Table 2-2 Person Trips, Trip Length, and PMT by Trip Purpose: 2009 NHTS
Annual Average, 2009
Purpose | Total household trips in year | Trip length (miles) | Person-miles travelled per household |
---|---|---|---|
Work | 541 | 11.8 | 6,256 |
Work-related | 106 | 20.0 | 2,078 |
Shopping | 725 | 6.5 | 4,620 |
Family/personal errands | 748 | 7.0 | 5,134 |
School/church | 333 | 6.3 | 2,049 |
Social and recreational | 952 | 10.7 | 9,989 |
Other | 61 | 51.5 | 2,878 |
TOTAL | 3,466 | 9.7 | 33,004 |
KEY: PMT = Person-Miles of Travel; NHTS = National Household Travel Survey.
NOTES: Family/personal Errands includes personal business, shopping, and medical/dental appointments.
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 April 2016.