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Vehicle miles traveled and vehicle trips by State
StateMean Census Tract estimate by urban groupVehicle miles traveledVehicle tripsUrbanSuburbanRuralUrbanSuburbanRuralAlabama31.7545.2252.984.735.575.53Alaska40.4246.2843.595.376.095.60Arizona34.1344.1748.575.345.765.87Arkansas33.4444.3752.224.945.455.48California40.9647.8447.175.516.155....NHTS Data Dictionary
-Table C1 and C2TABLE C1. DESCRIPTION OF SAS FILE (N= 73,057)VariableDescriptionFormulaLengthData Typegeoid11-digit FIP identifier (state + county + tract)2010 Census definitions11CharacterclusterCensus Region/ DivisionCensus Regions and Divisions combined to form sample of sufficient size. See...Local Area Transportation Characteristics for Households
The purpose of the project was to develop estimates of average weekday household person trips, vehicle trips, person miles traveled, and vehicle miles traveled, for all census tracts in the United States. The estimates were made using national travel data collected in the 2009 National...
National Household Travel Survey "Stretch Commute" Quick Facts
"Stretch Commute" trips are at least 50 miles one way.
Commuting in America
In a year, 3.3 million Americans "stretch-commute"More than one out of 10 (13 percent) long-distance trips are for commutingJust over one out of five (22 percent) long distance trips between 50 and 99 miles are...National Household Travel Survey Long Distance Travel Quick Facts
Long Distance Trips are more than 50 miles from home to the furthest destination.
HOW WE TRAVELNine out of 10 long-distance trips are by personal vehicle7 percent of long distance trips are by air2 percent of long distance trips are by bus1 percent of long distance trips are by trainPersonal...National Household Travel Survey Long Distance Business Travel Quick Facts
Long Distance Trips are more than 50 miles from home to the furthest destination.
HOW WE TRAVEL FOR BUSINESSThe personal vehicle is the dominant mode for business travelEight out of 10 long-distance business trips are by personal vehicle16 percent of long distance business trips are by air3...National Household Travel Survey Daily Travel Quick Facts
Daily Travel is a trip from one point to another on a single day.
HOW WE TRAVEL87 percent of daily trips take place in personal vehicles91 percent of people commuting to work use personal vehiclesHOW MANY TRIPS WE TAKE EVERY DAYAmericans take 1.1 billion trips a day — four for every person in...National Household Travel Survey Summer Travel Quick Facts
Long Distance Trips are more than 50 miles from home to the furthest destination. Summer trips are not for business or commuting to and from work and begin the Thursday before Memorial Day and end the Wednesday after Labor Day.
HOW MUCH SUMMER TRAVEL657 million long distance summer trips were...National Household Travel Survey Winter Travel Quick Facts
(Long Distance Trips are more than 50 miles from home to the furthest destination. Winter trips are for the period from the Monday after New Years Day to the final day of March, and do not include trips for commuting to and from work.)
NOTE: The January-March 2002 winter travel season...