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FIGURE 3-1a and b Average Annual PMT and Person Trips by Trip Purpose: 2009 NHTS

Friday, April 10, 2015

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Trip Purpose Average Annual Person Trips per Household Average Annual PMT per Household
Other 61 2,878
Work-related business 106 2,078
School/church 333 2,049
To/from work 541 6,256
Shopping 725 4,620
Other family/personal errands 748 5,134
Social/recreational 952 9,989

KEY: PMT = Person-Miles of Travel.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, 2009 National Household Travel Survey, Summary of Travel Trends. Table 5. Available at http://nhts.ornl.gov/ as of November 2013.