Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)
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Table 2: Percent of Trips by Trip Purpose for Long-Distance Modes

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  Trip purpose
Business Standard error Commute Standard error Pleasure Standard error Personal Business Standard error Other Standard error Total Standard error
Mode                        
Personal vehicle 79.3 1.08 96.4 0.79 90.4 0.36 89.3 0.71 96.6 0.83 89.5 0.33
Air 17.8 0.94 1.5 0.35 6.7 0.29 4.7 0.44 1.9 0.64 7.4 0.26
Bus 0.8 0.25 0.5 0.25 2.2 0.19 5.6 0.53 0.5 0.25 2.1 0.13
Train 1.6 0.37 1.7 0.69 0.5 0.08 0.3 0.13 <0.1 <0.1 0.8 0.11
Other 0.5 0.28 0.0 0.00 0.2 0.04 0.1 0.05 1.0 0.53 0.2 0.06
Total 15.9 0.50 12.7 0.83 55.5 0.76 12.6 0.41 3.4 0.20 100.0 0.00

NOTES: Only trips in which the transportation mode and trip purpose could be identified are included. On this table, differences are measured in columns instead of rows. The difference between shaded cells in the same column are not statistically significant, except for Business where Train is different from Other; Commute where Air is different from Bus and Other, Personal Business where Air and Bus are different from Train and Other, and for Other trip purposes where Air is different from Bus and Train. Underlined estimates are based on a small sample size (<30) or a coefficient of variation greater than 30% and are not reliable.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Federal Highway Administration, National Household Travel Survey, long-distance file, 2001 (Washington, DC)



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