1,335 households in the South East will be surveyed as part of the National Household Travel Survey 2017.
The data is needed to understand people's current modes of transport and the infrastructure required in the region for the future.
The National Transport Authority is targeting over 6,000 households nationwide as part of their National Household Travel Survey 2017.
They will engage with 120 households in Carlow, 210 in Kilkenny, 360 in Tipperary, 270 in Waterford, and 345 in Wexford.
It estimated 10,000 travel diaries will be collected in total across the country from people of all ages and lifestyles.
It's hoped the results will reveal how travel patterns have changed since the last survey in 2012.
The survey will tackle questions in relation to topics such as travel behaviour as we moved out of the recession and is the car the main mode of transport in the South East.
The selected households in the south east will initially receive a letter from the Amárach Research.
This will be followed by a house visit from an Amárach representative.
All participation in the survey is voluntary and all data collected will remain confidential.
So the burning question from this survey might be - has the number of MAMILs in Ireland increased?
The Household Travel Survey will reveal on how travel patterns have changed since the last Household Travel Survey in 2012 and it will answer questions like:
- Have you changed your travel behaviour as the economy moved from recession into economic recovery?
- Are more Carlow children using scooters or bikes to travel to school than in 2012?
- With traffic congestion increasing, have you started using a bike on a daily basis as a main form of transport? Are you using one of the “bike schemes” in Carlow?
- With fitness and health on everyone’s agenda, are you or your family walking to school or work more than in 2012?
- Is the car still the dominant mode of transport in Co. Carlow?
- Are you making more short trips by walking or cycling?
Among the highlights of the 2012 Household Travel survey were:
- There were 12 million trips made across the country as a whole on an average weekday.
- 7 people in 10 said they used a car most often for day to day journeys.
- Over half of all daily trips were less than 3km in length, and over half of these short trips were made by car.
- Almost 40% of all trips to school / college were less than 2km in length and almost half of these short trips were made by car.
- One person in seven said walking was the mode of transport they used most often.
- 3% of people said that cycling was the mode they used most often.
Barry Colleary from the NTA concluded: “We’ll publish the results of this survey later this year and we want to thank all the South East householders who will participate in this important work. Generating data on transport use is essential to the NTA’s role in strategic planning of transport and in the development of an integrated, accessible public transport network.”
