Victorian Integrated Survey of Travel and Activity (VISTA)
Research areas
Environment +
Sustainability
Policy +
Politics
Project status
The Victorian Integrated Survey of Travel and Activity (VISTA) has been running since 2007. Conducted for the Department of Transport and Planning, the survey builds a detailed picture of people’s day-to-day activities, including how, why, where and when they travel. This information supports transport planning, policy and investment decisions, helping Victoria meet the changing needs of communities now and into the future.
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Aims + Outcomes
VISTA is Victoria’s primary source of detailed travel data. Invitations are sent out across the year, with selected households asked to report their travel for a single specified day. This can be travel for any reason, such as work, education, shopping, social or recreational activities, buying a coffee, going to a playground, or even just heading out for a walk. By showing how, where and when people travel, VISTA directly informs the planning of our communities and transport networks, including roads, public transport, walking and cycling. Responses from many different households, whether they travel a lot or hardly at all, help keep the transport system in step with the way Victorians live.
Methods
VISTA aims to recruit 3,300 Victorian households each year from the Life in Australia™ panel. Travel is recorded using an online diary, with a smartphone travel app also being introduced over time.
Insights
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1 in 10
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Impact
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Reports
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Full Analysis Report
Exposure and the impact on attitudes of the 2019-20 Australian Bushfires
Full Analysis Report
Exposure and the impact on attitudes of the 2019-20 Australian Bushfires
Full Analysis Report
Exposure and the impact on attitudes of the 2019-20 Australian Bushfires
Full Analysis Report
Exposure and the impact on attitudes of the 2019-20 Australian Bushfires
Have you been contacted to participate?
Who participates?
Each month, Life in Australia™ panel households from across Victoria are invited to take part in VISTA. By including a wide range of people, from those living alone or in share houses to couples and families of all ages and life stages, the survey captures the diverse ways Victorian households travel.
What are the benefits?
Taking part helps build a clear, reliable picture of daily travel across Victoria. This information directly informs the planning of roads, public transport, and walking and cycling networks in our local communities.
Participating households also receive an eGift card as a thank you for completing the survey.
How does it work?
Resources
Full Analysis Report (Population Health Test)
Full Analysis Report (Population Health Test)
How do we ensure privacy is protected?
Get in touch
The Social Research Centre
1800 023 404
LifeInAus@srcentre.com.au
FAQs
How will the information be used?
Participation is always voluntary, but your participation is important.
Why? Because it ensures representativeness and that results can be projected to the population.
How long will the survey take to complete?
Our staff may have contacted you as part of a research survey. We are a social research company, exempt from the Australian Do Not Call Register, meaning we may call telephone numbers listed on the Do Not Call Register to conduct opinion polling and standard questionnaire-based research. We are not telemarketers, we are not selling a product and we do not provide your name or contact information to any other parties.
The phone numbers we dial are either:
- Randomly generated by computer, using known telephone exchange prefixes
- Randomly selected from available telephone directories
- Provided to us by our clients.
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