More time in the car, more exposure to out-of-home advertising

  • Americans spend an average of 15 hours each week driving or riding in cars.
  • Americans travel, on average, more than 300 miles in a vehicle each week.
  • More than 125 million Americans commute to work each day.
  • The average dialy commute is 54 minutes round trip, an increase of 20% since 1990.
  • 62 percent of American workers "frequently" or "sometimes" shop on the way home from work.
  • 29 percent of Americans say outdoor advertising caused them to visit a retail store within a week.
Sources include: The Arbitron National In-Car Study, Arbitron, 2003; The Arbitron Outdoor Study, Arbitron, 2001; National Public Transportation Survey, Outdoor Advertising Association of America

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