Table 13
Daily Travel by Gender: 2001
(Trips from one point to another on a
single day; most daily trips are local)
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| Mode |
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| Car |
45 |
56 |
51 |
| Van |
11 |
13 |
12 |
| Sport utility vehicle |
11 |
12 |
11 |
| Pickup truck |
18 |
5 |
11 |
| Other |
13 |
13 |
14 |
| Trip purpose |
|
|
|
| Family/personal business |
23 |
28 |
23 |
| Social/recreational |
19 |
18 |
19 |
| Shopping |
17 |
21 |
19 |
| Work (commute) |
17 |
13 |
15 |
| School/place of worship |
10 |
10 |
10 |
| Visit friend/relative |
8 |
8 |
8 |
| Work-related |
4 |
2 |
3 |
| Other |
2 |
2 |
3 |
| Average driving time
and distance |
|
|
|
| Minutes per day |
44 |
67 |
55 |
| Miles per day |
21 |
38 |
29 |
Notes:
Data were collected between March 2001-May 2002. Percentages may not add to
100 due to rounding. Other includes air, intercity or charter bus, intercity
rail, public bus, commuter bus and train, subway/elevated train,
streetcar/trolley, ship, taxi, limousine, shuttle, or bicycle.
Family/personal business includes, e.g., medical visits, picking people up or
dropping them off, banking. Social/recreational includes visiting friends and
relatives, going to the movies or other entertainment, vacation trips, or
participating in sports activities. Work (commute) trips are those to and
from a person's place of work. Work-related trips are those made for one's
job other than to or from the place of work, but do not include such
occupational trips as driving a taxi, bus, or delivery truck.
Source: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway
Administration and Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau
of Transportation Statistics, National Household
Travel Survey (Washington, DC: 2002).
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