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External Station Survey
Roadside survey tracks travel in and out of Kansas City region
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Regional External Station Survey Report 2008 (5MB, pdf) External Station Survey results presentation (187kb, pdf) Map of roadside survey locations (187kb, pdf) |
MARC has conducted a roadside “external station” survey to gather data about travel coming into and going out of the Kansas City region. This data will be used along with results from previous household and on-board transit surveys to update the region’s travel-demand model, which helps planners provide better travel forecasts for the metro area. The survey took place at various locations on the outskirts of the Kansas City region beginning in late October 2007 and ending in spring 2008.
MARC last conducted an external survey in 1973. The project was funded by MARC, the Kansas Department of Transportation and the Missouri Department of Transportation, and was conducted by ETC Institute of Olathe.
How the data will be used
Over the last few years, MARC has collected information on travel behavior of the region’s population through a series of surveys. In 2007 and 2008, MARC conducted an external station survey to look at travel coming into and leaving the region. This new survey data will be used in conjunction with year 2000 federal census data and the recently concluded household and on-board transit surveys to update the region’s travel-demand model, which helps planners provide better travel forecasts for the Kansas City metro area.
What kind of data was collected
The primary focus of the external station survey was to capture current information on traffic volumes, origin-destination travel patterns, travel activity, trip frequency and travel mode of vehicles crossing a set of external stations located around the region. MARC and the project consultant worked closely with the Departments of Transportation, law enforcement and other agencies to identify survey site locations and develop a public awareness plan.
The preparation of this report was financed in part with funding from United States Department of Transportation (USDOT), administered by the Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) and the Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT). The opinions, findings and conclusions expressed in this publication are those of the authors and not necessarily those of USDOT, KDOT and MoDOT.