4th of July Travel: 2020 vs. 2019

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• Corporate Creators:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Bureau of Transportation Statistics
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Holidays
  • COVID-19
  • Travel behavior
  • Statistical analysis
  • Trip length
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.21949/7e85-1966
• Resource Type:
  Statistical Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Bureau of Transportation Statistics
• Abstract:
  Americans took 2.8 billion fewer total trips during the 4th of July week this year than they did in 2019. That overall drop is supported by similar declines in the number of trips per day throughout the week. It is driven by a similar 2.8 billion drop in the number of local trips (under 50 miles) as well as the number of trips taken in each of several local trip-distance groupings. The number of long-distance trips (50 or more miles) edged up by 2.7 million from 2019 to 2020. That slight increase was driven by a 15.5 million rise in the number of trips between 100 and 250 miles, which was tempered by a 13.5 million drop in the number of trips greater than 500 miles. In 2019, on average, 19.7% of Americans stayed home each day during the holiday week; in 2020, that number rose to an average of 24.8% staying home each day.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/82204/dot_82204_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 405.73 KB]
• Collection(s):
  BTS Data Spotlight
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