Table 2

Daily travel of US population (2015): per cent of all travellers and per cent travellers per mode of transit by age and gender

All travellersPOV driversPOV passengersWalkers
%95% CI%95% CI%95% CI%95% CI
Ages 25–64 years
  Female87.386.0 to 88.770.168.3 to 71. 922.220.7 to 23.711.29.9 to 12.5
  Male88.086.5 to 89.677.475.5 to 79.310.99.6 to 12.29.68.5 to 10.7
  Both87.786.7 to 88.773.772.4 to 74.916.715.7 to 17.710.49.6 to 11.2
Ages 65–74 years
  Female73.570.6 to 76.553.449.8 to 57.027.924.4 to 31.45.74.0 to 7.3
  Male76.572.6 to 80.467.062.3 to 71.710.36.8 to 13.98.55.4 to 11.5
  Both74.972.6 to 77.259.757.0 to 62.419.817.3 to 22.27.05.3 to 8.6
Ages 75+ years
  Female63.858.9 to 68.837.932.8 to 43.128.923.9 to 33.85.12.8 to 7.4
  Male73.167.5 to 78.758.452.1 to 64.716.811.2 to 22.46.02.9 to 9.0
  Both67.763.9 to 71.446.542.4 to 50.523.920.2 to 27.55.53.6 to 7.3
  • As one adult might use multiple modes of transportation per day, the summation of the percentages of POV drivers, POV passengers and walkers per row was not necessary to be equal to 100.0%.

  • POV, privately owned vehicle.