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TABLE 4-4 - How People Get to Work: 2007

Monday, September 10, 2012

TABLE 4-4 - How People Get to Work: 2007

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  Percentage of workers Number of workers (thousands)
Drives self 76.1 105,955
Carpool 10.4 14,488
Mass transportation 4.9 6,801
Works at home 4.1 5,677
Walks only 2.8 3,954
Taxicab, motorcycle, or other means 1.2 1,721
Bicycle 0.5 665
Total 100 139,260

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (Washington, DC: Annual issues), available at: >http://www.census.gov/acs/www/index.html as of October 2008 as reported in U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, National Transportation Statistics, table 1-38, available at http://www.bts.gov/publications/national_transportation_statistics/ as of January 2009.