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TABLE 4 Work Travel Usual vs. Actual Mode Choice Percentages

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Year Usual mode Actual mode on travel day
Mode Share Drive alone Carpool Transit Walk Bike Other nonreport
1995 Private vehicle 92.2 81.8 15.3 0.3 0.5 0.1 2.0
Transit 4.7 11.5 10.8 65.6 7.4 0.2 4.5
Walk 2.6 13.5 9.0 3.2 50.8 0.3 23.3
Bike 0.5 9.4 11.9 0.3 4.9 68.7 4.9
Share 100.0 75.6 14.8 3.6 2.4 0.5 3.1
2001 Drive alone 83.2 89.8 9.4 0.1 0.4 0.1 0.2
Carpool 9.1 21.7 75.7 1.0 1.3 0.1 0.2
Transit 5.0 8.4 10.0 69.3 8.5 0.4 3.3
Walk 2.3 10.3 9.0 2.7 77.3 0.2 0.5
Bike 0.4 8.1 10.1 1.4 7.7 72.7 0.1
Share 100.0 77.4 15.4 3.7 2.7 0.4 0.4

Concept source: Analysis by University of South Florida, Center for Urban Transportation Research, based on N. McGuckin, Work, Automobility, and Commuting (Chapter 4), Travel Patterns of People of Color, Final Report, prepared by Battelle (Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, June 30, 2000). Data based on January 2004 release of NHTS data.