Doha-
The Ministry of Transport and Communications (MOTC) is carrying out a Field Survey Program that started in Year 2017 and will continue until the end of year 2019, throughout the country to update the Transport Masterplan of Qatar (TMPQ).
In the coming period, the Ministry will start collecting data through roadside interviews. The Ministry, in cooperation with the Traffic Department of MOI, are installing roadside stations to facilitate conducting surveys with road commuters.
In addition, the MOTC is still conducting a range of questionnaires and surveys on members of the public, including households, parking users, public transport passengers, pedestrians and cyclists, airport passengers, hotel guests and traffic counts to understand the travel behavior of the people of Qatar and their ‘activity-based travel trips’ over a period of time. Questions will include the timing and locations of activities, transport mode, and whether people were able to perform any activity at home or not.
Accordingly, the Ministry invites all citizens and residents to cooperate with the staff and interviewers of the consulting company assigned by the Ministry to conduct the surveys, and participate in its countrywide field survey program.
Data obtained from the surveys will assist MOTC in further development and update of the TMPQ, taking into the people of Qatar’s aspirations in the development and modernization of land transport plans.
It is worth noting that strict privacy provisions will apply. All information, whether related to personal identity or travel and activities, will remain confidential and will only be used for the purpose of the survey. The information will not be published, sold, distributed, or otherwise made available to any third party.