), their household (size, structure, relationships), and a diary of their journeys on a given day (their start and end location, start and end time, mode of travel, accompaniment and purpose of travel).
Major travel surveys are conducted in metropolitan areas typically once a decade.
[1] Brisbane, Australia - The South East Queensland Travel Survey collects travel data in the Greater Brisbane region and the neighbouring areas of Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast.
[9] Each household member fills in a travel diary in which he records each trip made during the course of one week.
[11] In New Zealand the Ministry of Transport annually surveys 4,600 households for a two-day period.
[15] Sweden's most recent National Travel Survey (RES) was conducted in 2006-06.