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3-3 Annual Percent of Person Trips by Mode of Transportation: 1995, 2001, 2009

Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Excel

  1995 2001 2009
Private Vehicle 89.3 86.4 83.4
Bus 3.0 2.8 3.3
Rail 0.6 0.6 0.6
Air 0.1 0.1 0.1
Walk 5.5 8.7 10.4
Bike 0.9 0.8 1.0
Other/Unknown 0.5 0.6 1.1
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0


Notes: Totals include unreported characteristics. Bus includes local transit bus, commuter bus, school bus, charter/tour bus, and city-to-city bus. Rail includes subway/elevated rail, street car/trolley, and Amtrak/intercity train. Totals may not sum to 100 due to rounding. Other/Unknown includes: ferry, hotel/airport shuttle, light electric vehicle, limousine, passenger line/ferry, sailboat/motorboat/yacht, ship/cruise, special transit, taxicab, other, and unknown.

Source: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, National Household Travel Survey, available at http://nhts.ornl.gov/ accessed October 2012.