Project Studies

The following are descriptions of selected studies which represent a small sample of the types of projects that CIC Research undertakes.  The firm's major areas of professional competence include regional economics, land economics, market potential analysis, sales forecasting, scientific and opinion surveying.   Summaries are periodically updated.

Transportation Research

Vanpool Driver Study for Washington, DC Area 2002

Client -- LDA Consulting

Work Content --CIC Research provided survey research services to LDA Consulting and the Metropolitan Washington Council of Government (COG) to obtain results for a regional vanpool driver study. COG delivered five databases to CIC for cleaning and removing duplicates of vanpool driver records from various agency sources. Vanpool drivers from the resulting database were mailed a survey and a letter of introduction to the study. Drivers were given the choice of mailing, faxing, or telephoning in their survey responses. As surveys were returned, vanpool driver ID's were logged into a database indicating a completed response. The initial survey effort was followed by a second mailing and then, a CATI telephone survey to drivers that did not respond. A total of 440 surveys were completed for the study. Survey results were aligned with the estimated vanpool driver population by expanding survey results to counts obtained from the Washington, D.C., 2001 Beltway Cordon Count. A technical report, frequency and crosstabulation results, as well as a file containing the survey results in SAS were delivered to the client at the end of the project.

Vanpool Rider Survey for the Atlanta Area

Client -- CTE, Center for Transportation and the Environment

Work Content --In conjunction with CTE and other project team staff, CIC produced a survey of Vanpool Riders for vanpools in the Atlanta area. The questionnaire was designed for self-administration among vanpool riders and included an instructional cover letter for both the riders and the vanpool drivers. The survey included vanpool riders from three Atlanta vendors as provided by CTE. A total of 818 surveys were completed from a possible 1,996 distributed, resulting in a 41.0 percent response rate. Returned questionnaires were processed using SPSS. Frequency and crosstabulation runs were produced, as well as individual calculations for analysis variables. CIC provided the database and documentation to the project team.