PERSONAL TRAVEL IN THE U.S. VOLUME 1 AND VOLUME 2. 1983-1984 NATIONWIDE PERSONAL TRANSPORTATION STUDY

Volume 1 of a 2-part report which presents findings from the Nationwide Personal Transportation Study (NPTS). The report examines drivers and their travel, vehicle trips and travel, workers and their journey-to-work, vehicle occupancy, characteristics of travel period trips and travel and the use of 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
• Authors:
  • Klinger, D
  • Kuzmyak, J R
• Publication Date: 1986-8

Media Info

• Pagination: 441 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Drivers; Households; Human characteristics; Income; Motor vehicles; Ownership; Personal rapid transit; Research; Safety equipment; Socioeconomic factors; Transportation; Travel patterns; Travel time; Trip length; Trip purpose; Vehicle occupancy
• Uncontrolled Terms: Driver characteristics; Socioeconomic data
• Old TRIS Terms: Personal transit; Transportation research; Trip tracing
• Subject Areas: Economics; Planning and Forecasting; Research; Safety and Human Factors; Society; Transportation (General); I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00494058
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 30 1990 12:00AM