Implications of Continuous Measurement for the Uses of Census Data in Transportation Planning

This report presents the results of a Bureau of Transportation Statistics study on the implications of this new census data-collection system are presented. Using continuous measurement, the detailed social, economic, and housing information (including journey-to-work data traditionally collected decennially with the census long-form questionnaire on a sample basis) would be obtained by an ongoing (continuous) monthly survey. The new census would obtain only population and housing unit counts and a few basic characteristics.