2013-2014 Greater Fairbanks, Alaska, Transportation Survey ...

• Main Author: Team, TSDC
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Livewire Data Platform; NREL; PNNL; INL 2024
• Subjects: 32 Energy Conservation, Consumption, and Utilization; attitudes and preferences; regional household survey; light-duty vehicles; smartphone; vehicle GPS; travel behavior; travel modes; wearable GPS; transit survey; public transit; drive cycles; micromobility; 1Hz data; North Pole; Alaska
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.15483/1924691; https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1924691/

The 2013-2014 Greater Fairbanks Transportation Survey obtained behavior data for regional travel demand modeling. The planning region in Alaska comprised the North Star Borough—known as the PM2.5 nonattainment region—and included the cities of Fairbanks and North Pole. The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities sponsored the survey, which was conducted by Westat. Data collection occurred in two phases: fall 2013 and winter 2014. The first phase employed address-based sampling to recruit more than 1,700 households for a one-day personal travel survey and a subsample participated with global position system (GPS) and on-board diagnostic (OBD) loggers installed in their vehicles (282 vehicles) for one week. The purpose of phase one was to better understand the impact of vehicle emissions on air quality in the PM2.5 nonattainment region. Many of the households participating in the vehicle GPS/OBD portion of phase one were asked to participate in phase two. ...