This survey seeks to understand your day-to-day travel throughout the Edmonton metropolitan region: how you travel, where you go, how long it takes, and who travels with you. Your participation will provide a complete picture of travel patterns to better plan future transportation systems improvements in the region.
This survey is being sponsored by the City of Edmonton, the City of Leduc, the City of St. Albert, the City of Fort Saskatchewan, the City of Spruce Grove, the City of Beaumont, the Town of Devon, the Town of Stony Plain, Parkland County, Strathcona County, Leduc County, Sturgeon County, and the Alberta Transportation and Economic Corridors (ATEC).
We're counting on your participation to ensure that households like yours are fully represented in our regional transportation plans. Your input is crucial because only a small but diverse number of households are selected to participate in the study, and it will have a significant impact on investment decisions and future transportation plans. The information we gather today will shape the transportation systems of tomorrow.
No, the study is not trying to limit your movements in any way. Charter 6 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms protects and ensures mobility freedom for all Canadians. The survey is NOT about restricting movement. Rather, it is the opposite. It collects data to ensure transportation planning meets community needs, addresses barriers, and makes the system inclusive and accessible. People will always be free to drive, walk, bike, or take transit wherever they choose. This survey aims to make it easier!
Invited households were selected at random from the greater Edmonton region. You must live in the region and receive an invitation letter to participate in the survey.
You will receive a single cheque after all household members have reported their travel and finished their individual surveys. The amount you receive depends on how your household reports travel. If you report using the rMove smartphone app, your household will receive a minimum of $25, plus a bonus for each additional member in larger households who completes the seven-day survey. If you report online or by phone, your household will receive a single $20 cheque after completing the one-day survey.
You should still participate! All travel (including no travel) is valuable, even short trips like walking the dog.
Once you download and register for rMove, it will log your trips for seven days. Each day, you’ll be asked to complete a brief survey about your travel habits and a trip survey for each trip you take. If applicable, adults in the household will also be asked to answer brief surveys about their children’s travel.
The rMove app tracks all your trips using your phone's location services, so it will capture trips made by walking, jogging, biking, and taking vehicles, including cars and buses. Use of the LRT will also be captured.
The survey team is committed to protecting the confidentiality, integrity, and security of your personal information by adhering to industry best practices and legal requirements. These practices encompass secure data collection, transmission, storage, ownership, and destruction protocols.
We handle all information collected during the study carefully and make sure that we have clear consent and that your data remains anonymous.
Your personal information will not be disclosed or shared, except as mandated by law or as outlined in our privacy policy.
For further details, please refer to the study's complete privacy documentation.
Travel habits are influenced by many household and demographic factors such as size of the households, age of household members, family structure, household income, types of activities, cultural background etc. To make sure the transportation system works for everyone, the study needs to collect demographic information such as age, race, and income along with the daily habits. Along with the daily travel habits, this additional information will help identify what factors influence the daily travel choice which will essentially inform decisions on future investments and develop an inclusive transportation system.
This study's results will enable planners from the participating agencies to understand travel patterns and behaviours. As technology and transportation methods evolve, these results will inform transportation investments, support competitive federal grant applications and prioritize regional investments.
The signup survey must be completed by all related adult household members to ensure accurate travel data. Once the survey is complete, individual members cannot be removed, as this is a household-based study and requires all related adults to participate.
The rMove app tracks all your trips and generates a trip survey for each. To avoid receiving excessive trip surveys, users who travel frequently for work can disable app tracking during work hours and re-enable it for personal trips.
Try restarting your phone to reset your location settings. This should allow the app to start recording your trips again.
Your trip surveys should populate when you open the rMove app. If you still don’t see any trip surveys to answer, please restart the phone.
Please allow 4-6 weeks for cheque processing after you have completed the survey.
If you have not received your cheque and it has been more than 4-6 weeks since your household has completed the study, please send us your mailing address and access code.