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From page 8... ... The lens used for this publication focuses on the national scale, recognizing that patterns of travel and modes used range widely across the country from that of New York City to Yuma, Arizona, to Prudhoe Bay, Alaska. Passengers traveled more than 6 trillion passenger miles in the United Figure 2 States in 2019, the last year before travel was severely reduced by the COVID-19 pandemic (see Figure 2) Read the entire page →
From page 9... ... -- have been growing rapidly in a variety of urban areas around the country, with potential growing health and climate benefits and safety concerns in the future.4 Passenger modal preferences have been relatively stable over time but shifted some between 2000 and 2019.5 For example, although overall passenger miles increased 30 percent over this period, travel by commercial bus grew 150 percent, and aviation grew 50 percent. Although it accounts for the largest share of total passenger miles by far, LDV travel grew only 20 percent. Read the entire page →
From page 10... ... In October 2023, 50 percent of office space in 10 major cities remained unoccupied, long after highway and aviation passenger traffic had rebounded.9 The percentage of remote work appears to be stabilizing at about 1 in 4 workdays, compared to less than 1 in 20 workdays before the COVID-19 pandemic.10 Overall transit ridership remains down by about one-third from its 2019 level and appears to be leveling off at this reduced rate.11 Whether workers will return to in-person work at previous levels has profound implications for downtown economies and the future of transit systems designed to deliver workers to and from city centers. Population losses or sharply reduced growth in the largest metro areas across the country in 2021 have accelerated population shifts that were already occurring, especially in urban core counties.12 Low-density residence and work environments make transit and active modes of transportation less attractive for commuting and other trips due to the greater distances between origins and destinations. Read the entire page →
From page 11... ... The demand for different passenger and freight modes has important implications for fossil fuel consumption and its effects on climate change, discussed further in this publication's Climate Change section. The projections by the U.S. Read the entire page →

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... The lens used for this publication focuses on the national scale, recognizing that patterns of travel and modes used range widely across the country from that of New York City to Yuma, Arizona, to Prudhoe Bay, Alaska. Passengers traveled more than 6 trillion passenger miles in the United Figure 2 States in 2019, the last year before travel was severely reduced by the COVID-19 pandemic (see Figure 2)

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... -- have been growing rapidly in a variety of urban areas around the country, with potential growing health and climate benefits and safety concerns in the future.4 Passenger modal preferences have been relatively stable over time but shifted some between 2000 and 2019.5 For example, although overall passenger miles increased 30 percent over this period, travel by commercial bus grew 150 percent, and aviation grew 50 percent. Although it accounts for the largest share of total passenger miles by far, LDV travel grew only 20 percent.

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... In October 2023, 50 percent of office space in 10 major cities remained unoccupied, long after highway and aviation passenger traffic had rebounded.9 The percentage of remote work appears to be stabilizing at about 1 in 4 workdays, compared to less than 1 in 20 workdays before the COVID-19 pandemic.10 Overall transit ridership remains down by about one-third from its 2019 level and appears to be leveling off at this reduced rate.11 Whether workers will return to in-person work at previous levels has profound implications for downtown economies and the future of transit systems designed to deliver workers to and from city centers. Population losses or sharply reduced growth in the largest metro areas across the country in 2021 have accelerated population shifts that were already occurring, especially in urban core counties.12 Low-density residence and work environments make transit and active modes of transportation less attractive for commuting and other trips due to the greater distances between origins and destinations.

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... The demand for different passenger and freight modes has important implications for fossil fuel consumption and its effects on climate change, discussed further in this publication's Climate Change section. The projections by the U.S.

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Movement of People and Goods Pages 8-11

Movement of People and Goods
Pages 8-11