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22-14.

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Increase the proportion of trips made by walking.

Target and baseline:

Objective

Increase in Trips
Made by Walking

Length of Trip

1995
Baseline*

2010
Target

                               Percent

22-14a.

Adults aged 18 years and older

Trips of 1 mile
or less

17

25

22-14b.

Children and adolescents
aged 5 to15 years

Trips to school of
1 mile or less

31

50

*Age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population.

Target setting method: 47 percent improvement for 22-14a and 68 percent improvement for 22-14b. (Better than the best will be used when data are available.)

Data source: Nationwide Personal Transportation Survey (NPTS), DOT.

Adults Aged 18 Years and Older, 1995

22-14a.
Trips of 1 Mile or Less Made by Walking

Percent

TOTAL

17

Race and ethnicity

American Indian or Alaska Native

DNC

Asian or Pacific Islander

DNC

Asian

DNC

Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander

DNC

Black or African American

DNC

White

DNC

 

Hispanic or Latino

DNC

Not Hispanic or Latino

DNC

Black or African American

DNC

White

DNC

Gender

Female

17

Male

16

Education level

Less than high school

20

High school graduate

14

At least some college

18

Geographic location

Urban

18

Rural

9

Select populations

Age groups

18 to 24 years

22

25 to 44 years

17

45 to 64 years

14

65 to 74 years

16

75 years and older

19

DNA = Data have not been analyzed. DNC = Data are not collected. DSU = Data are statistically unreliable.
Note: Age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population.

Children and Adolescents Aged 5 to 15 Years, 1995

22-14b.
Trips to School of 1 Mile or Less Made by Walking

Percent

TOTAL

31

Race and ethnicity

American Indian or Alaska Native

DNC

Asian or Pacific Islander

DNC

Asian

DNC

Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander

DNC

Black or African American

DNC

White

DNC

 

Hispanic or Latino

DNC

Not Hispanic or Latino

DNC

Black or African American

DNC

White

DNC

Gender

Female

27

Male

35

Parents’ education level

Less than high school

DNC

High school graduate

DNC

At least some college

DNC

Geographic location

Urban

32

Rural

27

Select populations

Age groups

5 to 9 years

27

10 to 15 years

35

DNA = Data have not been analyzed. DNC = Data are not collected. DSU = Data are statistically unreliable.
Note: Age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population.