.8% 44.8%
Extended (Retrieval) HH Cooperation Rate (%) 74.1% 74.1%
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North Florida TPO Gainesville MTPO
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BrowardMPO
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MartinCounty
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Miami-Dade PalmBeachCounty
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Ocala/MarionCounty TPO
METROPLANOrlando
Volusia CountyMPO
HernandoCounty MPO
HillsboroughCounty MPO
Pasco CountyMPO
Pinellas CountyMPO
Polk TPO
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