2009 NHTS
Average Person Trip Length (miles, Travel Day)
Average Person Trip (PT) Length by Mode and Purpose

Transportation mode used on trip TD Person Trip Length (Mean)
Trip purpose summary All
Refused
Don't know
Not ascertained
Home
Work
School/Daycare/Religious
activity 		Medical/Dental services
 Shopping/Errands
Social/Recreational
 Family personal business/Obligations Transport someone
Meals
Other reason
Appropriate skip 43.00 . . 4.89 11.40 5.51 8.19 6.12 7.54 14.43 7.52 3.02 3.00 7.93
Refused 2.78 . . 9.28 13.05 4.47 8.18 6.59 16.72 8.22 4.00 4.27 . 8.91
Don't know . 37.04 . 8.08 14.28 7.58 5.45 3.36 4.16 6.88 8.59 8.23 6.00 7.35
Not ascertained . . . 33.36 7.41 1.80 1.00 2.88 61.32 . 0.22 15.00 . 25.85
Car 6.99 5.86 20.40 9.33 13.43 7.21 10.58 6.09 16.40 12.22 7.83 7.21 18.35 9.74
Van 6.61 5.60 . 9.67 11.19 6.25 9.67 7.11 16.30 11.80 6.97 9.50 16.34 9.61
SUV 13.81 8.64 11.68 10.25 11.40 6.15 11.96 7.02 22.08 14.06 7.30 9.83 23.38 10.73
Pickup truck 17.68 13.10 52.12 10.83 13.88 12.91 12.54 7.85 17.29 12.92 8.43 7.39 15.87 11.28
Other truck . 4.00 351.00 18.35 44.63 4.19 10.97 17.17 26.28 13.70 4.33 16.61 167.35 32.75
RV . . . 33.69 31.46 2.63 19.24 35.16 62.05 8.49 4.41 57.33 19.87 37.85
Motorcycle 7.00 . . 11.44 11.33 4.61 16.43 8.87 18.10 10.17 12.79 10.78 14.33 11.99
Light electric veh (golf cart) 2.00 . . 0.96 0.57 0.94 3.19 0.63 0.99 1.08 0.59 0.87 0.67 0.88
Local public bus . 2.00 . 6.31 8.37 5.73 4.69 4.10 7.39 6.10 7.12 4.55 7.21 6.38
Commuter bus 3.00 0.22 . 11.03 14.94 8.74 6.53 6.40 21.88 10.33 2.40 34.72 11.75 11.91
School bus 18.00 5.00 . 5.68 10.67 6.31 2.00 21.94 23.65 11.12 13.44 10.10 5.60 6.62
Charter/tour bus . . . 36.90 51.33 53.69 5.22 20.63 44.76 50.84 103.96 40.67 90.89 47.68
City to city bus . . . 12.12 107.60 . 25.00 22.01 26.79 1.33 2.21 . 174.49 19.21
Shuttle bus . . . 8.72 13.82 4.75 9.57 11.33 10.97 11.68 16.75 6.54 8.96 9.96
Amtrak/inter city train . . . 21.74 40.72 7.88 . 0.22 56.89 94.76 173.43 47.69 61.17 39.53
Commuter train . . . 18.89 16.51 6.05 10.03 10.36 105.46 8.90 6.96 44.58 31.72 27.76
Subway/elevated train 3.00 . . 7.43 8.76 10.23 11.30 7.78 4.82 8.19 7.11 7.98 11.04 7.98
Street car/trolley . . . 4.16 8.86 10.00 10.62 4.25 5.83 5.22 8.75 4.58 3.85 5.30
Taxicab . . . 5.49 8.49 3.20 5.43 2.13 5.47 3.38 2.94 6.96 13.61 5.83
Ferry . . . 13.90 13.74 20.00 . 5.85 9.21 11.79 3.00 6.47 7.83 9.70
Airplane . . 750.00 608.84 849.96 1,500.00 . 369.63 1,071.32 835.55 1,028.28 2,593.74 1,190.10 1,131.35
Bicycle . 1.13 . 2.16 3.54 1.48 2.67 1.48 2.41 1.65 1.06 2.08 2.42 2.26
Walk 0.67 0.61 0.36 0.71 0.67 0.56 0.74 0.56 0.86 0.53 0.51 0.47 1.19 0.70
Special transit-people w/disabilities . . . 7.33 11.43 7.05 7.60 4.41 6.01 12.26 71.67 3.26 91.53 10.02
Other 59.43 17.00 . 9.68 27.60 10.57 9.88 7.44 12.02 6.58 14.78 6.29 11.37 12.92
All 9.75 7.31 24.97 8.63 13.65 6.53 10.31 6.25 14.08 10.09 7.46 8.36 71.84 9.75

