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Table 12
Daily Travel: 2001
(Trips from one point to another on a single day; most daily trips are local)
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| Modal Shares of Daily Trips |
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| Private vehicle (multiple occupant) |
49 |
| Private vehicle (single occupant) |
38 |
| Walking |
9 |
| School bus |
2 |
| Transit |
2 |
| Other |
2 |
| Trip Purpose |
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| Family/personal business |
45 |
| Social/recreational |
27 |
| Work (commute) |
14 |
| School/place of worship |
10 |
| Work-related |
3 |
| Other |
1 |
| Female drivers |
44 |
21 |
| Male drivers |
67 |
38 |
| All drivers |
55 |
29 |
Notes: Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding.
Transit includes public bus, commuter bus and train, subway/elevated train, and streetcar/trolley.
Other includes air, intercity or charter bus, intercity rail, ship, taxi, limousine, shuttle, or
bicycle.
Family/personal business includes shopping, medical visits, picking people up or dropping them off, banking, etc. Social/recreational includes visiting friends and relatives, going to the movies or other entertainment, vacation trips, or going to participate 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.
Sources: U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT), Federal Highway Administration and Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), National Household Travel Survey (Washington, DC: 2002); USDOT, BTS, National Household Travel Survey 2001 Highlights Report, BTS03-05 (Washington, DC: 2003), tables A-10, A-11, and A-16.
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