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Design and Collection of the NETI New England Travel Survey

The purpose of the New England Transportation Issues Study was to create a “portrait” of rural transportation patterns in the Northeast. Applying the concepts of both “mobility” and “accessibility,” the study explored the issue of “rural isolation,” and how perceptions of isolation differ given age and location of residence in rural versus suburban and urban areas. The New England Transportation Institute (NETI) is conducting a multi-year research project that seeks to improve the understanding of rural isolation and levels of mobility in Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine. It examines in some detail the potential for residents in isolated locations to move to a location nearer to traditional town centers, examines the constraints to such a change in location, and applies the logic of both “smart growth” and “livability” strategies to Northeastern rural states. The data collection described in this report is one part of the larger effort. This report documents the survey research process undertaken, and documents the format of the data describing the settlement patterns of the rural built environment developed as part of the NETI research program.