As part of VISTA, all members of surveyed households are asked to complete a
travel diary for a single specified day. By collecting information on all
personal travel made - from walking the dog, through to a flight interstate -
the results of VISTA enhance our understanding of the complex travel
interactions occurring across our communities. This detailed picture of travel
informs the transport and land-use planning decisions being made by
government.
The current VISTA survey program began in July 2012, and will run until July
2016. Data collection is spread evenly across each year, allowing average
daily travel behaviours to be described. Previous VISTA surveys were also
conducted in the 2007-08 and 2009-10 financial years. VISTA data is available
to registered users through VISTA Online (a detailed data analysis tool) and
also by download of de-identified unit-record data. Registration is free of
charge for all users, and is available from the VISTA homepage.
