Socioeconomics of Urban Travel: Evidence from the 2001 NHTS

Abstract

This article uses the 1995 NPTS (Nationwide Personal Transportation Survey) to examine the most important socioeconomic variations in urban travel behavior. The 1995 NPTS is the most recent and most comprehensive source of information on local travel in the U.S.; moreover, it is the only survey that includes both work and non-work trips. This is the third in a series of articles in this publication over the past two decades using the NPTS to analyze the socioeconomic characteristics of urban travelers.