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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 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...