Task Force on Understanding New Directions for the NHTS (ABJ45T)

Task Force Meeting

Marriott Marquis, Liberty P (M4)

Tuesday (Jan 10) 1:30 PM – 3:15 PM

Agenda

• Introductions
• Update on the NHTS Data Collection Effort
• Second Circular Discussion (http://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/circulars/ec217.pdf)
  
• Task Force Activities for 2017
• NCHRP Synthesis Proposal. Details here: http://goo.gl/u67xDJ
• NHTS Conference Planning

Session 864 Looking Forward to the New National Household Travel Survey Data

Wednesday (Jan 11) 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM

Convention Center, 151A

The 2016 edition of the National Household Travel Survey (NHTS) underwent a massive redesign vetted by subject, survey, and statistical experts. This session discusses the history of the NHTS, the current survey redesign process and data collection, along with an overview of the critical analysis that informed the 2016 NHTS program and links the 2016 NHTS data to emerging applications, uses, and policy challenges.

• Uses and Impacts of the NHTS
  • Margaret Petrella, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology
• The Yellow Brick Road of the NHTS Process
  • Adella Santos, Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
• The 2016 NHTS Survey Redesign
  • Janice Machado, WESTAT, Inc.
• Critical Evaluation and Guidance of the 2016 NHTS Redesign
  • Guy Rousseau, Atlanta Regional Commission
• Linking the 2016 NHTS to Emerging Applications, Uses, and Policy Making
  • Steven Polzin, University of South Florida

Session 882 Change and Innovation in the National Household Travel Survey: How It All Adds Up

Wednesday (Jan 11) 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM

Convention Center, 151A

The 2016 edition of theNational Household Travel Survey (NHTS) takes advantage of the advances in technology to undergo change and innovation in the way the nation’s travel behavior is captured. In this session, we will hear from MPO and state DOT add-ons along with participants from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Energy Information Agency about how all these changes and innovations in the 2016 NHTS will help guide their analysis and inform policy making.

• The DOT Perspective
  • Angel Canales, New York State Department of Transportation
• The MPO Perspective
  • Dylan Mullenix, Des Moines Area MPO
• CDC and the 2016 NHTS
  • Jason Broehm, Office of the Secretary of Transportation (OST)
  • Tegan Boehmer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• EIA and the 2016 NHTS
  • Mark Schipper, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)
  • Michael Stanley, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)

Workshop 107 Harnessing the Power of Transportation Data for Understanding Travel Behavior: Hands-on Tutorials on Traditional, Niche, and Novel Data Sets

Sunday (Jan 8) 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Convention Center, 140A

• New Data Sources for Understanding Travel Behavior
  • Aly Tawfik, California State University, Fresno
• Methods to Analyze Big Data Related to Transportation
  • Lei Zhang, University of Maryland, College Park
• Big Data and Travel Demand
  • Marta Gonzalez, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Building a National Accessibility Data Set
  • Andrew Owen, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
• Application of Big Data for Safety Improvement
  • Asad Khattak, University of Tennessee, Knoxville