Long-Distance Travel

Overall, about 2.6 billion long-distance trips are taken by U.S. residents every year. These are trips of 50 miles or more away from home (100 miles in round-trip distance) for people of all ages, by all modes of travel, and for any purpose, Many people never travel that far from home--169 million people (61 percent of the population) do not make any long distance trips in an average year. In fact, just 5 percent of the population takes 25 percent of the long distance trips. This brief discusses trip purpose and mode of travel for long distance trips. It also describes demographics of people who take long distance trips.

• Record URL:
  • http://nhts.ornl.gov/briefs/Long%20Distance%20Travel.pdf
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• Corporate Authors:

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 2006-3

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Features: Figures; Maps; Tables;
• Pagination: 2p

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Demographics; Mode choice; Travel behavior; Travel surveys; Trip length; Trip purpose
• Uncontrolled Terms: Long-distance travel
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Railroads; Society; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01120535
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jan 30 2009 7:39AM