Back on April 6, I tweeted: “Transportation survey shows 0.68 bikes per household in logan/14th st area, compared to 0.61 cars. More bikes than cars.” Yesterday more complete results from that survey were made public, including a handy comparison of mode share for all daily trips in 7 neighborhoods around the region.
“Mode share” means the percentage of trips that are made using a various transportation mode. That is, if someone makes exactly 1/2 of all their trips in a car, then they would have a 50% car mode share.
Next year the survey will be duplicated for a different set of neighborhoods, so over time we will generate a strong library of data about mode share for different types of living conditions around the region. It’s already clear with just these initial results that the difference between urban and suburban living conditions is huge.
Here are the additional results:
| All trips mode share | |||||
| Neighborhood | Car % | Walk % | Transit % | Bike % | Other % |
| Logan Circle | 19 | 57 | 14 | 6 | 4 |
| Langley Park | 63 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 4 |
| Largo | 83 | 9 | 5 | 0.2 | 4 |
| White Flint | 70 | 16 | 8 | 0.5 | 4 |
| Frederick | 85 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Reston | 82 | 13 | 4 | 0.3 | 1 |
| Woodbridge | 84 | 10 | 2 | 0.3 | 4 |
| Commuting mode share | |||||
| Neighborhood | Car % | Walk % | Transit % | Bike % | Other % |
| Logan Circle | 24 | 38 | 26 | 6 | 4 |
| Langley Park | 71 | 3 | 21 | 4 | 1 |
| Largo | 82 | 1 | 16 | 1 | 0 |
| White Flint | 73 | 4 | 21 | 0.2 | 2 |
| Frederick | 91 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Reston | 87 | 3 | 9 | 0.8 | 1 |
| Woodbridge | 88 | 1 | 9 | 0.2 | 2 |
| Notes: Car percentage includes trips made as both a driver and passenger, except for taxi cab. Taxi is included in “Other”. Transit includes both bus and Metro. Bike includes both personal bike and bikeshare. The neighborhood referred to as “Langley Park” in this post is referred to as the “Purple Line / International Corridor” in the original report. |
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April 19th, 2012 | Permalink
Tags: transportation
