According to CTPP table 12230 Mean Travel Time by Mode for Workers 16 +, based on the 2006 - 2008 ACS data (attached), 25.3 is the Mean travel time for all modes (plus or minus .09 minutes), to get a more refined table by specific geography or mode, go to http://ctpp.transportation.org/Pages/3yrdas.aspx and click Take me to the data... Penelope Weinberger CTPP Program Manager AASHTO 202-624-3556 http://ctpp.transportation.org/Pages/default.aspx <http://ctpp.transportation.org/Pages/default.aspx> It's just as bad to not make a plan as to blindly follow the one you already have. From: ctpp-news-bounces(a)chrispy.net [mailto:ctpp-news-bounces@chrispy.net] On Behalf Of McClelland, Kaine Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2011 1:42 PM To: ctpp-news(a)chrispy.net Subject: [CTPP] information on average commuter travel time in the U.S. Everyone- I am interested to find out if anyone has any valid information in regards to the average amount of miles traveled one way by commuters in the U.S. ? I remember reading somewhere the average American drives something like 26 minutes(or thereabouts) one way to work each day but in this case I am specifically looking for a number of miles traveled one way. Any help with this question would be appreciated. Thanks Kaine McClelland Nebraska Dept. of Roads Transportation Planner 1400 Highway 2 Lincoln, NE 68509 phone: 402-479-3937

In the NHTS Summary of Travel Trends, page 13, the average person trip length for "to/from work" is 11.8 miles (that would be ONE way, not round trip). There is some difficulty in analysis because of trip chaining, so when someone goes from work-to-shop-to-home, this would not be measured in miles as a work to home trip. http://nhts.ornl.gov/index.shtml This page has a link to the pdf of Summary of Travel Trends. By the way, what Liang Long was referring to was the NHTS on-line table generator. It is also accessible from the NHTS main webpage. After you register, you can easily tabulate (1-way, 2-way, 3-way cross tabs, with subsetting) many variables without having to do any programming. Then, you can output as a spreadsheet or html. Elaine Murakami FHWA Office of Planning 206-220-4460 (in Seattle) From: ctpp-news-bounces(a)chrispy.net [mailto:ctpp-news-bounces@chrispy.net] On Behalf Of McClelland, Kaine Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2011 1:42 PM To: ctpp-news(a)chrispy.net Subject: [CTPP] information on average commuter travel time in the U.S. Everyone- I am interested to find out if anyone has any valid information in regards to the average amount of miles traveled one way by commuters in the U.S. ? I remember reading somewhere the average American drives something like 26 minutes(or thereabouts) one way to work each day but in this case I am specifically looking for a number of miles traveled one way. Any help with this question would be appreciated. Thanks Kaine McClelland Nebraska Dept. of Roads Transportation Planner 1400 Highway 2 Lincoln, NE 68509 phone: 402-479-3937