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2017 Local Area Transportation Characteristics by Household Methodology

Link to pdf document describing the process used to create the Bureau of Transportation Statistics' 2017 Local Area Transportation Characteristics by Household data. The data include U.S. Census tract level estimates of vehicle trips, vehicle miles traveled, person trips, and person miles...

LATCH 2017 Census Regions and Divisions

Census Regions and Divisions used to produce the 2017 Local Area Transportation Characteristics by Household dataset.

Return to all tables and figures in the Bureau of Transportation Statistics’ 2017 Local Area Transportation Characteristics by Household...

Methodology for 2017 Local Area Transportation Characteristics for Households

Background

The National Household Transportation Survey (NHTS), a survey of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), assesses the mobility of the American public. The NHTS gathers data on daily personal travel, including information on household and demographic characteristics, employment status, vehicle ownership, trips taken, modal choice, and other related transportation data pertinent to U.S. households.