2009 NHTS
Person Miles of Travel (Travel Day PMT, annualized)
Number of Person Miles (PMT) by Mode and Purpose

Transportation mode used on trip Travel Day Person Miles (Millions)
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 3 . . 50 139 14 4 36 49 33 7 5 0 340
Refused 0 . . 593 264 52 17 155 266 28 45 61 . 1,480
Don't know . 77 . 799 473 122 60 212 217 76 316 303 6 2,662
Not ascertained . . . 53 2 1 0 2 52 . 0 1 . 112
Car 159 358 73 544,350 289,804 56,400 32,596 201,383 285,783 58,843 87,395 88,904 12,829 1,658,877
Van 13 89 . 131,056 36,196 16,089 6,990 52,703 69,846 11,942 27,496 26,000 2,728 381,147
SUV 207 241 5 235,813 88,960 19,835 13,790 90,876 155,515 27,627 40,269 51,941 7,889 732,968
Pickup truck 31 150 57 148,198 99,311 14,685 6,496 58,439 67,615 15,982 16,968 18,948 1,973 448,855
Other truck . 0 23 6,260 44,019 129 57 3,771 1,742 398 280 1,258 2,029 59,967
RV . . . 770 130 2 76 1,362 1,101 24 18 391 20 3,895
Motorcycle 16 . . 4,529 2,373 54 81 1,079 2,848 210 133 1,131 4 12,458
Light electric veh (golf cart) 0 . . 61 2 1 1 25 57 3 1 10 0 161
Local public bus . 1 . 9,027 5,828 1,354 620 2,368 3,085 462 530 363 713 24,353
Commuter bus 9 0 . 1,921 1,720 541 89 348 965 293 52 326 246 6,510
School bus 0 6 . 14,956 629 20,827 10 240 3,598 165 1,076 253 869 42,629
Charter/tour bus . . . 746 1,187 1,321 1 486 3,821 197 591 856 1,456 10,662
City to city bus . . . 167 204 . 0 283 216 8 31 . 199 1,108
Shuttle bus . . . 1,042 837 236 269 1,169 1,220 374 192 265 544 6,148
Amtrak/inter city train . . . 476 858 31 . 0 422 118 116 25 584 2,630
Commuter train . . . 2,944 2,422 132 40 199 5,197 52 66 472 1,662 13,186
Subway/elevated train 1 . . 3,246 2,907 666 458 809 622 231 92 469 504 10,004
Street car/trolley . . . 74 54 9 5 68 101 15 3 7 2 339
Taxicab . . . 1,351 482 114 364 111 428 30 71 350 545 3,847
Ferry . . . 73 75 3 . 6 109 6 9 28 14 323
Airplane . . 7 7,537 33,255 255 . 382 26,799 2,666 1,494 24,289 143,966 240,651
Bicycle . 0 . 3,523 1,070 202 16 467 3,411 75 56 128 8 8,956
Walk 0 4 1 10,231 1,731 1,028 160 2,495 8,709 1,381 433 1,167 604 27,943
Special transit-people w/disabilities . . . 825 249 125 337 69 41 18 655 14 8 2,340
Other 27 5 . 6,233 11,147 949 457 1,988 5,022 449 513 1,205 244 28,239
All 466 931 166 1,136,905 626,331 135,177 62,992 421,533 648,858 121,706 178,907 219,173 179,644 3,732,791

