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An on-line pilot for a SP survey. Dr Eric CORNELIS FUNDP-GRT. Outline. Context Why on-line surveying ? How advertising respondents ? Technical issues Design of the survey Some results from the RP part Demo Advantages & Limits. Outline. Context Why on-line surveying ?
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An on-line pilot for a SP survey Dr Eric CORNELIS FUNDP-GRT COST 355, WG3, Madrid, May 10
Outline • Context • Why on-line surveying ? • How advertising respondents ? • Technical issues • Design of the survey • Some results from the RP part • Demo • Advantages & Limits COST 355, WG3, Madrid, May 10
Outline • Context • Why on-line surveying ? • How advertising respondents ? • Technical issues • Design of the survey • Some results from the RP part • Demo • Advantages & Limits COST 355, WG3, Madrid, May 10
Context • Building a new RER around Brussels COST 355, WG3, Madrid, May 10
Context(2) • Impact of parkings on mode choice • Inventorying actual parking places in the neighbourhood of the stations • Surveying on how commuters actually travel • Surveying on how they would change their mode according to modified parking characteristics =>Need for a SP survey COST 355, WG3, Madrid, May 10
Outline • Context • Why on-line surveying ? • How advertising respondents ? • Technical issues • Design of the survey • Some results from the RP part • Demo • Advantages & Limits COST 355, WG3, Madrid, May 10
Why on line ? • Postal or phone protocols not very suitable for SP surveys • Face to face OK but • Resources (time & budget) consuming • Possible to interview commuters in trains • BUT how surveying commuters using car ? • Sampling : from which base population ? Internet survey ? Recruiting COST 355, WG3, Madrid, May 10
Outline • Context • Why on-line surveying ? • How advertising respondents ? • Technical issues • Design of the survey • Some results from the RP part • Demo • Advantages & Limits COST 355, WG3, Madrid, May 10
Advertisement • Mobility managers from big companies in Brussels • Free newspaper (METRO) • Flyers in station parkings • E-mails to university alumni Rem : OK since more than 500 complete answers in one month COST 355, WG3, Madrid, May 10
Outline • Context • Why on-line surveying ? • How advertising respondents ? • Technical issues • Design of the survey • Some results from the RP part • Demo • Advantages & Limits COST 355, WG3, Madrid, May 10
Technical issues PHP + MySQL • Advantages • Dynamically built web pages • Automatic control and checking • Automatic storage of answers into DB • Retrieving data in other tools (e.g. Excel) • Free solution COST 355, WG3, Madrid, May 10
Outline • Context • Why on-line surveying ? • How advertising respondents ? • Technical issues • Design of the survey • Some results from the RP part • Demo • Advantages & Limits COST 355, WG3, Madrid, May 10
Design • Belgium => 2 languages • 2 parts • RP part (actual behaviour) • SP exercise : varying attributes on base of RP data 8 pairs of scenarii • Filters • Home or workplace outside RER area • Commuting with other modes than • Car • Bike + train • Car + train COST 355, WG3, Madrid, May 10
RP part • Socio – economical characteristics (gender, age) • Commuting mode • Location (home, workplace) • Travel time (departure and arrival) • Availability of driving license and car(s) (including company car) • Reimbursement of travel costs COST 355, WG3, Madrid, May 10
RP part (2) • If commuting by car • Knowledge according potential departure station (and parking opportunities) • Parking at workplace (distance, time, cost, type) • Knowledge according potential arrival station • If commuting by car + train • Parking at station (distance, time, cost, type, comfort, security) COST 355, WG3, Madrid, May 10
SP part • If actually commuting by car • Commuting by car • Commuting by car + train • If parking AT working place, CAR alternative COST 355, WG3, Madrid, May 10
SP part(2) • If parking NEAR working place, CAR alternative COST 355, WG3, Madrid, May 10
SP part (3) • CAR + TRAIN alternative COST 355, WG3, Madrid, May 10
SP part (4) • If actually commuting by car + train • Car + train • Car + train 2 alternatives with different attributes for parking COST 355, WG3, Madrid, May 10
SP part (5) • If actually commuting by bike + train • Bike + train • Car + train 2 scenarii different by parking characteristics COST 355, WG3, Madrid, May 10
Outline • Context • Why on-line surveying ? • How advertising respondents ? • Technical issues • Design of the survey • Some results from the RP part • Demo • Advantages & Limits COST 355, WG3, Madrid, May 10
Some results from RP part • Bias ? COST 355, WG3, Madrid, May 10
Some results from RP part(2) COST 355, WG3, Madrid, May 10
Some results from RP part(3) COST 355, WG3, Madrid, May 10
Some results from RP part(4) COST 355, WG3, Madrid, May 10
Some results from RP part(5) COST 355, WG3, Madrid, May 10
Outline • Context • Why on-line surveying ? • How advertising respondents ? • Technical issues • Design of the survey • Some results from the RP part • Demo • Advantages & Limits COST 355, WG3, Madrid, May 10
Demo COST 355, WG3, Madrid, May 10
Outline • Context • Why on-line surveying ? • How advertising respondents ? • Technical issues • Design of the survey • Some results from the RP part • Demo • Advantages & Limits COST 355, WG3, Madrid, May 10
Advantages • No resources consuming • No re-encoding (=> less errors) • Automatic direct checking COST 355, WG3, Madrid, May 10
Limits • Which base population (for weighting) ? • Problem for people unfamiliar with internet • Perhaps too much parameters in SP • Changes ranges ? COST 355, WG3, Madrid, May 10