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Figure 2-11 Daily Person-miles of Travel (PMT) by Age Group: 1983, 1990, and 1995 NPTS, and 2001 and 2009 NHTS

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Daily PMT (miles) 1983 1990 1995 2001 2009
<16 16.2 20.1 25 24.5 25.3
16-20 22.2 34.4 36.4 38.1 29.5
21-35 31.1 44.3 46 45.6 37.7
36-65 29.2 40.1 45.1 48.8 44.0
>65 12.0 18.4 24.4 27.5 24.0

NOTES: 1990 person trips were adjusted to account for survey collection method changes. Please see Appendix 2 of 2001 Summary of Travel Trends for specifics.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, National Household Travel Survey (multiple years), 2009 Summary of Travel Trends. Table 14. Available at http://nhts.ornl.gov/ as of June 2015.

Updated: Sunday, May 21, 2017