The report summarizes the creation and initial survey (performed in October 1992) of a second panel of automobile users in the North Central Expressway (NCE) corridor. On the average, new panel members reported making a total of 12.2 round trips during the week (Monday-Friday) for various purposes. Approximately 31 percent of these trips (3.8 per week) involve travel on the NCE. Respondents reported using the NCE in about one-third (35 to 36 percent) of all work trips by new panel members. In comparison, the Dallas North Tollway was reportedly involved in about 20 percent of all work trips. Of five arterial streets examined in the corridor, the new panelists reported using them for 8 to 12 percent of the work trips. The same survey instrument was also sent to the remaining members of the original automobile NCE panel created in June 1990. Although direct comparisons between surveys could not always be made due to differences in the format of some of the questions, a few statements about the findings could be made. For example, the original panel members reported making a total of 10.8 round trips per week in October 1992. This is substantially lower than the 12.2 trips per week reported by the new panel members during the same survey, and lower than an estimate of the weekly tripmaking rate by the original panel members in June 1990. Also, the original panel utilized NCE for a greater proportion of these trips than did the new panel (for 43 percent of all trips made). Additional study findings are contained herein.
U.S. 75 North Central Expressway Reconstruction: Lemmon/Oak Lawn/Peak Screen Line Automobile User Panel, October 1992 Survey Results
1993
37 pages
Report
No indication
English
Transportation & Traffic Planning , Transportation , Road Transportation , Highway improvements , Surveys , Transportation corridors , Construction site traffic control , Traffic delay , Highway construction , Texas , Travel time , Commuting patterns , Traffic management , Driver attitudes , Traffic surveillance , US 75 North Central Expressway , Dallas(Texas)