This course provides the students with an understanding and knowledge of designing and implementing travel data collection studies. This course aims to provide comprehensive knowledge on all aspects of travel data collection necessary for the future professionals involved in planning, developing, operating, managing, and monitoring transportation systems. The course will equip the students with knowledge of basic concepts relevant to travel data collection and analysis; current practices in data collection; major steps involved in travel data collection for planning and management of transportation systems; and practical issues in travel data collection.

By the end of this course, students should be able to: design, develop, implement, and evaluate travel surveys necessary for transportation planning, travel demand modelling, and transportation policy analyses; and identify and apply appropriate analytical tools for a variety of transport data types.