The Household Activity—Travel Simulator is a survey technique which is designed to investigate households' everyday decisions about their use of transport and land-use facilities. The interview procedures and survey equipment are described and examples given of different applications of the technique. These are wide ranging and include educational, research, and policy-oriented studies.
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