2009 NHTS
Average Person Trip Length (miles, Travel Day)
Average Person Trip (PT) Length by Mode and Purpose

Transportation mode used on trip TD Person Trip Length (Sample Size)
Trip purpose summary All
Refused
Don't know
Not ascertained
Home
Work
School/Daycare/Religious
activity 		Medical/Dental services
 Shopping/Errands
Social/Recreational
Family personal business/Obligations Transport someone
Meals
Other reason
Appropriate skip 1 . . 38 16 8 4 30 18 7 7 8 1 138
Refused 2 . . 223 76 36 18 125 55 20 43 47 . 645
Don't know . 2 . 264 77 32 30 146 99 31 45 47 1 774
Not ascertained . . . 12 3 5 1 7 6 . 1 1 . 36
Car 99 174 18 180,204 53,871 22,254 12,777 115,003 53,468 17,035 30,375 41,980 1,818 529,076
Van 31 50 . 39,581 8,546 7,107 2,583 23,983 12,625 3,323 11,359 8,960 538 118,686
SUV 30 105 4 71,854 21,651 9,225 4,193 44,081 21,857 6,517 15,526 17,554 825 213,422
Pickup truck 17 44 5 47,460 21,641 3,782 2,235 28,948 12,529 4,747 5,604 9,585 391 136,988
Other truck . 1 1 951 2,051 48 23 519 234 125 85 229 24 4,291
RV . . . 120 22 6 8 144 120 13 13 39 3 488
Motorcycle 2 . . 1,315 612 42 36 559 564 91 23 238 3 3,485
Light electric veh (golf cart) 1 . . 608 28 10 6 136 511 49 18 62 4 1,433
Local public bus . 2 . 1,721 716 292 234 709 450 111 72 135 159 4,601
Commuter bus 1 1 . 244 162 53 35 97 66 25 6 18 37 745
School bus 1 1 . 6,066 193 7,311 2 30 514 29 252 56 249 14,704
Charter/tour bus . . . 44 50 63 2 43 239 15 25 59 18 558
City to city bus . . . 8 6 . 1 5 13 1 6 . 7 47
Shuttle bus . . . 247 150 109 45 132 220 37 37 64 79 1,120
Amtrak/inter city train . . . 18 17 4 . 1 19 5 5 5 22 96
Commuter train . . . 146 168 14 5 17 53 6 8 11 126 554
Subway/elevated train 1 . . 353 307 45 42 85 153 30 17 66 58 1,157
Street car/trolley . . . 41 17 3 4 21 43 9 2 7 7 154
Taxicab . . . 285 111 15 63 82 196 38 12 57 69 928
Ferry . . . 16 16 1 . 3 51 3 4 9 5 108
Airplane . . 1 47 149 1 . 6 111 38 15 8 359 735
Bicycle . 3 . 3,859 524 325 18 670 3,378 138 82 223 18 9,238
Walk 3 17 3 36,331 5,012 2,898 332 8,743 29,605 8,461 1,476 4,922 743 98,546
Special transit-people w/disabilities . . . 227 43 34 106 50 34 13 18 16 2 543
Other 2 1 . 1,557 960 233 136 627 1,018 182 109 485 50 5,360
All 191 401 32 393,840 117,195 53,956 22,939 225,002 138,249 41,099 65,245 84,891 5,616 1,148,656