1997/1998 Regional Travel Household Interview Survey

More than 11,000 households from 28 counties in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut participated in the 1997/1998 RT-HIS survey.

The purpose of the survey was to gather information suitable for gaining an in-depth understanding of the travel behavior of households including individuals within households, their travel activities, demographics and other factors that affect travel in the New York metropolitan area.

The survey provided estimates for a range of travel measures used in transportation planning analysis for the NYMTC region and it was used for the development of the New York Best Practice Model.

Collaborative Survey

Jointly funded by NYMTC and NJTPA,the RT-HIS was the first comprehensive regional travel survey conducted in the metropolitan region by either MPO since the 1963 survey conducted by the Tri-State Regional Planning Commission.

Public Use Files

2003 Update (with weights from Census 2000): files have been stripped of all attributes that could be used to identify participants

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Raw Data Files folder

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Analysis Files folder

Reports

Includes summaries, final report and analysis of the 1997/1998 RT-HIS.

click to download PDF → Travel in the New York-New Jersey Metropolitan Area, A Summary of Results from the 1997/98 RT-HIS

click to download PDF → The Executive Summary: A Summary of the General Final Report

click to download PDF → General Final Report

click to download PDF → The RT-HIS Users Manual

click to download PDF → RT-HIS Methods and Implementation

click to download PDF → RT-HIS Comparative Analysis: Weekday and Weekend Travel Analysis

click to download PDF → The RT-HIS: Update 2000: Updated Weighting and Expansion Factors Final Report

click to download PDF → Travel Patterns (pre-update) from RT-HIS

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