An estimated half-million Californians are being asked how they get around. The National Household Travel Survey is conducted every 5 to 7 years by Cal Trans and the Federal Highway Administration. Cal Trans Public Information Officer Mark Dinger says surveys are being mailed out randomly to selected households through April of next year. He says the information helps policymakers and planners decide how to best invest and spend transportation dollars…

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Dinger says every member of a participating household fills out a diary for one assigned, specific “travel day”. He says one thing that stood out in the previous survey was that the number of people bicycling in California doubled…

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Dinger says those who don’t receive surveys in the mail can still participate on the National Household Travel Survey website. Results of the latest survey will be out sometime after April of next year.