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Table A-1
Indicators of Daily Mobility by Trip Purpose for Seven OECD Countries

  1975�77 1982�86 1989�92 1994�96
 
 
 TR T/ cap TD km/
T 		TV km/ cap TL h/
T 		TT h/ cap TR T/ cap TD km/
T 		TV km/ cap TL h/
T 		TT h/ cap TR T/ cap TD km/
T 		TV km/ cap TL h/
T 		TT
h/
cap 		TR T/ cap TD km/
T 		TV km/ cap TL h/
T 		TT
h/
cap
Australia Work & education           0.69 12.4 8.5 0.41 0.28                    
work          
0.51
14.1
7.2
0.43
0.22
                    
business          
0.02
15.1
0.3
0.39
0.01
                    
education          
0.16
6.6
1.1
0.35
0.06
                    
Personal business          
0.80
6.5
5.2
0.25
0.20
                    
Leisure          
0.57
14.8
8.5
0.45
0.25
                    
Home          
1.31
10.6
14.0
0.35
0.47
                    
All travel          
3.37
10.7
36.2
0.36
1.21
                   
Great Britain Work & education 0.99
8.2
8.1
 0.34 0.34 0.88
9.3
 8.2 0.32 0.28 0.93 10.6 9.9 0.32 0.30 0.86 11.5 9.9 0.37 0.32
work 0.56 8.5 4.8 0.33 0.19 0.51 9.8 5.0 0.35 0.18 0.53 11.1 5.9 0.34 0.18 0.44 12.9 5.6 0.40 0.17
business 0.10 20.3 2.1 0.67 0.07 0.08 28.4 2.3 0.63 0.05 0.11 27.5 3.0 0.55 0.06 0.10 29.6 3.1 0.61 0.06
education 0.32 3.9 1.2 0.27 0.08 0.29 2.8 0.8 0.21 0.06 0.29 3.2 0.9 0.17 0.05 0.32 3.7 1.2 0.25 0.08
Personal business 0.86 4.8 4.2 0.28 0.24 1.02 5.5 5.6 0.28 0.29 1.21 5.7 6.9 0.29 0.35 1.13 6.4 7.2 0.27 0.30
Leisure 0.69 12.6 8.7 0.47 0.32 0.77 11.9 9.2 0.46 0.35 0.85 13.3 11.3 0.42 0.36 0.90 13.1 11.8 0.40 0.36
All travel 2.54 8.3 21.0 0.36 0.90 2.67 8.6 23.0 0.34 0.92 2.99 9.4 28.1 0.34 1.01 2.90 10.0 28.9 0.34 0.98
Netherlands Work & education           1.16 13.3 15.4 0.37 0.43 1.07 14.5 15.5 0.39 0.41 1.06 15.8 16.7 0.46 0.46
work           0.58 12.2 7.1 0.36 0.21 0.63 13.3 8.5 0.36 0.23 0.52 14.8 7.7 0.39 0.20
business           0.36 17.3 6.3 0.39 0.14 0.25 20.4 5.1 0.42 0.11 0.24 22.8 5.4 0.47 0.11
education           0.21 9.4 2.0 0.40 0.08 0.18 10.7 2.0 0.42 0.08 0.30 11.9 3.6 0.48 0.14
Personal business           1.35 5.4 7.3 0.23 0.31 1.47 5.4 7.9 0.22 0.32 1.48 6.2 9.2 0.24 0.35
Leisure           1.13 11.1 12.5 0.42 0.47 1.21 11.9 14.3 0.43 0.52 1.17 12.6 14.7 0.42 0.49
All travel           3.64 9.7 35.2 0.33 1.21 3.75 10.1 37.7 0.33 1.25 3.71 10.9 40.6 0.35 1.30
Norway Work & education           1.19 12.2 14.5 0.34 0.40 1.16 13.0 15.1 0.34 0.39          
work           0.67 10.6 7.1 0.32 0.21 0.67 11.9 8.0 0.33 0.22          
business           0.18 21.1 3.8 0.46 0.08 0.11 34.9 3.8 0.64 0.07          
education           0.34 10.7 3.6 0.32 0.11 0.38 8.6 3.3 0.27 0.10          
Personal business           0.93 6.4 6.0 0.27 0.25 1.03 6.4 6.6 0.23 0.23          
Leisure           1.07 12.9 13.9 0.46 0.49 1.06 14.6 15.5 0.43 0.46          
All travel           3.19 10.8 34.4 0.36 1.14 3.25 11.4 37.2 0.33 1.08          
