Figure 39.-Characteristics of personal travel, 1969, 1977, 1983, Figure 40.-Average personal vehicle trip length, 1969, 1977, 1983, and 1990. 20 200 Figure 41.-Average commute-to-work trip length, by mode, 1969, 1977, 1983, and 1990. Figure 42.-Average annual travel per driver, 1969, 1977, 1983, and 1990. 20 20 20 Total personal passenger Table 88.-Personal travel and fuel consumption, 1969-1991. Total automobile fuel Automobile fuel efficiency miles traveled per gallon Source: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics, table VM-1, (Washington, DC: DOT, annual). Note: Personal passenger vehicles include automobiles and motorcycles in use. Related Tables: 4, 21, 22, 37, 38, 42. Table 89.-Personal travel, per household, driver, and mode, 1969, 1977, Source: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, 1990 Nationwide Personal Transportation Study: Summary of Travel Trends, (Washington, DC: DOT 1992). Notes: Household vehicles include automobiles, station wagons, and vanbuses/mini-buses, and, except for 1969, light pickups and other light trucks. Household vehicles are those that are owned, leased, rented, or company owned and left at home to be regularly used by household members. They also include vehicles used solely for business purposes or business-owned vehicles if left at home and used for the home-to-work trip; (e.g., taxicabs and police cars). Average vehicle trip length for 1969 is for automobiles only. *=Travel to work in 1990 combines automobiles and trucks. Family and personal business includes vehicle trips to school, church, doctor, shop, etc. Social/recreation includes vehicle trips to visit relatives and friends and other types of pleasure driving. Private vehicle modes of travel include automobile, van, pick-up truck, other truck, camper coach, and motorcycle. Public transportation includes bus, commuter rail, subway, elevated rail, streetcar, and trolley. Other includes airplane, Amtrak, taxi, school bus, moped, bicycle, and, except for 1969, walking. Related Tables: 3, 4, 6, 37, 38, 88. |