Charts & Graphs

Perpetual Motion in the U.S.

The approximate per-day number of…

  • Passengers on domestic flights
  • 1,780,822
  • Guests staying in hotels
  • 2,306,452
  • Passengers riding public buses and trolleys
  • 16,421,918
  • Miles traveled by motorcyclists
  • 26,134,247
  • Minutes spent by drivers commuting
  • 46
  • Cyclists riding their bikes to work
  • 750,000
  • Passengers riding New York City Transit
  • 7,417,478
  • Vehicles passing over the Golden Gate Bridge
  • 107,541
  • Footsteps taken by the average American
  • 5,000
  • Footsteps taken by mail carriers at work
  • 18,904
  • Footsteps taken by lawyers at work
  • 5,062
  • Foreign visitors entering the country
  • 153,425
  • Undocumented immigrants entering the country
  • 3,033

Figures from 2008