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Figure 2-2: How People Get to Work, 2012
Mode Percent Carpool 9.7 Public Transportation 5.0 Works at home 4.4 Walks 2.8 Othera 1.2 Bicycle 0...Figure 2-1: Total Travel by Trip Purpose, 2009
Trip Purpose Percent Social/Recreational 27.5 School/Church 9.6 Family/Personal business 42.5 Work-related 3.1 To/From work 15....Table 2-2: Average Daily Person Miles of Travel by Person, Age, and Gender - 1983, 1990,(a) and 1995 National Passenger Travel Survey; 2001 and 2009 National Household Travel Survey
Age TOTAL 1983 1990 1995 2001 2009 Total 25.1 34.9 38.7 40.2 36.1 Under 16 16.2 20.1...Table 2-1 U.S. Passenger Miles Traveled by Mode, 2009–2011
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2009 2010 2011 Air Air carrier, certificated, domestic, all services 551,741 564,695 575,613...Chapter 2: Passenger Travel
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Passengers travel over a network of highways, railroads, waterways, and airways. Despite a recent decline in the number of passenger miles1 on U.S. highways, long-term growth in the number and usage of vehicles, vessels, trains, and other conveyances on our transportation...
Table 1-1 Selected U.S. Demographics and Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by Region: 1990, 2000, and 2010–2012
1990 2000 2010 2011 2012 Percent change, 1990 to 2012 Civilian labor force (thousands) 125,840 142,583 153,889 153,617 154,975 23.2...Chapter 1: A Nation Driven by Travel
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The Nation’s transportation systems are accessed daily by over 300 million residents and foreign visitors. Although people travel and goods are transported throughout the United States, the demand for transportation is driven primarily by the geographic population...
Preface
Passenger Travel Facts and Figures is a snapshot of the characteristics and trends of personal travel in the United States; the network over which passenger travel takes place; and the related economic, safety, and environmental implications. An electronic version of this publication is...
Acknowledgements
U.S. Department of Transportation
Anthony Foxx Secretary
Victor Mendez Acting Deputy Secretary
Gregory Winfree Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology
Bureau of Transportation Statistics
Patricia Hu Director
Rolf Schmitt...