Joliet Working with Regional Group to Survey Residents on Travel Needs

If you get a travel survey in the mail, don’t throw it out. The City of Joliet is working with the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP) as they launch a major survey called My Daily Travel this fall to better understand the travel needs of residents in northeastern Illinois. CMAP is northeastern Illinois’ regional planning organization responsible for guiding and coordinating transportation planning and land use development.

The survey seeks to understand residents’ day-to-day travel throughout northeastern Illinois: how people travel, where they go, how long it takes, and who travels with them. The survey will collect input from residents in Cook, DuPage, Kane, Kendall, Lake, McHenry, and Will counties, and will be conducted in three phases, the first taking place this year.  The goal is to get a complete picture of travel patterns to better plan for future transportation improvements.

As travel behaviors change and technologies evolve over the next few years, transportation planners will use this survey data to guide future transportation investments and prioritize improvements. Gathering input from a wide range of residents is critical to ensure planners are aware of travelers’ diverse needs when making planning decisions.

Households from across the region selected to complete the survey will receive an invitation by U.S. mail. At least 4,000 households in northeastern Illinois are expected to participate in the survey over the next year.

Invited households may complete the survey online, over the phone, or through a smartphone app (rMove™). Only invited households are eligible to take the survey, but if you don’t receive an invitation this year there will be two more rounds of the survey in the near future.