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Figure 2-3: Proportion of Day Trips by Mode, 2009

Wednesday, August 20, 2014
Mode Percent
Personal vehicle - multiple occupant 43.5
Personal vehicle - single occupant 39.6
Transit 1.9
School Bus 1.7
Walk or Bike 11.5
Other 1.3

Source: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, 2009 National Household Travel Survey, available at http://nhts.ornl.gov as of April 2013.