Submission of the online questionnaire is an indication of your consent. By clicking the ‘I agree’ button on the Fourstep application you are providing your permission for the research team to collect and use information about you for the research study.
Your trip and activities information, in an unidentifiable and aggregated format, will be used to develop behavioural models of travel demand which are essential tools in transportation planning and infrastructure investment analysis. The output of these models will help transport authorities gain more insight about travel and time-use pattern of travellers and make more informed decisions about transport infrastructure including but not limited to the transit system.
The research team will store the data collected from you for this research project:
- Indefinitely for future research purposes.
The information about you will be stored in a:
- Non-identifiable format where your identity will be unknown.
You will be asked to provide your consent for the research team to share or use the information collected from you in future research that:
- Will be specific to the aims of this research;
Your information will only be shared in a format that will not identify you.
If you do consent to participate, you may withdraw at any time. You can do this by closing the questionnaire or uninstalling the Fourstep mobile application from your phone.
If you withdraw from the research, we will destroy any information that has already been collected. If you'd like to withdraw from the research study, please email us at [email protected].
Once you have submitted the questionnaire, however, we will not be able to withdraw your responses as the questionnaire is anonymous.