Texas Travel Survey vs Houston ConnectSmart Traffic Utilisation & Stats
The purpose of this Household Travel Survey app is to use automation to facilitate household travel surveys for public agencies. Participation in each survey is by invitation only. Every participant is part of a randomly selected household that has agreed to take part in the survey. ETC Institute is the app author and the Consultant conducting the travel survey. A local, regional, or statewide public agency such as a Department of Transportation is the ultimate data owner. The name of the data owner is stated inside the app and is revealed in advance communications with each participating household.
Household members (who are 18 and older, or 13 and older with adult permission) participating in the survey are asked to download the app, install it, and log in with a PIN that uniquely represents their household. The household member then selects their provided nickname or name from a list of household members in order to correctly assign the trips. Prior to downloading the app, household members have provided contact information via an online or over-the-phone survey which allows ETC Institute staff to contact them with any questions or clarifications to update the User’s trip diary during or after the collection period. After login, the app begins to automatically detect and record stops that the User makes during a prescribed period, usually 24 hours. The User is asked to review the stops and answer a few questions about each stop before finishing/submitting the completed trip diary directly from the app.
App users are aware that while the app is installed on their smartphone or tablet, their GPS location is used to detect and record their stops and to help draw their vehicle’s approximate travel path, which in turn facilitates the stop review process. In addition to the GPS signal, the app also uses - with the User’s permission – their device’s accelerometer and gyroscope sensors. The data from these sensors are used by the app’s logic engine to confirm that a stop has indeed been made. ETC is committed to keeping each participant’s identifying information private. Our data privacy policy is available for review on our Company’s website and can be accessed directly via a link on this page.
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Avoid traffic and save time and money with ConnectSmart, Houston’s first all-in-one, customized commuting and transportation app that improves your daily commute and travel within the greater Houston region.
Customized Travel Options Tailored To Fit Your Needs
Whether you’re a Houston driver looking to avoid traffic with real-time GPS navigation and road conditions, a METRO rider looking to improve your trip, or a carpooler in search of a safe ride, ConnectSmart was designed with you in mind.
Every Houston Transportation Option In One App
ConnectSmart empowers you with the following features so you can save time and money, avoid traffic and reduce stress on your daily commute or next trip in the greater Houston area:
- Find better routes, get real time road conditions, traffic updates, and travel times to avoid sitting in traffic.
- Search for restaurants, gas stations, parking garages and other places of interest easily
- Get door-to-door GPS navigation for any mode of travel
- Purchase and redeem Houston METRO transit tickets
- BCycle partnership to help you locate available bikeshares
- Save money on gas with the ability to create public and private carpool groups.
- Find available parking spots
- Roadside assistance with Tow and Go
Find Available Parking Spots
Stop driving around in circles! Use ConnectSmart to search real-time parking availability near your final destination and pricing. If you’re type A and like to plan ahead, you can always search for parking in advance of your trip. Seamlessly navigate from the parking garage to your final destination.
Houston METRO Ticketing
There’s never been an easier way to take Houston’s public transit. In addition to guiding you door-to-door on your route, ConnectSmart allows you to seamlessly buy, store and redeem tickets on METRO including bus and lightrail.
- You can purchase transit tickets at any time through the app’s Wallet feature. Digital tickets are safely stored and can be activated and used to board METRO directly through the app.
- Ticket purchases are seamlessly woven into the trip experience. You can plan a trip on Houston METRO, see which bus lines and routes are includes, purchase new tickets or even use tickets already purchased through your wallet.
Carpooling Made Comfortable
Looking to save money on high gas prices and avoid traffic? Form your own private carpool groups with people you know and trust including family, friends, coworkers, and classmates and get alerted when someone’s trip matches up with yours. If you’d like, we can even find the perfect carpool companion for your upcoming trip and pair you up with someone heading your way.
ConnectSmart also has the ability for women to request female-only carpool groups to help ensure a greater level of comfort and security during your trip.
BCycle Integration
You can check real-time BCycle rentable bike availability at stations nearby and the number of empty spots on docking. Once you have your bike, you can enter your destination to view bicycle-specific travel times and routes in trip planner and get turn-by-turn gps directions through the bicycle navigation feature.
If you have any questions or comments, please email info@houstonconnectsmart.com.
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Texas Travel Survey VS. 
Houston ConnectSmart Traffic15écembre d, 2024