Table 2-4 Annual Person-Trips and Person-Miles Traveled by Mode: 1995, 2001, and 2009
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Person-trips (millions)
| 1995 | 2001 | 2009 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | |
| Total | 378,930 | 100.0 | 384,485 | 100.0 | 392,023 | 100.0 |
| Privately-owned vehicle | 327,400 | 86.4 | 331,847 | 86.3 | 327,118 | 83.4 |
| Transit | 6,638 | 1.8 | 6,202 | 1.6 | 7,520 | 1.9 |
| Walk | 20,325 | 5.4 | 33,145 | 8.6 | 40,962 | 10.4 |
| Bike | 3,342 | 0.9 | 3,213 | 0.8 | 4,082 | 1.0 |
| Air | 313 | 0.1 | 359 | 0.1 | 311 | 0.1 |
| Other | 20,913 | 5.5 | 9,718 | 2.5 | 12,031 | 3.1 |
Person-miles traveled (millions)
| 1995 | 2001 | 2009 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | |
| Total | 3,411,122 | 100.0 | 3,783,979 | 100.0 | 3,732,791 | 100.0 |
| Privately-owned vehicle | 3,110,249 | 91.2 | 3,337,234 | 88.2 | 3,298,168 | 88.4 |
| Transit | 72,577 | 2.1 | 44,355 | 1.2 | 54,393 | 1.5 |
| Walk | 10,821 | 0.3 | 23,522 | 0.6 | 27,943 | 0.7 |
| Bike | 4,586 | 0.1 | 6,162 | 0.2 | 8,956 | 0.2 |
| Air | 116,694 | 3.4 | 280,974 | 7.4 | 240,651 | 6.4 |
| Other | 96,194 | 2.8 | 91,733 | 2.4 | 102,680 | 2.8 |
NOTES: Person-trips are trips by one person in any mode of transportation. Other includes other and unreported modes. Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding. The National Household Travel Survey was last completed in 2009. The 2016 National Household Travel Survey is currently underway, and results will be released in 2018.
SOURCE: 1995–U.S. Department of Transportation, National Passenger Travel Survey and 2001 and 2009–U.S Department of Transportation, National Household Travel Survey, all available at nhts.ornl.gov as of February 2016.