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Figure 2-2 Workers Net Change by Mode of Transportation: 1990 to 2013

Wednesday, March 30, 2016

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Millions

  Net Change
Drove alone 25.06
Worked at home 2.82
Public transportation 1.32
Other 0.53
Bicycle 0.42
Motorcycle 0.06
Taxi cab (0.02)
Walks only (0.49)
Carpool (1.99)

NOTES: Drove alone includes people who usually drove alone to work as well as people who were driven to work by someone who then drove back home or to a non-work destination. Public transportation refers to bus, streetcar, subway, railroad, and elevated trains for 2000, and includes ferryboats for 2010. Other include ferryboats, surface trains, and van service and other means not classified for years 2000, and excludes ferryboats from 2010.

SOURCES: 1990: U.S. Department of Commerce (USDOC), Census Bureau (CB), Decennial Census. About Commuting (Journey to Work). Available at http://www.census.gov/ as of June 2015. 2013: USDOC/CB as cited in U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, National Transportation Statistics, Table 1-41. Available at http://www.bts.gov as of June 2015.