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Northern Ontario Passenger Vehicle Travel Profile TRANSPORTATION Final Report The Preparation of a Northern Ontario Passenger and Commercial Vehicle Origin-Destination Survey Northern Ontario Passenger Vehicle Travel Profile Submitted to Ministry of Transportation, Ontario by IBI Group October 30, 2013 Table of Contents Executive Summary ................................................................................ ES.1 ES. 1 Introduction ................................................................................................... ES.1 ES.1 Border Crossing Travel ................................................................................. ES.2 ES.2 Provincial Highway Travel............................................................................. ES.5 ES.4 Summary ....................................................................................................... ES.11 1. Introduction ........................................................................................... 1 1.1 Study Background .............................................................................................. 1 1.2 Report Purpose and Organization .................................................................... 1 1.3 Design and Conduct of Survey ......................................................................... 2 1.4 Northern Ontario Context .................................................................................. 6 Population Distribution 6 Provincial Highway Network 7 2. Border Crossing Survey Summary – International Travel ................ 9 2.1 Overview of Border Crossing Travel ................................................................ 9 2.2 Trip Purposes by Vehicle Registration ........................................................... 11 2.3 Origin-Destination Flows ................................................................................. 18 3. Mail-Back Survey Summary – Provincial Highway Travel .............. 27 3.1 Overview of Provincial Highway Travel .......................................................... 27 3.2 Trip Purposes .................................................................................................... 29 3.3 Origin-Destination Flows ................................................................................. 34 Northern Ontario Gateway Flows 45 Interior Northern Ontario Flows 47 4. Summary ............................................................................................. 50 OCTOBER 30, 2013 i IBI GROUP FINAL REPORT: NORTHERN ONTARIO PASSENGER VEHICLE TRAVEL PROFILE THE PREPARATION OF A NORTHERN ONTARIO PASSENGER AND COMMERCIAL VEHICLE ORIGIN-DESTINATION SURVEY Table of Contents (continued) Appendix A: Survey Questionnaires Appendix B: Traffic Classification Count Summaries by Survey Station Appendix C: Detailed Travel Summaries by Survey Station and Direction Appendix D: Detailed Origin-Destination Matrices OCTOBER 30, 2013 ii IBI GROUP FINAL REPORT: NORTHERN ONTARIO PASSENGER VEHICLE TRAVEL PROFILE THE PREPARATION OF A NORTHERN ONTARIO PASSENGER AND COMMERCIAL VEHICLE ORIGIN-DESTINATION SURVEY Table of Contents (continued) List of Exhibits Exhibit 1.1: Map of Passenger Vehicle Survey Locations ......................................................... 3 Exhibit 1.2: Valid Survey Sample by Station ............................................................................. 4 Exhibit 1.3: Northern Ontario 2011 Census Population by Region ........................................... 6 Exhibit 2.1: Border Surveys: Summary of Travel Indicators by Crossing and Day ................ 10 Exhibit 2.2: Border Crossing Trip Purposes by Country of Vehicle Registration and Crossing, Fall 2011 ............................................................................................. 13 Exhibit 2.3: Border Crossing Trip Purposes by Country of Vehicle Registration at Sault Ste. Marie, 2011 and 2012 ................................................................................. 14 Exhibit 2.4: Trip Purpose Statistics by Country of Vehicle Registration, All Border Crossings, Fall 2011 ........................................................................................... 15 Exhibit 2.5: Trip Purpose Statistics by Country of Vehicle Registration, Sault Ste. Marie, Day-of-Week Comparison .................................................................................. 17 Exhibit 2.6: Summary Zone System ........................................................................................ 19 Exhibit 2.7: Daily Border Crossing Flows - Fall 2011 Weekday .............................................. 22 Exhibit 2.8: Daily Border Crossing Flows - Fall 2011 Sunday ................................................. 