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

Volume I of a 2-part report which presents findings from the 1983-1984 Nationwide Personal Transportation Study (NPTS). This report 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.

• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/58736
• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/58735
• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/58734
• 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

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Pagination: v.p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Data collection; Demographics; Drivers; Households; Personal rapid transit; Safety equipment; Social factors; Surveys; Vehicle occupancy; Work trips
• Old TRIS Terms: Personal transit
• Subject Areas: Planning and Forecasting; Public Transportation; Safety and Human Factors; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00469275
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Department of Transportation
• Contract Numbers: DTFH61-84-C-00098
• Files: NTL, TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jun 30 1988 12:00AM