More Americans Traveling by Personal Vehicle

About 15 percent of travelers, or 5.4 million people, plan to fly commercially. More than four out of five travelers will use no other form of transportation than a personal vehicle.

The BTS survey found a sharp difference between gender groups concerning Thanksgiving travel. About 62 percent of the 12 million who changed their Thanksgiving holiday travel plans because of the events of September 11 were female even though females make up only 52 percent of the population.

Thanksgiving Travel Mode

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SOURCES: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Omnibus Household Survey, November 2001.