2009 NHTS
Person Trips (Travel Day PT, annualized, millions)
Number of Person Trips (PT) by Mode and Purpose

Transportation mode used on trip Travel Day Person Trips (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 0 0 . 24 13 7 3 21 9 3 4 5 0 90
Refused 4 0 . 66 21 12 2 24 16 3 11 14 . 173
Don't know . 18 . 121 40 19 11 70 64 13 38 37 5 436
Not ascertained . 0 17 5 2 2 0 1 2 0 0 1 . 31
Car 24 80 8 59,394 21,824 8,007 3,192 33,695 17,916 4,922 11,422 12,544 718 173,746
Van 2 18 0 13,864 3,328 2,629 744 7,577 4,388 1,041 4,027 2,786 175 40,579
SUV 16 36 0 23,336 7,860 3,273 1,170 13,172 7,150 1,993 5,632 5,358 342 69,339
Pickup truck 2 19 1 13,889 7,228 1,151 530 7,570 3,975 1,255 2,041 2,594 133 40,388
Other truck . 0 0 365 1,019 31 5 221 88 29 65 76 12 1,912
RV . . . 23 4 1 4 39 18 3 4 7 1 103
Motorcycle 2 . . 399 213 12 5 124 159 21 10 106 0 1,051
Light electric veh (golf cart) 0 . . 64 4 1 0 39 58 3 2 12 0 183
Local public bus . 15 . 1,773 816 303 164 713 524 101 82 86 110 4,688
Commuter bus 6 0 . 223 130 72 18 71 59 32 25 9 21 666
School bus 0 1 . 2,735 60 3,438 5 11 165 18 93 25 163 6,715
Charter/tour bus . . . 21 23 27 0 25 94 4 6 22 19 241
City to city bus . . . 14 2 . 0 13 10 6 14 . 1 60
Shuttle bus . . . 129 63 51 30 105 122 33 12 44 63 651
Amtrak/inter city train . . . 35 24 7 . 5 11 1 1 1 10 95
Commuter train . . . 192 172 22 4 24 62 6 9 11 58 561
Subway/elevated train 0 . . 526 396 79 54 128 162 38 14 71 70 1,536
Street car/trolley . . . 18 9 1 1 17 17 3 0 1 1 68
Taxicab . . . 281 60 38 83 57 85 11 31 50 41 738
Ferry . . . 6 6 0 . 1 16 1 3 4 2 40
Airplane . . 0 16 66 0 . 3 34 8 2 9 172 311
Bicycle . 0 . 1,681 306 143 6 320 1,459 46 53 65 3 4,082
Walk 0 8 2 14,799 2,631 1,854 219 4,608 10,293 2,665 873 2,480 530 40,962
Special transit-people w/disabilities . . . 132 22 19 51 16 17 2 11 5 0 274
Other 0 0 1 688 415 96 52 277 441 71 36 206 24 2,306
All 58 198 30 134,819 46,754 21,292 6,353 68,944 47,413 12,333 24,524 26,630 2,675 392,023

