ABSTRACT
This chapter provides an overview of current patterns of travel behaviour in its key dimensions: share of out-of-home travellers, number of trips, distances travelled and the durations involved in interactions with the chosen modes. The four survey examples are: the 2001/02 United States (US) National Household Travel Survey (NHTS), the 2001/02 German National Travel Survey, the 2005/06 Swiss National Travel Survey and the 2000 Kansai regional travel survey. The results shown are based on the official data files and were properly weighted. These four surveys span the experience of established industrialized countries. The impact of mobility tools on travel behaviour becomes visible when persons with and without car availability are compared. In the USA the difference is rather great, starting with a difference of one trip per day, which continues to increase with the respondents' age. The Swiss data show the best differentiation, as the various types of public transport ticket imply rather different levels of annual monetary commitment.
