Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) The Project for Capacity Development on Transportation Planning and Database Management in the Republic of the Philippines MMUTIS Update and Enhancement Project (MUCEP) Manual vol. 1 Traffic Surveys December 2015 ALMEC Corporation Oriental Consultants Global Co., Ltd PREFACE The acceleration of economic activities and population concentration in Metro Manila and other cities in the Philippines has caused severe social problems such as traffic congestion, traffic accidents, and deterioration of the living environment. The development of the public transportation network is crucial in tackling these problems. In addition, investment in infrastructure development is essential to realize a sustainable economic growth. Metro Manila, in particular, requires a transportation policy to facilitate a modal shift from private cars to public transportation by developing and integrating transportation networks and strengthening linkages between transportation modes. It is within this context that the Government of Japan has provided technical assistance to the Philippines’ Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) and other related agencies through the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in conducting a capacity development project entitled “The Project for Capacity Development on Transportation Planning and Database Management in the Republic of the Philippines.” MUCEP, as the project is known (short for MMUTIS Update and Capacity Enhancement Project), has been carried out for more than four years, starting on 27 September 2011 and completing on 30 November 2015. The overall project goal of MUCEP is to enable the DOTC to prepare a public transportation plan for Metro Manila for strategic corridors by strengthening their capacity in transportation database management and public transportation network planning. The project included the conduct of traffic surveys to update the data collected in a previous DOTC- JICA project entitled “Metro Manila Urban Transportation Integration Study” (MMUTIS, 1996–1999). An updated database of trip information is a requisite in transportation planning. There were three traffic surveys which were carried out in MUCEP. One is the household interview survey (HIS), which covered 51,188 households in the entire Metro Manila and Rizal, as well as the adjoining cities and municipalities in the provinces of Bulacan, Cavite, and Laguna. The HIS was carried out in the city of Manila in June–August 2012 and for the rest of the MUCEP project area in November 2013 to April 2014. The other two surveys are the cordon line survey, consisting of a traffic count survey, a vehicle occupancy survey, and an origin–destination interview survey at the outer and inner cordon lines; and the screen line survey, consisting of a traffic count survey and a vehicle occupancy survey. Both the cordon and screen line surveys were implemented in June– August 2012. JICA funded the 2012 surveys, while the DOTC shouldered the costs of 2013–2014 HIS. This document compiles the traffic survey manuals prepared by the JICA Project Team prior to the conduct of the above-mentioned surveys. It presents the objectives, methods, work plans, locations of survey stations, team organizations, and data processing, among others, of each of the surveys. TABLE OF CONTENTS PREFACE PART 1 MANUAL ON HOUSEHOLD INTERVIEW SURVEY 1 OVERVIEW ................................................................................................................................. 1-1 1.1 Survey Objective .......................................................................................................... 1-1 1.2 Survey Method ............................................................................................................. 1-1 1.3 Survey Staff and Work Flow ......................................................................................... 1-5 1.4 Survey Implementation ................................................................................................. 1-6 2 INTERVIEW SURVEY ............................................................................................................... 2-1 2.1 Preparation for the Interviews ....................................................................................... 2-1 2.2 Survey Procedure in the Field ...................................................................................... 2-2 2.3 After the Interviews ....................................................................................................... 2-5 3 DATA VALIDATION ................................................................................................................... 3-1 4 DATA CODING ........................................................................................................................... 4-1 4.1 Assignment of Tasks .................................................................................................... 4-1 4.2 Assignment of Code Numbers Per Question ................................................................ 4-1 4.3 Submission of Coded Survey Forms and Progress Report .......................................... 4-2 4.4 Action on Errors Found during Data Encoding ............................................................. 4-2 5 DATA ENCODING...................................................................................................................... 5-1 5.1 Assignment of Tasks .................................................................................................... 5-1 5.2 Data Encoding and Error Handling ............................................................................... 5-1 5.3 Submission of Progress Report .................................................................................... 5-1 PART 2 MANUAL ON CORDON LINE SURVEY 1 SURVEY OBJECTIVES ............................................................................................................. 1-1 2 SURVEY FRAMEWORK ........................................................................................................... 2-1 3 SURVEY METHOD ..................................................................................................................... 3-1 3.1 Location of Cordon Line Survey Stations ..................................................................... 3-1 3.2 Survey Method ............................................................................................................. 3-5 4 WORK PLAN ............................................................................................................................... 4-1 4.1 Survey Team Organization ........................................................................................... 4-1 4.2 Survey Schedule .......................................................................................................... 4 - 1 4.3 Survey Inputs ............................................................................................................... 4-1 5 FIELD SURVEY ........................................................................................................................... 5-1 5.1 Recruitment and Training of Surveyors ........................................................................ 5-1 5.2 Conduct of Survey ........................................................................................................ 5-1 6 DATA PROCESSING .................................................................................................................. 6-1 5.1 Data Coding ................................................................................................................. 6-1 5.2 Data Encoding .............................................................................................................. 6-1 PART 3 MANUAL ON SCREEN LINE SURVEY 1 SURVEY OBJECTIVE ................................................................................................................ 1-1 2 SCREEN LINE AND SURVEY STATIONS .............................................................................. 2-1 3 SURVEY METHOD ..................................................................................................................... 3-1 3.1 Survey Preparation ....................................................................................................... 3 - 1 3.2 Conduct of Actual Survey ............................................................................................. 3-1 4 WORK PLAN ............................................................................................................................... 4-1 4.1 Survey Team Organization ........................................................................................... 4-1 4.2 Survey Schedule .......................................................................................................... 4 - 1 4.3 Survey Inputs ............................................................................................................... 4-1 5 FIELD SURVEY ........................................................................................................................... 5-1 5.1 Recruitment and Training of Surveyors ........................................................................ 5-1 5.2 Conduct of Survey ........................................................................................................ 5-1 6 DATA PROCESSING .................................................................................................................