Rebuilding Place in the Urban Space

"A community’s physical form, rather than its land uses, is its most intrinsic and enduring characteristic." [Katz, EPA] This blog focuses on place and placemaking and all that makes it work--historic preservation, urban design, transportation, asset-based community development, arts & cultural development, commercial district revitalization, tourism & destination development, and quality of life advocacy--along with doses of civic engagement and good governance watchdogging.

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

DC Mode shift--trips to work by transit, walking and biking--exceeds 50%

See the new data from the American Community Survey of the U.S. Census. Mean travel time to work: 29.5 minutes. National average: 25.5 minutes. The breakdown of DC mode split is:

- 35.7% transit
- 12.3% walking
- 2.3% bicycling

Arlington County has 32.8% mode split. Mean travel time to work: 27.3 minutes.
Alexandria has 25.9% mode split. Mean travel time to work: 29.2 minutes.
Fairfax County has 10.7% mode split.
Montgomery County has 17.3% mode split. Mean travel time to work: 32.3 minutes.
Prince George's County has 18.7% mode split. Mean travel time to work 36.3 minutes.
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Loudoun County Virginia has 3.5% mode split and the mean travel time to work is 32.3 minutes.
Prince William County Virginia has 7.1% mode split and MTT to work of 38.3 minutes.
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Portland Oregon has 23.9% mode split, but 6%! is bicycling. And the mean travel time to work is 24.7 minutes.

Baltimore has 26.1% mode split.

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