[CTPP] Census Brief: Journey-to-Work

TO: CTPP-News Last week the Census Bureau released a 13-page "Census Brief" on "Journey to Work: 2000". The report, authored by Clara Reschovsky of the Census Bureau, is #C2KBR-33, the 33rd in a series of short, general interest census reports. It is available at: http://www.census.gov/prod/2004pubs/c2kbr-33.pdf or, for the site listing all of the census briefs and special reports: http://www.census.gov/population/www/cen2000/briefs.html There's an interesting table (Table 6) ranking the top 10 metro areas by different means of transportation shares. This is a good report to provide to your executive director and management, to provide the "big picture" on commuting in America. Just be sure to use a color printer due to the full-color U.S. maps included in these briefs. Very helpful report. Chuck Purvis, MTC ************************************************************************************************************************************* IMMEDIATE RELEASE MONDAY, MARCH 15, 2004 Mike Bergman CB04-42 Public Information Office (301) 763-3030/457-3670 (fax) (301) 457-1037 (TDD) e-mail: &lt;pio(a)census.gov&gt; More on 'The Daily Grind' Commute to Work: It's Early, Lonely and Long, Census Bureau Confirms The typical U.S. commuter in 2000 left home between 6:30 a.m. and 8:29 a.m. and drove alone for 26 minutes to get to work, the U.S. Census Bureau said today in a report based on Census 2000 results. Overall, people were leaving home earlier and spending more time in traffic in 2000 than in previous censuses. According to the report, Journey to Work: 2000, about 53 percent of all workers headed to their jobs between 6:30 a.m. and 8:29 a.m. Another 20 percent of workers departed for work between midnight and 6:29 a.m, up 2 percentage points or 4.8 million workers from a decade earlier, the largest hike in any time period of the day. The report is based on responses to questions asked on the census long form, which did not include the distance workers traveled in their journey to work. A sample of households, about 1-in-6 nationally, received the long form. The data are subject to sampling and nonsampling error. -X- Editor's Note: The report can be accessed at <http://www.census.gov/pop/www/cen2000/briefs.html>.