American Travel Survey (ATS) 1995 - An Overview of The Survey Design and Methodology

This report provides an overview of the survey purposes and objectives, methods, description, sample designs, field operations and data processing.

The American Travel Survey contains information on household trips and person trips reflecting a wide range of variables. The household trip data includes information about the traveling household's size, household and family income, household type, and number of vehicles. Information on person trips includes such variables as the traveler's race, origin, age, income category, and activity. Trip variables on both the household trip and person trip files include purpose of trip, mode of transportation, trip distance, number of household members on the trip, and a wide variety of related statistics. All of the data are presented in a manner that guarantees the confidentiality of the respondents.