Table 2-5 Commuting by Mode of Transportation: 2000, 2010, and 2014
Thousands of workers
| 2000 | 2010 | 2014 | Change, 2010 to 2014 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | |
| Total | 128,279 | 100.0 | 136,941 | 100.0 | 142,962 | 100.0 | 145,871 | 100.0 | 8,930 | 6.5 |
| Personal vehicle, total | 112,736 | 87.9 | 118,124 | 86.3 | 122,664 | 85.8 | 125,007 | 85.7 | 6,883 | 5.8 |
| Drives self | 97,102 | 75.7 | 104,858 | 76.6 | 109,277 | 76.4 | 111,525 | 76.5 | 6,668 | 6.4 |
| Carpool, total | 15,634 | 12.2 | 13,266 | 9.7 | 13,387 | 9.4 | 13,481 | 9.2 | 215 | 1.6 |
| 2-person | 12,097 | 9.4 | 10,294 | 7.5 | 10,266 | 7.2 | 10,348 | 7.1 | 55 | 0.5 |
| 3-person | 2,159 | 1.7 | 1,733 | 1.3 | 1,824 | 1.3 | 1,840 | 1.3 | 106 | 6.1 |
| 4+ person | 1,378 | 1.1 | 1,239 | 0.9 | 1,297 | 0.9 | 1,293 | 0.9 | 54 | 4.4 |
| Public transportation | 6,068 | 4.7 | 6,769 | 4.9 | 7,393 | 5.2 | 7,600 | 5.2 | 832 | 12.3 |
| Taxicab | 200 | 0.2 | 151 | 0.1 | 161 | 0.1 | 166 | 0.1 | 15 | 9.7 |
| Bicycle | 488 | 0.4 | 731 | 0.5 | 882 | 0.6 | 904 | 0.6 | 173 | 23.7 |
| Motorcycle | 142 | 0.1 | 267 | 0.2 | 296 | 0.2 | 285 | 0.2 | 19 | 7.0 |
| Walks only | 3,759 | 2.9 | 3,797 | 2.8 | 4,000 | 2.8 | 4,011 | 2.7 | 214 | 5.6 |
| Other means | 901 | 0.7 | 1,178 | 0.9 | 1,337 | 0.9 | 1,354 | 0.9 | 176 | 14.9 |
| Works at home | 4,184 | 3.3 | 5,924 | 4.3 | 6,229 | 4.4 | 6,543 | 4.5 | 618 | 10.4 |
NOTES: Mode of transportation is the principal means of transportation used most frequently to get from home to place of employment. If more than one means of transportation was used each day, those surveyed were asked to specify the one used for the longest distance during the trip from home to work. Component values may not add to totals due to rounding.
SOURCES: 2000–U.S. Department of Commerce (USDOC), Census Bureau (CB), Census 2000 Summary File 3, available at www.census.gov as of February 2016. 2010 and 2014–USDOC/CB, American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates, as cited in U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, National Transportation Statistics, table 1-41, available at www.bts.gov as of February 2016.