The charts below show reasons for travel and the main issues for the travelling public in the US in 2009.

Contained in the bar chart is data pertaining to the people’s purposes of travelling and the primary problems for public

travel

in the United States during 2009.

Overall

, it can be seen that the most popular reason for going outside was to and from work.

Additionally

, the percentage of the main issue of public

travel

in the price of

travel

was higher than the others. Beginning with people commuting for work and visiting friends/relatives, the figure for commuters outnumbered those visiting friends/relatives at 49% and 6%, making

this

a significant difference. Concerning personal reasons, its figure stood at 19%,

while

shopping made up exactly 16%, closely followed by social/ recreation at 10%. Turning to the pie chart, the primary issue for public

travel

was the price of

travel

accounted for 36%,

whereas

the lowest data was space for pedestrians stood at 6%. Regarding safety concerns and aggressive drivers, their figures recorded at 19% and 17%, in that order. Below

this

level was highway congestion (14%) and access to public transport (8%).