Figure 2. Long-Distance Thanksgiving Trips by Commercial Transportation

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NOTE: The number of trips shown represents departing trips plus return trips for each day.

SOURCES: U.S. Department of...

Figures 1-4. Long-Distance Trips During Thanksgiving and Christmas/New Year

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Figure 1. Long-Distance Thanksgiving Trips (all modes)

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NOTE: The number of trips shown represents departing trips plus return trips for each day.

SOURCES: U.S. Department of Transportation...

Figure 2. Census Regions of the United States

SOURCE:.U.S. Census Bureau

Figure 1. Long-Distance Personal Vehicle and Long-Distance Air Trips by Miles Traveled One Way

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Figure 1. Long-Distance Personal Vehicle and Long-Distance Air Trips by Miles Traveled One Way

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SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, National Household Travel Survey, 2001

U.S. Business Travel

Americans make more than 405 million long-distance business trips per year, accounting for 16% of all long-distance travel (see Box A), according to a preliminary analysis of the National Household Travel Survey (NHTS). Conducted from 2001 to 2002, the NHTS asked...

Box A: What is a Long-Distance Trip?

The National Household Travel Survey defines a long-distance trip as a journey from home to the furthest destination of 50 miles or more. For example, a trip from New York City to Denver to San Francisco would be considered a single trip from NYC...

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The 2001 National Household Travel Survey (NHTS) updates information gathered by two series of travel surveys—the Nationwide Personal Transportation Survey (NPTS) conducted in 1969, 1977, 1983,...

U.S. Business Travel

October 2003