Trends since the early 1970s.
The average distance people travel per year has increased by 47%. Most of this growth occurred during the 1970s and 1980s and was largely due to an increase in average trip lengths, which have risen by 52% since the early 1970s.
Trip rates increased until the mid-1990s, but have since fallen and are below the 1970s’ level. However, trips of over one mile have increased by 27% since the early 1970s. Since the late 1990s, the average distance travelled and averag...
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