Switzerland Work & education           1.33 8.9 13.7 0.31 0.47 1.52 8.1 16.0 0.40 0.60 1.16 10.6 12.3 0.40 0.46
work           N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 0.73 9.6 7.0 0.31 0.23
business           0.12 15.2 1.8 0.40 0.13 0.30 20.5 6.1 0.56 0.17 0.17 24.1 4.1 0.94 0.08
education           N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 0.26 4.6 1.2 0.29 0.16
Personal business           0.79 4.6 3.6 0.26 0.20 0.78 6.3 4.9 0.34 0.26 0.75 5.7 4.3 0.26 0.19
Leisure           1.00 11.9 11.9 0.33 0.38 1.14 15.8 18.0 0.58 0.66 1.34 12.4 16.6 0.54 0.72
All travel           3.35 8.8 29.2 0.30 1.04 3.45 11.5 39.8 0.45 1.54 3.25 10.2 33.2 0.42 1.38
United States Work & education 1.03 13.6 13.9 0.29 0.29 1.02 13.2 13.5 0.29 0.30 1.01 15.1 15.3 0.30 0.31 1.25 16.9 21.1 0.33 0.41
work 0.57 14.7 8.4 0.31 0.18 0.60 13.7 8.3 0.30 0.18 0.62 16.8 10.4 0.33 0.20 0.76 18.4 14.0 0.35 0.27
business 0.11 28.3 3.0 0.35 0.04 0.07 35.1 2.4 0.38 0.03 0.04 44.4 1.9 0.44 0.02 0.11 32.3 3.6 0.44 0.05
education 0.35 7.4 2.6 0.22 0.08 0.35 7.9 2.7 0.25 0.09 0.35 8.5 3.0 0.24 0.09 0.38 9.4 3.6 0.25 0.10
Personal business 0.91 10.1 9.2 0.24 0.22 1.05 10.1 10.6 0.23 0.24 1.30 11.0 14.4 0.22 0.29 1.97 11.0 21.7 0.22 0.44
Leisure 0.71 12.6 12.6 0.35 0.25 0.82 19.8 16.2 0.31 0.26 0.76 20.8 15.9 0.34 0.26 1.08 17.8 19.2 0.31 0.33
All travel 2.65 13.5 35.8 0.30 0.80 2.89 14.0 40.3 0.28 0.80 3.08 14.8 45.6 0.28 0.86 4.30 14.4 61.9 0.27 1.18
West Germany Work & education 1.07 10.4 11.1 0.39 0.42 1.06 12.1 12.8 0.41 0.43 0.93 12.2 11.3 0.40 0.37          
work 0.68 9.6 6.5 0.37 0.25 0.64 10.4 6.7 0.37 0.24 0.63 11.4 7.2 0.38 0.24          
business 0.15 20.0 3.0 0.47 0.07 0.17 22.9 3.9 0.54 0.09 0.11 22.9 2.5 0.52 0.06          
education 0.24 6.9 1.7 0.40 0.10 0.25 9.2 2.3 0.42 0.10 0.19 8.3 1.6 0.39 0.07          
Personal business 1.01 3.8 3.8 0.26 0.27 0.95 4.7 4.5 0.29 0.28 0.82 4.7 3.9 0.27 0.22          
Leisure 1.01 12.0 12.1 0.46 0.46 1.01 12.8 12.9 0.47 0.48 0.98 11.7 11.5 0.43 0.42          
All travel 3.09 8.7 26.9 0.37 1.14 3.02 10.0 30.2 0.39 1.19 2.73 9.8 26.8 0.37 1.02          
4 Delhi suburbs Work & education           1.17 6.2 7.2 0.55 0.65                    
work           0.58 9.0 5.2 0.73 0.42                    
business           N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A                    
education           0.59 3.3 2.0 0.38 0.23                    
Personal business           0.25 2.2 0.6 0.24 0.06                    
Leisure           0.07 10.1 0.7 0.56 0.04                    
All travel           1.49 5.7 8.5 0.50 0.65                    

T = Trip; TR = Mean trip rate; TD = Mean trip distance; TV = Mean daily per capita traffic volume; TL = Mean trip length; TT = Mean daily per capita travel time
For data source and exact survey years, see table 1.

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