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TABLE 2-6 Walking as a Share of Daily Person Trips by Selected Purpose and Distance: 2001

Monday, September 10, 2012

TABLE 2-6 Walking as a Share of Daily Person Trips by Selected Purpose and Distance: 2001

Percent

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Trip distance To/from work Work-related business Shopping Other family/
personal business
School/
church
Medical/
dental
Visit friends/
relatives
Other social/
recreational
1 mile or less 14.6 19.9 12.5 20.5 21.7 7.0 42.5 39.0
1.1 to 2.0 5.4 5.5 7.6 9.1 11.5 4.4 17.0 20.5
2.1 to 3.0 3.0 4.7 6.6 6.5 9.4 3.5 7.8 12.5
3.1 to 4.0 2.7 4.6 4.9 6.5 8.1 2.4 9.5 9.6
4.1 to 5.0 2.0 3.5 2.5 4.4 6.8 1.4 3.7 7.8
5.1 to 10.0 1.1 2.7 2.6 2.8 4.4 2.9 2.4 5.0
10.1 to 15.0 0.3 0.3 1.3 0.9 1.3 1.6 0.8 2.4
15.1 to 20.0 0.1 0.6 1.2 0.5 0.6 0.3 0.7 1.2
20.1 to 30.0 0.1 0.1 0.01 0.2 0.6 0.2 0.2 0.4
More than 30 miles 0.05 0.1 0.1 0.03 0 0 0.1 0.1
Total 2.8 4.2 6.2 8.22 9.3 2.8 12.5 15.5

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics and Federal Highway Administration, 2001 National Household Travel Survey, January 2004 dataset, available at http://nhts.ornl.gov/2001/index.shtml, as of June 2004.