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Table 1. Holiday Travel by Selected Trip Characteristics: 2001
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| Total Person Trips (000) |
61,821 |
140,135 |
2,289,453 |
| Average Per Day (000) |
10,304 |
8,243 |
6,694 |
| Principal Transportation Mode |
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| Personal Vehicle |
91.7 |
91.1 |
89.4 |
| Air |
5.3 |
6.5 |
7.5 |
| Bus |
2.0 |
1.3 |
2.1 |
| Train |
0.8 |
1.0 |
0.8 |
| Other |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
| One-Way Distance |
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| 50-99 miles |
43.9 |
45.3 |
47.7 |
| 100-149 miles |
17.5 |
14.9 |
17.7 |
| 150-249 miles |
19.2 |
15.2 |
14.4 |
| 250-499 miles |
12.8 |
12.5 |
10.1 |
| 500-999 miles |
4.3 |
5.7 |
5.1 |
| 1000+ miles |
2.3 |
6.3 |
5.0 |
| Mean trip length (miles) |
214 |
275 |
261 |
| Main Trip Purpose |
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| Business |
7.2 |
8.1 |
16.6 |
| Commute |
5.9 |
8.7 |
13.0 |
| Visit Family/Relatives |
52.9 |
42.8 |
23.8 |
| Other Pleasure/Leisure |
26.6 |
27.6 |
30.4 |
| Personal Business |
6.3 |
7.2 |
12.9 |
| Other |
1.1 |
5.5 |
3.4 |
| Nights Away from Home |
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| No nights |
50.5 |
50.6 |
56.7 |
| 1-3 nights |
35.8 |
31.6 |
31.2 |
| 4-7 nights |
12.7 |
12.1 |
8.5 |
| 8+ nights |
1.0 |
5.9 |
3.5 |
| Mean (nights) |
2.9 |
3.9 |
3.5 |
| Age |
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| Less than 25 |
34.9 |
27.7 |
25.6 |
| 25-64 |
56.4 |
64.9 |
65.8 |
| 65+ |
8.7 |
7.4 |
8.7 |
| Gender |
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| Male |
50.0 |
54.5 |
57.9 |
| Female |
50.0 |
45.5 |
42.1 |
NOTE:
Thanksgiving Holiday travel period is defined as Tuesday thru Sunday and is based on November 20-25, 2001.
Christmas/New Year's holiday period based on December 21,2001-January 6, 2002 data. Remainder of Year data based on April 1, 2001-March 31, 2002 period,
excluding the Thanksgiving and Christmnas/New Year's holiday periods.
SOURCES: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Federal Highway
Administration, National Household Travel Survey, (Washington DC: 2003).
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