New York Metropolitan Transportation Council (NYMTC) and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) are planning an effort for 2005/2006 to collect data in order to update the Best Practice Model (BPM) and Regional Transportation Forecast Model (RTFM). This research project will assist NYMTC?s Technical Survey Unit by documenting issues incurred in the planning and process of the Regional Travel Household Interview Survey 1996/1997 (RT-HIS) and the Comprehensive Travel Telephone Survey 1989 (CTTS ). Also to be included in this document is research describing new methodology and new technology, that has been recently been used.