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) | |||||||||||||
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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 |
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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) | |||||||||||||
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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 |
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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 |