The average motor vehicle on the road carried 1.52 people in 2022, down from 1.67 in 2019, according to the 2022 National Household Travel Survey. The results of this survey, which is repeated about every five years, were recently released by the Federal Highway Administration.
The survey has lots of interesting data, including information on motor vehicles, vehicle trips, and passenger-miles of travel. Much of it, however, is not quite ready for prime time. For example, the data release indicates that households who earn less than $10,000 a year nevertheless own 6.3 million vehicles — but it doesn’t say how many households that represents or how many don’t own vehicles. Continue reading
