Methodological Advances in National Travel Surveys: Mobility in Germany 2002

Abstract

In Germany, a National Travel Survey was conducted in 2002. The paper describes the process needed to make empirical‐based decisions on the main design characteristics of the survey. It outlines the survey operation used in the field during 2002, reports on the relevance of different contact strategies to minimize selectivity and non‐response, and refers to issues of data processing and of dissemination of the data. Finally, some key results are presented.

Acknowledgements

The study was funded by the German Federal Department of Transportation, Building and Housing. The authors thank their colleagues Kay Engelhardt, Reiner Gilberg and Menno Smid of infas, and Jutta Kloas and Hartmut Kuhfeld of DIW Berlin who worked with them on the National Travel Survey.