Table 1-32: Principal Means of Transportation to Work
Wednesday, November 21, 2012
Table 1-32: Principal Means of Transportation to Work
(Thousands)
| 1985 | 1989 | 1993 | 1997 | 1999 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | |
| All workers | 99,592 | 100.0 | 106,630 | 100.0 | 103,741 | 100.0 | 116,469 | 100.0 | 118,041 | 100.0 |
| Automobile | 86,148 | 86.5 | 93,943 | 88.1 | 91,301 | 88.0 | 101,907 | 87.5 | 103,466 | 87.7 |
| Drives self | 72,137 | 72.4 | 81,322 | 76.3 | 79,449 | 76.6 | 90,207 | 77.5 | 92,363 | 78.2 |
| Carpool | 14,011 | 14.1 | 12,621 | 11.8 | 11,852 | 11.4 | 11,700 | 10.0 | 11,103 | 9.4 |
| 2 person | 10,381 | 10.4 | 9,708 | 9.1 | 9,105 | 8.8 | 9,294 | 8.0 | 8,705 | 7.4 |
| 3 person | 2,024 | 2.0 | 1,748 | 1.6 | 1,684 | 1.6 | 1,526 | 1.3 | 1,454 | 1.2 |
| 4+ person | 1,606 | 1.6 | 1,165 | 1.1 | 1,063 | 1.0 | 881 | 0.8 | 945 | 0.8 |
| Public transportationa | 5,091 | 5.1 | 4,880 | 4.6 | 4,740 | 4.6 | 5,337 | 4.6 | 5,779 | 4.9 |
| Taxicab | 129 | 0.1 | 152 | 0.1 | 117 | 0.1 | 139 | 0.1 | 144 | 0.1 |
| Bicycle or motorcycle | 958 | 1.0 | 795 | 0.7 | 744 | 0.7 | 738 | 0.6 | 749 | 0.6 |
| Walks only | 4,032 | 4.0 | 3,634 | 3.4 | 3,227 | 3.1 | 3,869 | 3.3 | 3,627 | 3.1 |
| Other meansb | 286 | 0.3 | 491 | 0.5 | 474 | 0.5 | 867 | 0.7 | 987 | 0.8 |
| Works at home | 2,947 | 3.0 | 2,736 | 2.6 | 3,137 | 3.0 | 3,611 | 3.1 | 3,288 | 2.8 |
a Public transportation refers to bus, streetcar, subway, or elevated trains.
b Other means include ferryboats, surface trains, and van service.
NOTES: Principal means of transportation refers to the mode used most often, when different means of transportation were used on different days of the week, or the mode used for the longest distance during the trip to work, when more than one mode is used to get to work each day.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, American Housing Survey (Washington, DC: Various years).