Call for Papers Personal Travel: The Long and Short of It June 28-July 1, 1999 Watergate Hotel Washington, DC TRB - National Data Task Force Alan Pisarski, Chair Nationwide Personal Transportation Survey (NPTS) and the American Travel Survey (ATS), both conducted by the U.S. Department of Transportation, together provide a complete description of personal travel by residents of the United States. A conference is now scheduled for June of 1999. This is the first time the results of both surveys will be presented together in a joint conference. At this conference, both federally commissioned papers and papers accepted from this Call will be presented. Papers will be reviewed by a conference steering committee, chaired by Alan Pisarski. We are looking for papers using one or both of the personal travel surveys for: * economic impacts of transportation, linking the NPTS and the ATS to the Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Expenditure Survey, the HUD American Housing Survey, or other national data * understanding the link between land use and transportation, such as the effect of household density and/or the mix of land-use types, on the amount and type of travel (including non-motorized) * understanding the interplay of social and demographic characteristics and travel behavior, including life cycle and household composition, and travel by special segments of the population such as elderly and low-income. * issues important to federal policy in transportation, energy, and the environment, state-wide and metropolitan transportation planning, such as factors effecting the amount of time spent in travel, mode choice, and trip length characteristics * methodological issues in personal travel surveys emphasizing the comparison and use of data from different surveys A one-page abstract of the paper topic is due Sept. 8, 1998. Authors will be notified within 30 days of receipt of the abstracts whether the paper will be accepted. Papers are due February 15, 1999. To submit abstracts or for further information, contact: Nancy McGuckin Federal Highway Administration HPM-40 Washington, DC 20590 (202) 366-0160 phone (202) 366-7742 fax Nancy.McGuckin(a)fhwa.dot.gov OR Lee Giesbrecht Bureau of Transportation Statistics K-20 400 7th St SW Washington, DC 20590 202-366-0649 phone 202-366-3640 FAX Lee.Giesbrecht(a)bts.gov