| 2009 NHTS |
| Vehicle Trips (Travel Day VT, annualized) |
| Number of Vehicle Trips (VT) by Purpose |
| Trip purpose summary | Travel Day Vehicle Trips | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Sample Size | Sum (Millions) | Percent | |
| Refused | 140 | 27 | 0.0 |
| Don't know | 199 | 53 | 0.0 |
| Not ascertained | 20 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Home | 255,692 | 79,901 | 34.2 |
| Work | 101,537 | 37,799 | 16.2 |
| School/Daycare/Religious activity | 19,655 | 6,511 | 2.8 |
| Medical/Dental services | 15,658 | 3,759 | 1.6 |
| Shopping/Errands | 163,004 | 45,353 | 19.4 |
| Social/Recreational | 64,252 | 19,714 | 8.4 |
| Family personal business/Obligations | 24,678 | 6,775 | 2.9 |
| Transport someone | 51,763 | 18,755 | 8.0 |
| Meals | 50,077 | 14,677 | 6.3 |
| Other reason | 1,467 | 523 | 0.2 |
| All | 748,142 | 233,849 | 100.0 |