Table 12 Daily Travel: 2001
Table 12 Daily Travel: 2001
(Trips from one point to another on a single day; most daily trips are local)
| Percent | |
|---|---|
| Modal Shares of Daily Trips | |
| Private vehicle (multiple occupant) | 49 |
| Private vehicle (single occupant) | 38 |
| Walking | 9 |
| School bus | 2 |
| Transit | 2 |
| Other | 2 |
| Trip Purpose | |
| Family/personal business | 45 |
| Social/recreational | 27 |
| Work (commute) | 14 |
| School/place of worship | 10 |
| Work-related | 3 |
| Other | 1 |
| Average driving time and distance | Minutes per day | Miles per day |
|---|---|---|
| Female drivers | 44 | 21 |
| Male drivers | 67 | 38 |
| All drivers | 55 | 29 |
Notes: Percentages may not add to 100 due to rounding.
Transit includes public bus, commuter bus and train, subway/elevated train, and streetcar/trolley.
Other includes air, intercity or charter bus, intercity rail, ship, taxi, limousine, shuttle, or
bicycle.
Family/personal business includes shopping, medical visits, picking people up or dropping them off, banking, etc. Social/recreational includes visiting friends and relatives, going to the movies or other entertainment, vacation trips, or going to participate in sports activities. Work (commute) trips are those to and from a person's place of work. Work-related trips are those made for one's job other than to or from the place of work, but do not include such occupational trips as driving a taxi, bus, or delivery truck.
Sources: U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT), Federal Highway Administration and Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), National Household Travel Survey (Washington, DC: 2002); USDOT, BTS, National Household Travel Survey 2001 Highlights Report, BTS03-05 (Washington, DC: 2003), tables A-10, A-11, and A-16.