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Table 2-2
Daily and Long-Distance Trips by Mode: 1995

Daily trips Percent
Personal-use vehicle 89.5
Transit 3.6
Bicycle/walking 6.5
Rail 0.01
Other 0.3

NOTE: Transit includes commuter rail.

Long-distance trips Percent
Personal-use vehicle 79.2
Airplane 18.0
Bus 2.1
Rail 0.5
Other 0.2

SOURCES: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, American Travel Survey data, October 1997.

U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Summary of Travel Trends: 1995 Nationwide Personal Transportation Survey, draft, 1999.