Geopath National Household Travel Survey (NHTS)

The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) conducts the NHTS to document the personal and household travel behavior of the U.S. population.  This provides, for a very small percent of all people, an extremely detailed record of travel and time use. It inventories how activities are chained together at what times of the day in different area types (rural versus urban) along the dimension of household composition, worker status, and income most importantly.  

This information is key in understanding what factors of household composition, from the Geopath Claritas POPFACTS Demographics and PRIZM Premier Segments segmentations, explain trip making behaviors of a household.  For a couple with multiple jobs, no children, and only one vehicle, how are they organizing their travel each day?  What types of common activity patterns are documented for similar households in similar areas?  How does the activity patterns change for households with children, more vehicles, different ages or income levels, retired couples?