Origin and Destination Survey

In the Fall of 2007, the Valley Metro Regional Public Transportation Authority (RPTA),conducted an Origin and Destination survey of the Valley Metro riders. The self-administered surveys were conducted among riders of fixed-route bus service: Local, Circulator, Limited, Rural, Express, and RAPID bus. Data collection was performed from October 8 through December 18, 2007.  A total of 7,600 valid surveys, as included in the final data files, were collected.  The study project involved designing the survey instrument; developing a sampling plan; collecting, processing, and geocoding the collected data; weighting and expanding the data; analyzing the data; comparing the results with 2001 Origin and Destination survey data; and reporting the results.