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Household travel surveys French experience

Household travel surveys French experience. French household travel surveys. The role of Ministry of Transport How to use the results Main caracteristics Some general results. Local travel surveys in urban areas : big towns EMD large areas EDGT

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Household travel surveys French experience

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  1. Household travel surveys French experience

  2. French household travel surveys • The role of Ministry of Transport • How to use the results • Main caracteristics • Some general results

  3. Local travel surveys in urban areas : big towns EMD large areas EDGT medium size towns EDVM and a National Transport Survey ENT Standardized and consistent travel surveys

  4. Une assistance gratuite du Certu auprès des collectivités locales en charge des transports : information, conseils sur les enquêtes (par mail, téléphone, et une journée de travail) A subsidy (20 % of the cost of the survey) A free assistance to the local authority in charge of transportation to carry out the survey Ministry of transport involved in local travel surveys (1)

  5. Ministry of transport involved in local travel surveys (2) • A standardized method built by Certu (a technical service of Ministry of transport) : a guidebook has been published • Certu checks if the method is respected and validates it

  6. A national database with reliable and comparable data • A hundred of surveys carried out in about 60 big towns (most of them) • About 15 medium size towns • A dozen of surveys carried out in large areas (urban + rural) • A national survey on the whole French territory (urban and rural areas)

  7. A tool for transport planning policy • To implement transport policies made compulsory by law (Urban Local Travel Plans) • To give decision makers reliable data to make their decisions • To evaluate transport policies, measure their impacts • To compare transport policies in time and space, study the main trends • To build scenarios and forecast

  8. Main characteristics (1/2) • A photo of daily mobility of all the residents of an urban area • All the transport modes (including walking) are taken into account • All the trips of the previous day are described • Some caracteristics of the housing, cars, and persons are collected

  9. Main characteristics (2/2) • EMD : all the persons aged 5 and above, face-to-face interview • EDGT and EDVM : one (or two) people aged 11 and above, telephone interview • A working day • 10 weeks minimum for the data collection (EMD), 7 weeks (EDVM and EDGT), in the period from 15 October to 30 April (excluding bank holidays and school holidays)

  10. Main trends of French mobility • A daily transport time rather stable (one hour) • The ratio “number of cars per person” is increasing • Rising distances travelled • Travel speed increases (cars) • Less walking and cycling, more car trips

  11. More and more cars Number of cars per person

  12. Car trips increase but has the trend changed recently ? Number of daily car trips per person

  13. The other transport modes (= all except car) are decreasing Proportion of daily trips per person made with any transport modes except cars

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