Dan,
I understand that the trip home often takes longer because there's more
congestion in the pm (because there are more non-work trips being made
during pm rush hour than during am rush hour).
Rob
Robert B. Case, PE, PTOE
Principal Transportation Engineer
Hampton Roads Planning District Commission
723 Woodlake Dr., Chesapeake, Va. 23320
voice:757-420-8300; fax:757-523-4881
rcase(a)hrpdc.org
>> Estersohn Dan
<Dan.Estersohn(a)arbitron.com> 05/28/03 11:38AM >>>
I need to get more
information on the Journey to Work questions. Can
you
help me understand why only the one-way home-to-work trip is asked for?
Why
not the return trip? Is it correct to double the Census travel times
to
generalize "the average worker spends 51 minutes a day commuting?" I
would
appreciate your input.
The questions arise because we posted the Census data on our web site.
We
aggregated the data to our geographies and to a more manageable number
of
categories. As you can imagine; radio stations, outdoor advertising
companies, and their ad agency and advertiser clients are very
interested in
commuting info. If you are interested, you can see the application at
<http://www.arbitron.com/radio_stations/transportation.htm>
http://www.arbitron.com/radio_stations/transportation.htm.
Dan Estersohn
Senior Demographer
Arbitron, Inc