[CTPP] Journey to Work Trends Report

A new report, "Journey to Work Trends in the United States and its Major Metropolitan Areas, 1960-2000," is now available (FHWA report # FHWA-EP-03-058) . It was prepared for FHWA, authored by Nancy McGuckin and Nanda Srinivasan. If you regularly receive a mailed copy of the CTPP Status Report, you should receive a printed copy of the report in the mail very shortly. It is currently available in electronic form at www.trbcensus.com , with thanks to Chuck Purvis at the Metropolitan Transportation Commission in Oakland, CA. (It will be posted to the FHWA website, after all the spreadsheets are converted into a FHWA "508 compliant" format.) If you would like a single copy of the printed report, please email your request to ctpp(a)fhwa.dot.gov, and be sure to include all the appropriate name and address information. If you would like MULTIPLE copies of the printed report, please FAX your request to the DOT warehouse at 301-386-5394. Please be sure to include the FHWA report number (FHWA-EP-03-058) in your request! This report is based primarily on Census Bureau Census 2000 Summary File 3 data, and includes data for the U.S. total, and for metropolitan areas (1999 definition) with population of 1 million or more. Key findings: -- Nearly 60 percent (57.4 percent) of the U.S. population live in one of the large metro areas (1 million pop or over) -- 3 metro areas added more than 1 million population between 1990 and 2000: Dallas-Ft Worth; Atlanta and Phoenix. -- Commute times in the large metro areas averaged about 28 minutes, with over 40 percent of workers spending 30 minute or longer on their (one-way) commute to work. For areas outside of the large metro areas, the average commute time is 22 minutes. -- In the New York/New Jersey metro area about 25 percent of commuters use transit for work. The national average is about 5 percent of commuters using transit, and for all large metro areas, 7.4 percent using transit. Errata-- OOPS! I already found the first mistake! On page 4-3, it should read that nearly 40 percent (2.3 million of 6.1 million) of the country's transit commuters live in the New York/Northern New Jersey metropolitan area. Note: Each FHWA Division and Metropolitan office will receive a copy (or 2, I can't remember what I asked for!) in the mail. Each FHWA Resource Center office will receive a minimum of 10 copies. Elaine Murakami 206-220-4460