Keep a diary of all trips you make for a period of three to five days. Record the purpose of the trip, how you traveled, the approximate distance traveled and the trip time. What conclusions can you draw from the data?

What will be an ideal response?


The table shown on the next page provides a list of all trips made by a student during a five-day period. The following conclusions can be reached about the student’s travel behavior.

? 24 trips were made (an average of 4.8 trips per day)

? 8 trips by bus

? 9 trips by car

? 7 trips by walking

? 248 minutes were spent traveling (an average of 49.6 minutes per day)

? 77 minutes of travel by bus (31% of total travel time)

? 90 minutes of travel by car (36% of total travel time)

? 81 minutes of travel by walking (33% of total travel time)

? About an equal amount of time was spent riding buses, walking, and driving a car.



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