2009 NHTS
Person Trips (Travel Day PT, annualized, millions)
Number of Person Trips (PT) by Mode and Purpose

Transportation mode used on trip Travel Day Person Trips (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 0.1 0.2 . 27.3 14.7 8.2 3.3 23.1 10.2 3.5 4.4 5.0 0.1 100.0
Refused 2.1 0.2 . 38.1 11.8 6.7 1.2 13.8 9.3 1.9 6.6 8.3 . 100.0
Don't know . 4.2 . 27.8 9.2 4.3 2.5 16.1 14.7 2.9 8.7 8.5 1.1 100.0
Not ascertained . 1.5 56.1 16.6 4.9 6.3 0.3 3.8 7.3 0.3 1.1 1.6 . 100.0
Car 0.0 0.0 0.0 34.2 12.6 4.6 1.8 19.4 10.3 2.8 6.6 7.2 0.4 100.0
Van 0.0 0.0 0.0 34.2 8.2 6.5 1.8 18.7 10.8 2.6 9.9 6.9 0.4 100.0
SUV 0.0 0.1 0.0 33.7 11.3 4.7 1.7 19.0 10.3 2.9 8.1 7.7 0.5 100.0
Pickup truck 0.0 0.0 0.0 34.4 17.9 2.9 1.3 18.7 9.8 3.1 5.1 6.4 0.3 100.0
Other truck . 0.0 0.0 19.1 53.3 1.6 0.3 11.5 4.6 1.5 3.4 4.0 0.6 100.0
RV . . . 22.2 4.0 0.7 3.8 37.6 17.3 2.9 3.9 6.6 1.0 100.0
Motorcycle 0.2 . . 37.9 20.3 1.1 0.5 11.8 15.1 2.0 1.0 10.1 0.0 100.0
Light electric veh (golf cart) 0.0 . . 35.1 2.4 0.4 0.1 21.5 31.7 1.6 0.8 6.4 0.1 100.0
Local public bus . 0.3 . 37.8 17.4 6.5 3.5 15.2 11.2 2.2 1.8 1.8 2.3 100.0
Commuter bus 0.8 0.0 . 33.5 19.5 10.8 2.8 10.7 8.8 4.8 3.7 1.4 3.1 100.0
School bus 0.0 0.0 . 40.7 0.9 51.2 0.1 0.2 2.5 0.3 1.4 0.4 2.4 100.0
Charter/tour bus . . . 8.6 9.7 11.0 0.2 10.2 39.0 1.8 2.5 9.2 7.8 100.0
City to city bus . . . 23.0 3.2 . 0.0 21.5 17.1 9.8 23.5 . 1.9 100.0
Shuttle bus . . . 19.8 9.6 7.8 4.6 16.1 18.8 5.1 1.8 6.8 9.6 100.0
Amtrak/inter city train . . . 37.2 25.2 7.2 . 5.3 11.9 1.3 0.7 0.8 10.3 100.0
Commuter train . . . 34.3 30.7 3.9 0.8 4.2 11.1 1.1 1.7 1.9 10.4 100.0
Subway/elevated train 0.0 . . 34.2 25.8 5.1 3.5 8.3 10.6 2.5 0.9 4.6 4.6 100.0
Street car/trolley . . . 27.1 13.0 1.4 0.7 24.6 25.4 4.2 0.6 2.2 0.8 100.0
Taxicab . . . 38.0 8.2 5.1 11.3 7.7 11.5 1.5 4.3 6.8 5.5 100.0
Ferry . . . 15.4 15.9 1.1 . 2.8 39.5 1.3 7.2 10.8 6.1 100.0
Airplane . . 0.0 5.3 21.1 0.1 . 1.0 10.8 2.7 0.6 3.0 55.4 100.0
Bicycle . 0.0 . 41.2 7.5 3.5 0.1 7.8 35.7 1.1 1.3 1.6 0.1 100.0
Walk 0.0 0.0 0.0 36.1 6.4 4.5 0.5 11.2 25.1 6.5 2.1 6.1 1.3 100.0
Special transit-people w/disabilities . . . 48.0 8.0 6.8 18.6 5.8 6.1 0.8 4.1 1.7 0.1 100.0
Other 0.0 0.0 0.0 29.8 18.0 4.2 2.2 12.0 19.1 3.1 1.6 8.9 1.0 100.0
All 0.0 0.1 0.0 34.4 11.9 5.4 1.6 17.6 12.1 3.1 6.3 6.8 0.7 100.0

