AAV: “Aire d’attraction d’une ville”, statistical area defined by INSEE representing an urban
agglomeration measured by commuting patterns.
Access: First part of a public-transit trip from the origin to the first public-transit
stop.
Activity: What a person is doing in-between two trips. Each activity is performed for a
specific purpose.
Car: Category of vehicle owned by households. The category can include cars, utilitary
vehicles, no-license cars.
Département: French administrative unit, corresponding to the NUST 3 classification.
Destination: Arrival location of a trip, where an activity takes place.
Detailed zone: Smallest level at which locations are defined. Detailed zones can represent
e.g., IRIS zones or 100m x 100m cells.
Draw zone: A zone defined by the survey that satisfies some representativity.
Egress: Last part of a public-transit trip from the last public-transit stop to the
destination.
End point: Arrival location of a leg, where the transportation mode changes or the trip
ends.
Escort: Special activity purpose that consists in dropping-off or picking-up another
person at or from a given location, where the other person is performing an activity.
Household: Group of persons living together in the same housing.
INSEE zone: See municipality.
Leg: Decomposition of a trip from a start point to an end point, with the same mode
being used over the leg.
Mode: Transportation mode that is used over a leg.
Mode group: Transportation mode regrouped in 7 categories.
Motorcycle: Category of vehicle owned by households. The category can include motorized
2-wheeled vehicles, motorized 3-wheeled vehicles.
Municipality: French administrative unit, corresponding to a “city” or “village”. Also named
INSEE zone.
NUTS1: Largest administrative division for European countries. In France, NUTS1 are the
administrative “régions”.
NUTS2: Second-largest administrative division for European countries. In France, NUTS2 are the
former administrative “régions”.
Origin: Departure location of a trip, where an activity takes place.
Person: Individual belonging to a household. Usually, persons are surveyed for the trips
they performed in the previous day(s).
Purpose: Reason for which an activity is performed (e.g., being at home, working, shopping).
Purpose group: Activity purpose regrouped in 8 categories.
Special location: Location defined by the survey that represents a main place (e.g., a train
station, a hospital).
Start point: Departure location of a leg, where the transportation mode changes or the
trip starts.
Trip: Travel from an origin to a destination, with a specific purpose. A trip can be
composed of multiple legs.