Personal Travel in the United States 1983-1984: Volume I, 1983 Nationwide Personal Transportation Survey [Chapters 9-Appendices]

Federal Highway Administration1986PDFStatistical ReportComsis CorporationUnited States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Highway Information ManagementUnited States. Federal Highway AdministrationUnited StatesVehicle occupancyWork tripsAnalysis of varianceWeightingTraffic dataNPTS 1983Volume 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.125