2009 NHTS
Person Miles of Travel (Travel Day PMT, annualized)
Number of Person Miles (PMT) by Mode and Purpose

Transportation mode used on trip Travel Day Person Miles (Row %)
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 1.0 . . 14.7 40.7 4.1 1.3 10.5 14.4 9.6 2.1 1.5 0.1 100.0
Refused 0.0 . . 40.0 17.8 3.5 1.1 10.5 18.0 1.9 3.0 4.1 . 100.0
Don't know . 2.9 . 30.0 17.8 4.6 2.2 8.0 8.1 2.9 11.9 11.4 0.2 100.0
Not ascertained . . . 47.0 2.2 0.9 0.1 2.0 46.8 . 0.0 1.1 . 100.0
Car 0.0 0.0 0.0 32.8 17.5 3.4 2.0 12.1 17.2 3.5 5.3 5.4 0.8 100.0
Van 0.0 0.0 . 34.4 9.5 4.2 1.8 13.8 18.3 3.1 7.2 6.8 0.7 100.0
SUV 0.0 0.0 0.0 32.2 12.1 2.7 1.9 12.4 21.2 3.8 5.5 7.1 1.1 100.0
Pickup truck 0.0 0.0 0.0 33.0 22.1 3.3 1.4 13.0 15.1 3.6 3.8 4.2 0.4 100.0
Other truck . 0.0 0.0 10.4 73.4 0.2 0.1 6.3 2.9 0.7 0.5 2.1 3.4 100.0
RV . . . 19.8 3.3 0.0 1.9 35.0 28.3 0.6 0.5 10.0 0.5 100.0
Motorcycle 0.1 . . 36.4 19.0 0.4 0.7 8.7 22.9 1.7 1.1 9.1 0.0 100.0
Light electric veh (golf cart) 0.0 . . 38.2 1.5 0.4 0.4 15.3 35.3 1.9 0.5 6.3 0.1 100.0
Local public bus . 0.0 . 37.1 23.9 5.6 2.5 9.7 12.7 1.9 2.2 1.5 2.9 100.0
Commuter bus 0.1 0.0 . 29.5 26.4 8.3 1.4 5.3 14.8 4.5 0.8 5.0 3.8 100.0
School bus 0.0 0.0 . 35.1 1.5 48.9 0.0 0.6 8.4 0.4 2.5 0.6 2.0 100.0
Charter/tour bus . . . 7.0 11.1 12.4 0.0 4.6 35.8 1.9 5.5 8.0 13.7 100.0
City to city bus . . . 15.0 18.4 . 0.0 25.6 19.5 0.7 2.8 . 18.0 100.0
Shuttle bus . . . 16.9 13.6 3.8 4.4 19.0 19.8 6.1 3.1 4.3 8.9 100.0
Amtrak/inter city train . . . 18.1 32.6 1.2 . 0.0 16.0 4.5 4.4 1.0 22.2 100.0
Commuter train . . . 22.3 18.4 1.0 0.3 1.5 39.4 0.4 0.5 3.6 12.6 100.0
Subway/elevated train 0.0 . . 32.4 29.1 6.7 4.6 8.1 6.2 2.3 0.9 4.7 5.0 100.0
Street car/trolley . . . 21.9 15.8 2.8 1.6 20.2 29.7 4.4 1.0 2.0 0.6 100.0
Taxicab . . . 35.1 12.5 3.0 9.5 2.9 11.1 0.8 1.9 9.1 14.2 100.0
Ferry . . . 22.6 23.2 0.8 . 2.0 33.9 1.9 2.7 8.6 4.2 100.0
Airplane . . 0.0 3.1 13.8 0.1 . 0.2 11.1 1.1 0.6 10.1 59.8 100.0
Bicycle . 0.0 . 39.3 11.9 2.3 0.2 5.2 38.1 0.8 0.6 1.4 0.1 100.0
Walk 0.0 0.0 0.0 36.6 6.2 3.7 0.6 8.9 31.2 4.9 1.5 4.2 2.2 100.0
Special transit-people w/disabilities . . . 35.2 10.7 5.4 14.4 2.9 1.7 0.8 28.0 0.6 0.3 100.0
Other 0.1 0.0 . 22.1 39.5 3.4 1.6 7.0 17.8 1.6 1.8 4.3 0.9 100.0
All 0.0 0.0 0.0 30.5 16.8 3.6 1.7 11.3 17.4 3.3 4.8 5.9 4.8 100.0

2009 NHTS
Person Miles of Travel (Travel Day PMT, annualized)
Number of Person Miles (PMT) by Mode and Purpose

Transportation mode used on trip Travel Day Person Miles (Column %)
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 0.7 . . 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Refused 0.0 . . 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 . 0.0
Don't know . 8.3 . 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.1
Not ascertained . . . 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 . 0.0 0.0 . 0.0
Car 34.1 38.4 44.2 47.9 46.3 41.7 51.7 47.8 44.0 48.3 48.8 40.6 7.1 44.4
Van 2.8 9.5 . 11.5 5.8 11.9 11.1 12.5 10.8 9.8 15.4 11.9 1.5 10.2
SUV 44.3 25.9 3.1 20.7 14.2 14.7 21.9 21.6 24.0 22.7 22.5 23.7 4.4 19.6
Pickup truck 6.7 16.2 34.3 13.0 15.9 10.9 10.3 13.9 10.4 13.1 9.5 8.6 1.1 12.0
Other truck . 0.0 13.8 0.6 7.0 0.1 0.1 0.9 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.6 1.1 1.6
RV . . . 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.1
Motorcycle 3.5 . . 0.4 0.4 0.0 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.5 0.0 0.3
Light electric veh (golf cart) 0.0 . . 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Local public bus . 0.1 . 0.8 0.9 1.0 1.0 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.4 0.7
Commuter bus 1.8 0.0 . 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.2
School bus 0.1 0.6 . 1.3 0.1 15.4 0.0 0.1 0.6 0.1 0.6 0.1 0.5 1.1
Charter/tour bus . . . 0.1 0.2 1.0 0.0 0.1 0.6 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.8 0.3
City to city bus . . . 0.0 0.0 . 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 . 0.1 0.0
Shuttle bus . . . 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.2
Amtrak/inter city train . . . 0.0 0.1 0.0 . 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.1
Commuter train . . . 0.3 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.9 0.4
Subway/elevated train 0.1 . . 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.3
Street car/trolley . . . 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Taxicab . . . 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.6 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.3 0.1
Ferry . . . 0.0 0.0 0.0 . 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Airplane . . 4.2 0.7 5.3 0.2 . 0.1 4.1 2.2 0.8 11.1 80.1 6.4
Bicycle . 0.0 . 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.5 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.2
Walk 0.1 0.4 0.3 0.9 0.3 0.8 0.3 0.6 1.3 1.1 0.2 0.5 0.3 0.7
Special transit-people w/disabilities . . . 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.1
Other 5.7 0.5 . 0.5 1.8 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.8 0.4 0.3 0.5 0.1 0.8
All 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

2009 NHTS
Person Miles of Travel (Travel Day PMT, annualized)
Number of Person Miles (PMT) by Mode and Purpose

Transportation mode used on trip Travel Day Person Miles (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