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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...
"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...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...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...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...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...(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...