2009 NHTS
Person Trips (Travel Day PT, annualized, millions)
Number of Person Trips (PT) by Mode and Purpose

Transportation mode used on trip Travel Day Person Trips (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 0.2 0.1 . 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Refused 6.5 0.2 . 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 . 0.0
Don't know . 9.2 . 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1
Not ascertained . 0.2 57.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 . 0.0
Car 42.5 40.3 25.2 44.1 46.7 37.6 50.3 48.9 37.8 39.9 46.6 47.1 26.8 44.3
Van 3.5 9.3 0.2 10.3 7.1 12.3 11.7 11.0 9.3 8.4 16.4 10.5 6.5 10.4
SUV 28.6 18.0 1.6 17.3 16.8 15.4 18.4 19.1 15.1 16.2 23.0 20.1 12.8 17.7
Pickup truck 3.1 9.8 4.8 10.3 15.5 5.4 8.3 11.0 8.4 10.2 8.3 9.7 5.0 10.3
Other truck . 0.0 0.2 0.3 2.2 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.5
RV . . . 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Motorcycle 4.0 . . 0.3 0.5 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.3
Light electric veh (golf cart) 0.0 . . 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Local public bus . 7.6 . 1.3 1.7 1.4 2.6 1.0 1.1 0.8 0.3 0.3 4.1 1.2
Commuter bus 9.8 0.1 . 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.8 0.2
School bus 0.0 0.6 . 2.0 0.1 16.1 0.1 0.0 0.3 0.1 0.4 0.1 6.1 1.7
Charter/tour bus . . . 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.7 0.1
City to city bus . . . 0.0 0.0 . 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 . 0.0 0.0
Shuttle bus . . . 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.5 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.0 0.2 2.3 0.2
Amtrak/inter city train . . . 0.0 0.1 0.0 . 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0
Commuter train . . . 0.1 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 2.2 0.1
Subway/elevated train 0.4 . . 0.4 0.8 0.4 0.8 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.3 2.6 0.4
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 . . . 0.2 0.1 0.2 1.3 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 1.5 0.2
Ferry . . . 0.0 0.0 0.0 . 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0
Airplane . . 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 . 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 6.4 0.1
Bicycle . 0.2 . 1.2 0.7 0.7 0.1 0.5 3.1 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.1 1.0
Walk 0.6 4.2 7.6 11.0 5.6 8.7 3.4 6.7 21.7 21.6 3.6 9.3 19.8 10.4
Special transit-people w/disabilities . . . 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
Other 0.8 0.1 3.2 0.5 0.9 0.5 0.8 0.4 0.9 0.6 0.1 0.8 0.9 0.6
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 Trips (Travel Day PT, annualized, millions)
Number of Person Trips (PT) by Mode and Purpose

Transportation mode used on trip Travel Day Person Trips (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 2 1 . 89 20 32 9 78 43 12 20 31 1 338
Refused 21 1 . 240 78 36 18 127 57 20 45 47 . 690
Don't know . 69 . 341 90 39 31 163 126 37 48 48 9 1,001
Not ascertained . 1 13 32 7 10 1 9 13 1 6 2 . 95
Car 118 215 25 182,588 54,336 22,621 13,060 116,733 54,555 17,303 30,929 42,639 1,900 537,022
Van 36 61 1 40,092 8,651 7,209 2,639 24,338 12,841 3,367 11,519 9,102 568 120,424
SUV 50 125 5 72,511 21,762 9,336 4,244 44,541 22,116 6,614 15,730 17,774 842 215,650
Pickup truck 17 51 6 47,866 21,800 3,816 2,267 29,206 12,703 4,802 5,678 9,680 401 138,293
Other truck . 1 1 964 2,088 48 23 524 243 126 87 230 25 4,360
RV . . . 121 22 6 8 148 122 14 13 39 3 496
Motorcycle 2 . . 1,323 619 42 36 563 573 91 23 242 3 3,517
Light electric veh (golf cart) 1 . . 611 28 10 6 136 516 51 20 62 4 1,445
Local public bus . 4 . 2,028 833 350 279 840 545 130 82 147 176 5,414
Commuter bus 2 1 . 292 176 58 49 119 76 28 9 18 38 866
School bus 1 1 . 6,245 195 7,526 2 32 530 30 266 58 260 15,146
Charter/tour bus . . . 49 54 66 3 50 287 16 27 70 26 648
City to city bus . . . 8 6 . 1 5 15 1 6 . 7 49
Shuttle bus . . . 267 157 114 49 139 239 45 38 68 90 1,206
Amtrak/inter city train . . . 24 20 5 . 3 24 5 5 6 24 116
Commuter train . . . 179 198 15 7 26 63 8 8 15 146 665
Subway/elevated train 1 . . 427 366 58 57 107 181 37 22 76 78 1,410
Street car/trolley . . . 44 20 3 4 26 44 9 2 7 7 166
Taxicab . . . 328 122 20 76 95 212 40 17 58 73 1,041
Ferry . . . 18 17 2 . 3 59 3 4 11 6 123
Airplane . . 1 70 209 1 . 7 162 54 16 9 537 1,066
Bicycle . 3 . 3,946 529 328 18 678 3,475 141 82 225 18 9,443
Walk 4 20 8 36,997 5,091 2,945 340 8,922 30,210 8,616 1,503 4,970 779 100,405
Special transit-people w/disabilities . . . 264 44 36 124 53 44 15 21 17 3 621
Other 2 1 1 1,628 994 243 148 649 1,065 192 113 513 56 5,605
All 257 555 61 399,592 118,532 54,975 23,499 228,320 141,139 41,808 66,339 86,164 6,080 1,167,321