Hi, for research porposes I need research on car usage patterns in the
US which will answer questions as; how many times a day does the
average american use the car, how many miles a year does he/she drive?
 And is she likely to use the car for all kinds of things in
comparison to other countries? Can anyone get me this kind of research
or tell me how to find it? p.s.

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Request for Question Clarification by bobbie7-ga on 24 May 2004 15:26 PDT

Hi Bosma!

Would something like this meet your needs or do you need something else?
http://www.bts.gov/publications/national_household_travel_survey/highlights_of_the_2001_national_household_travel_survey/html/section_02.html

Thanks,
Bobbie7

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Clarification of Question by bosma-ga on 25 May 2004 05:26 PDT

Hi Bobbie,

Thank you very much, it certainly does. The only thing is that I'd
like to prove that it is more custom for americans to take the car
than it is for people in the Netherlands(where I live). I thought I
could easily find the same data (as you've presented me in your answer
above) for the netherlands but that seems harder than I thought. Maybe
you can help me with that?

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Clarification of Question by bosma-ga on 25 May 2004 10:25 PDT

Bobbie,

thanks, this is helpfull and certainly satisfies my needs!

Dear Bosma,

I am pleased that my findings are satisfactory. I am reposting my
comments below for your convenience.

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U.S. National Household Travel Survey

?The 2001 NHTS captures various aspects and characteristics of daily
and long-distance travel in America. Data collected on daily trips
include topics such as the purpose of the trip, the means or mode of
transportation used, the duration and length of the trip, the time of
day and day of the week when the trip took place, and the number of
people in the vehicle during the trip. In the 2001 NHTS, a daily trip
is one that occurred on the randomly selected travel day regardless of
mode or distance traveled, as long as the person went from one address
to another.?

Bureau of Transportation Statistics
http://www.bts.gov/publications/national_household_travel_survey/highlights_of_the_2001_national_household_travel_survey/html/section_02.html


This is what I located regarding the Netherlands.

Please check out table one and two in the report at the following link.
http://www.env.leeds.ac.uk/its/private/level2/instruments/instrument023/l2_023b.htm
Table 1: Transport modes for individual daily trips in some European
countries. Number of daily trips.
Table 2: Length of trips by different modes in some European countries. Per cent. 


?Obesity rates in America (where 1 percent bike to work) are three
times as high as in the Netherlands (where 28 percent bike to work!
?This is the likely result of so much driving around.? (from American
Journal of Public Health?September 2003)?
http://www.whatcomwatch.org/php/WW_open.php?id=413


?The central goal of the Dutch National Environment Plan (NEPP) is to
decouple economic growth from the growth in fuel consumption and the
use of non-renewable resources. In passenger transport the Dutch are
successfully constraining the growth in car use and ensuring that an
average of 28% of all passenger transport trips are made by bicycle
with that increasing to 34% of trips by 2010. Without the NEPP it was
expected that car kms would increase by 72% over the period 1986 to
2010. With the NEPP this increase will be lowered to 48%. As a result,
greenhouse gas emissions from the car fleet are declining. The
Netherlands has a newer, less polluting vehicle fleet, with 41% of
passenger cars powered by LPG, which produces 14 % less GHG and
significantly less air pollution.?

Source:
TDM Encyclopedia
Victoria Transport Policy Institute
http://www.vtpi.org/tdm/tdm33.htm

Best regards,
Bobbie7

Dear Bosma,

This is what I located regarding the Netherlands.

Please check out table one and two in the report at the following link.
http://www.env.leeds.ac.uk/its/private/level2/instruments/instrument023/l2_023b.htm
Table 1: Transport modes for individual daily trips in some European
countries. Number of daily trips.
Table 2: Length of trips by different modes in some European countries. Per cent. 


?Obesity rates in America (where 1 percent bike to work) are three
times as high as in the Netherlands (where 28 percent bike to work!
?This is the likely result of so much driving around.? (from American
Journal of Public Health?September 2003)?
http://www.whatcomwatch.org/php/WW_open.php?id=413

?The central goal of the Dutch National Environment Plan (NEPP) is to
decouple economic growth from the growth in fuel consumption and the
use of non-renewable resources. In passenger transport the Dutch are
successfully constraining the growth in car use and ensuring that an
average of 28% of all passenger transport trips are made by bicycle
with that increasing to 34% of trips by 2010. Without the NEPP it was
expected that car kms would increase by 72% over the period 1986 to
2010. With the NEPP this increase will be lowered to 48%. As a result,
greenhouse gas emissions from the car fleet are declining. The
Netherlands has a newer, less polluting vehicle fleet, with 41% of
passenger cars powered by LPG, which produces 14 % less GHG and
significantly less air pollution.?
http://www.vtpi.org/tdm/tdm33.htm


If the above and previous information provided meets your needs,
please let me know, and I will gladly post these findings as the
official answer to your question.

Sincerely,
Bobbie7

Bobbie,

thanks, this is helpfull and certainly satisfies my needs!