23 Exhibit 2.9: Border Crossing Origin-Destination Matrix for All Northern Ontario International Borders – Fall 2011 Weekday ....................................................... 24 Exhibit 2.10: Border Crossing Origin-Destination Matrix for All Northern Ontario International Borders – Fall 2011 Sunday .......................................................... 25 Exhibit 2.11: Daily Border Crossing Flows at Sault Ste. Marie – Summer 2012 .................... 26 Exhibit 3.1: Provincial Highway Surveys: Summary of Travel Indicators ................................ 28 Exhibit 3.2: Provincial Highway Trip Purposes by Location, Direction, and Survey Period .................................................................................................................. 30 Exhibit 3.3: Trip Length Distribution by Trip Purpose and Day of Week, Gateway Survey Locations, Fall 2011 ............................................................................... 32 Exhibit 3.4: Trip Length Distribution by Trip Purpose and Day of Week, Station 6 – Highway 17 West of Sudbury, Summer 2012 ..................................................... 33 Exhibit 3.5: Travel Flows at Northwestern Ontario Gateway: Ontario-Manitoba Border – Fall 2011 WEEKDAY .......................................................................................... 35 Exhibit 3.6: Travel Flows at Northwestern Ontario Gateway: Ontario-Manitoba Border – Fall 2011 SUNDAY ............................................................................................. 36 Exhibit 3.7: Northeastern Ontario Gateways – Fall 2011 WEEKDAY ..................................... 37 Exhibit 3.8: Northeastern Ontario Gateways – Fall 2011 SUNDAY ........................................ 38 Exhibit 3.9: Northeastern Ontario Gateways – Summer 2012 SUNDAY ................................ 39 Exhibit 3.10: Travel Flows at Highway 11/17 West of Nipigon – Summer 2012 WEEKDAY .......................................................................................................... 40 Exhibit 3.11: Travel Flows at Highway 11/17 West of Nipigon – Summer 2012 SUNDAY ............................................................................................................. 41 Exhibit 3.12: Travel Flows on Highway 17 West of Sudbury – Summer 2012 WEEKDAY ..... 42 Exhibit 3.13: Travel Flows on Highway 17 West of Sudbury – Summer 2012 SATURDAY ........................................................................................................ 43 Exhibit 3.14: Travel Flows on Highway 17 West of Sudbury – Summer 2012 SUNDAY ........ 44 OCTOBER 30, 2013 iii IBI GROUP FINAL REPORT: NORTHERN ONTARIO PASSENGER VEHICLE TRAVEL PROFILE THE PREPARATION OF A NORTHERN ONTARIO PASSENGER AND COMMERCIAL VEHICLE ORIGIN-DESTINATION SURVEY Executive Summary 1.1 ES. 1 Introduction This report summarizes findings from the Northern Ontario passenger vehicle surveys conducted in early fall 2011 and summer 2012 at ten locations for the Ministry of Transportation, Ontario. This is part of a larger survey program that consists of a commercial vehicle survey, a passenger vehicle survey, and traffic classification counts to allow for the expansion of the survey data. Other aspects of the study are documented separately. The surveys were conducted at ten locations across Northern Ontario, including the four international border crossings and six provincial highway locations, shown in Exhibit ES.1. Exhibit ES.1: Map of Passenger Vehicle Survey Locations Border Crossing Survey Locations (2011) Provincial Highway Survey Locations (2011) Border Crossing Survey Locations (2012) Provincial Highway Survey Locations (2012) Two methodologies were used for the passenger vehicle surveys: Border crossing locations - driver interview surveys: Passenger vehicles crossing the border in either direction were selected randomly by police enforcement and directed to survey bays. Surveys generally took place on the property of the Canadian Border Services Agency. Driver interview surveys were possible due to reduced speeds of vehicles in the vicinity of the border crossing, and allowed vehicles of all jurisdictions to be surveyed. OCTOBER 30, 2013 ES.1 IBI GROUP FINAL REPORT: NORTHERN ONTARIO PASSENGER VEHICLE TRAVEL PROFILE THE PREPARATION OF A NORTHERN ONTARIO PASSENGER AND COMMERCIAL VEHICLE ORIGIN-DESTINATION SURVEY The border survey database includes a total of 8,714 survey records: 5,870 for fall 2011 and 2,844 for summer 2012. Provincial highway locations – licence-plate recording/mail- back surveys: The licence plates of passenger vehicles passing survey locations were recorded and processed via MTO’s address retrieval system to obtain the address of the registered vehicle owners. A survey questionnaire was mailed to the households of the vehicle owners, together with a postage-paid envelope for
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