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Daily person travel in the United States before and after the pandemic: trip frequency, purpose and travel time

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  • Montilla, Rómulo Esteban
  • rmontilla@stmarytx.edu
  • Guerrero, Edixon Chacón
  • echaconguerrer@stmarytx.edu

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Introduction: Daily travel changed markedly in the United States after the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, but the shift in trip frequency, purpose and travel time has not been quantified with nationally representative travel diaries. Methods: Two cross-sectional national household travel surveys, the 2017 National Household Travel Survey and the 2022 NextGen National Household Travel Survey, were compared using annualized trip weights and person weights. Weighted trip rates, purpose shares and daily travel time were estimated with design-based confidence intervals. Results: Daily person-trips per person fell from 3.37 (95% CI 3.34-3.40) to 2.28 (95% CI 2.22-2.33), a 32.50% decline, and the share of persons making no trips rose from 17.10% to 26%. Daily travel time fell from 74.50 to 58.60 minutes per person while mean trip duration rose from 22.10 to 25.70 minutes. Not home-based trips fell from 32% to 22.20% of person-trips, and home-based work rose from 13.70% to 17.90%. Conclusions: Daily travel in the United States contracted between 2017 and 2022, with fewer trips, more days without travel and a purpose mix that shifted toward home-based activities.

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  • Montilla, Rómulo Esteban & rmontilla@stmarytx.edu & Guerrero, Edixon Chacón & echaconguerrer@stmarytx.edu, 2024. "Daily person travel in the United States before and after the pandemic: trip frequency, purpose and travel time," SAP Transport, Mobility & Society, South American Publishing.
    • Handle: RePEc:cwf:tmsart:tms202474
    DOI: 10.62486/tms202474
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