PERSONAL TRAVEL IN THE UNITED STATES. VOLUME I: 1983-1984 NATIONWIDE PERSONAL TRANSPORTATION STUDY. FINAL REPORT

This report, Volume I of a 2-part report which presents findings from the 1983-1984 Nationwide Personal Transportation Study (NPTS), examines drivers and their travel, vehicle trips and travel, person trips and travel, workers and their journey-to-work, vehicle occupancy, characteristics of travel period trips and travel and the use of vehicle safety devices. The various subject matters are explored relative to household location, income household composition vehicle ownership, and other sociodemographic attributes of the household. Where feasible, comparisons are made with data from the 1969 and 1977 NPTS to evaluate trends over time.

• Corporate Authors:

  Comsis Corporation

  11501 Georgia Avenue
  Wheaton, MD  United States  20902

  Federal Highway Administration

  Office of Highway Information Management, 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Klinger, D
  • Kuzmyak, J R
• Publication Date: 1986-8

Media Info

• Pagination: n.p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Data collection; Demographics; Households; Income; Motor vehicles; Ownership; Surveys; Travel behavior; Travel time; Trend (Statistics); Trip length; Vehicle miles of travel; Vehicle occupancy; Work trips
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00460284
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Federal Highway Administration
• Contract Numbers: DOT-FH-61-84-C-00098
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Aug 28 2004 4:41AM