• Dynamic Travel Demand for Emergency Evacuation: The Case of Bushfires 

      Stopher, Peter; Rose, John; Alsnih, Rahaf
      Published 2004-07-01
      There are two types of emergencies; those which can be anticipated and those that cannot. Among those that can be anticipated are such events as cyclones, floods, bush fires, and tsunamis. When such events are anticipated, ...
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    • Estimating Eligibility Rates: A Crucial Component of the Calculation for Response Rates 

      Alsnih, Rahaf; Stopher, Peter
      Published 2004-04-01
      Response rates are used by analysts to assess survey quality: higher response rates are usually desired to reduce the incidence of non-response bias. The response rate is simply defined as the ratio of the number of completed ...
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    • Evaluating Voluntary Travel Behaviour Interventions 

      Stopher, Peter; Alsnih, Rahaf; Bullock, Philip; Ampt, Liz
      Published 2004-07-01
      Considerable interest in the policy of voluntary travel behaviour change interventions, known as by the generic name of TravelSmart®, has emerged. Measuring its effectiveness and determining its cost-benefit ratios is a ...
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    • New Technology and Travel Surveys: The Way Forward 

      Alsnih, Rahaf
      Published 2004-04-01
      Traditional survey methods are fast reaching their “use by” dates. It is much harder for researchers to contact households through the telephone as a result of call screening and answering machine devices. In relation to ...
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    • A Review of the Procedures Associated with Devising Emergency Evacuation Plans 

      Alsnih, Rahaf; Stopher, Peter
      Published 2004-03-01
      The incidence of freak weather and geological events, such as earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, has increased over the past thirty years. Coupled with an increase in the populations located in the path of these natural ...
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    • Standards for Household Travel Surveys-Some Proposals 

      Stopher, Peter; Alsnih, Rahaf
      Published 2004-06-01
      Rising costs of household travel surveys and the critical need for good quality data, has led to questions about how best to obtain a quality survey that provides data comparable to other household travel surveys. To provide ...
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