National Household Travel Survey

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) United States Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration

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Name File Type Size Last Modified
  1983 10/28/2025 05:37:AM
  1990 10/28/2025 05:37:AM
  1995 10/28/2025 05:38:AM
  2001 10/28/2025 05:39:AM
  2009 10/28/2025 05:40:AM
  2017 10/28/2025 05:41:AM
  2022 10/28/2025 05:41:AM

Project Citation: 

United States Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. National Household Travel Survey. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2025-10-28. https://doi.org/10.3886/E239283V1

Project Description

Project Title:  View help for Project Title National Household Travel Survey
Summary:  View help for Summary Conducted by the Federal Highway Administration, the NHTS is the authoritative source on the travel behavior of the American public. It is the only source of national data that allows one to analyze trends in personal and household travel. It includes daily non-commercial travel by all modes, including characteristics of the people traveling, their household, and their vehicles.

Original Distribution URL:  View help for Original Distribution URL https://nhts.ornl.gov/

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms travel
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage United States
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 1983 – 2022
Data Type(s):  View help for Data Type(s) survey data
Collection Notes:  View help for Collection Notes Original data set downloaded 2025/10/27

Methodology

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