Figure 3. Long-Distance Thanksgiving Driving Trips By Distance

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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. 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,...