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How many people are staying at home during the COVID-19 pandemic? How far are people traveling when they don’t stay home? Which states and counties have more people taking trips?

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In which States and Counties are people staying at home? Which ones show the most activity?

Dive into the map below to see what percentage of the population is staying at home in your state or county. You can also use the Select A Metric drop-down to see state or county-level measures for the average number of daily trips people are taking and more.

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How much are people traveling as the pandemic continues.

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When they leave the home, how far are people traveling.

Are people going farther on each trip, or are they sticking close to home? Use the date selector to learn how patterns have changed.

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Explore the trips by distance data on your own.

Click on the image below to see the metadata for the Daily Travel data in our Data Inventory . There, you can download the data or use the inventory platform to create your own visualizations and share them with others.

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The methodology used to develop these data can be found at this link .

The Daily Travel data and number of people staying home and not staying home are estimated for the Bureau of Transportation Statistics by the Maryland Transportation Institute and Center for Advanced Transportation Technology Laboratory at the University of Maryland.

The daily travel estimates are from a mobile device data panel from merged multiple data sources that address the geographic and temporal sample variation issues often observed in a single data source. The merged data panel only includes mobile devices whose anonymized location data meet a set of data quality standards, which further ensures the overall data quality and consistency. The data quality standards consider both temporal frequency and spatial accuracy of anonymized location point observations, temporal coverage and representativeness at the device level, spatial representativeness at the sample and county level, etc. A multi-level weighting method that employs both device and trip-level weights expands the sample to the underlying population at the county and state levels, before travel statistics are computed.

These data are experimental and may not meet all of our quality standards.  Experimental data products are created using new data sources or methodologies that benefit data users in the absence of other relevant products. We are seeking feedback from data users and stakeholders on the quality and usefulness of these new products. Experimental data products that meet our quality standards and demonstrate sufficient user demand may enter regular production if resources permit.

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Data analysis is conducted at the aggregate national, state, and county levels.  To assure confidentiality and support data quality, no data are reported for a county if it has fewer than 50 devices in the sample on any given day.

Trips are defined as movements that include a stay of longer than 10 minutes at an anonymized location away from home. A movement with multiple stays of longer than 10 minutes before returning home is counted as multiple trips.

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BTS releases Travel Patterns of Americans with Disabilities

An estimated 18.6 million people reported travel-limiting disabilities in 2022; down by a statistically significant amount from 25.5 million in 2017. In 2022, 40.2 percent of persons age 18 to 64 with travel-limiting disabilities and 57.1 of persons age 65 and over with travel-limiting disabilities stayed at home on the travel day surveyed compared to 34.1 and 44.7 percent, respectively, in 2017. A new report, “Travel Patterns of American Adults with Disabilities, 2022” uses data from the 2022 National Household Travel Survey to examine the daily travel of adults with self-reported travel-limiting disabilities and compares the findings to data from earlier years.

Figure 1: Percent Reporting a Travel-Limiting Disability by Age Group, 2017 and 2022

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DOT Travel Order and Manual (DOT M 1500.6B)

Effective date: 3-29-2018.

This Order and the included DOT Travel Manual establish Departmental policy and guidance on all aspects of Federal travel and also identify key roles and associated responsibilities for DOT personnel. The Order was developed in accordance with the Federal Travel Regulations (FTR), Title 41 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Chapters 300-304 and is intended as a supplement to provide DOT-specific guidance where applicable.

The goal of this Order is to facilitate and standardize a safe and cost effective method for travelers to perform job-related travel in a manner that is financially advantageous to the Government and convenient for the traveler.

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We're rebuilding sidewalks and installing a separated bike lane and bus lane

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We're repaving Berkeley Street, installing a separated bike lane, and retiming traffic signals.

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We're redesigning downtown streets to prioritize walking and to create a connected bike network.

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M-123 Luce County culvert project restarts April 29

April 19, 2024

NEWBERRY, Mich. - The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) is investing about $2 million to replace a culvert on M-123 over Otto/Brant Creek in Luce County. This multi-year project includes scour countermeasures, riprap, guardrail, signs, and approach work. The final stage will include shoulder rebuilding, removal of a temporary bypass road and restoration work.

County: Luce

Highway: M-123

Closest town: Newberry

Start date: Monday, April 29, 2024

Estimated end date: Friday, June 7, 2024

Traffic restrictions: One lane of alternating traffic will be maintained on M-123 using traffic signals. A lane width restriction of 11 feet will be in place during the project.

Jobs numbers: Based on economic modeling, this investment is expected to directly and indirectly support 24 jobs.

Safety benefit: This project will increase safety for motorists and extend the lifespan of the roadway.

Media Contact:

Dan Weingarten

MDOT Superior Region Media Representative

[email protected]

906-250-4809

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