Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)
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TABLE 2 Categorization Scheme for Travel Mode Simulation (in percent)

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Trip purpose Mode categories POV driver POV passenger Bus School bus Bike or walk
Home-work 0 vehicles 12 34 37 0 16
1 vehicle, 1 worker 91 7 1 0 2
1 vehicle, 2+ workers 65 25 5 0 4
2+ vehicles, 1-2 workers 95 4 0 0 1
2+ vehicles, 3+ workers 87 9 1 0 2
Home-school 0 vehicles 0 12 4 59 24
1 vehicle, 1-3 persons 0 45 3 47 5
1 vehicle, 4+ persons 2 26 4 52 16
2 vehicles, 1-2 persons 50 0 50 0 0
2 vehicles, 3 persons 2 50 0 39 9
2 vehicles, 4 persons 1 37 1 54 7
2 vehicles, 5+ persons 0 44 2 50 4
3+ vehicles, 1-3 persons 21 32 0 47 0
3+ vehicles, 4+ persons 11 37 2 41 9
Home-other 0 vehicles 16 50 14 2 18
1+ vehicle, 1 person (18+),
0 children (5-17)
88 8 0 0 3
1+ vehicle, 2+ persons (18+), 0 children (5-17) 73 23 0 0 3
1 vehicle, 1 child (5-17) 48 44 0 2 5
2+ vehicles, 1 child (5-17) 62 33 0 1 4
1 vehicle, 2+ children (5-17) 38 48 1 2 11
2+ vehicles, 2+ children (5-17) 49 42 0 1 7

Key: POV = privately operated vehicle.

Note: Percentages shown are the proportion of trips within each purpose/category using that particular mode.