Victorian Integrated Survey of Travel and Activity (VISTA07)
Project Description
TUTI (in association with I-view Pty Ltd) was appointed by the Victorian Department of Infrastructure to design and conduct the Victorian Integrated Survey of Travel and Activity (VISTA) in 2007-08. The survey covered the Melbourne metropolitan area, plus the regional city areas of Geelong, Ballarat, Bendigo, Shepparton and the Latrobe Valley. The survey was conducted over 12 months from May 2007 through May 2008, and obtained responses from a total of 16,250 complete households. A Pilot Survey was conducted in April 2007
The format of the survey was very similar to that adopted for recent travel surveys conducted by TUTI and I-view in Australia and New Zealand, and is based on the use of a self-completion activity/travel diary for 1 day, supported by personal delivery and pickup of the questionnaires. The VISTA survey used the Speedit program (Survey Program for Entering and Editing Data Involving Travel) for interactive data entry, geocoding and data editing, and the HotSpot program (Household Travel Survey Program for Operational Techniques) to control the day to day administration of the survey. Both programs have been developed by TUTI and refined in several surveys over the past few years.
Further details about the survey can be found on the FAQ page for the survey on this website.
