I am the regional transportation modeler for Anchorage. I am at a loss to explain why the walk to work rate is so high in Alaska. Anchorage, which makes up nearly half of the State's population, isn't especially known for its dense compact development. The remainder of Alaskan towns are much smaller than Anchorage and are no doubt much more walkable. It would be interesting to diaagregate the walk to work figures for Alaska in order to determine its source. Jon Spring Senior Transportation Planner Municipality of Anchorage Traffic Department springjr(a)ci.anchorage.ak.us (907) 343-7994 -----Original Message----- From: Shinwon Kim [mailto:shinwon@rtc.wa.gov] Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 8:18 AM To: ctpp-news(a)chrispy.net Subject: RE: [CTPP] US States Rankings for Means of Transportation to Work For MT, maybe farmers contribute. My guess for AK is that the development pattern might be the reason. I mean very restrictive natural environment causes more compact residential developments close to work place. Shinwon -----Original Message----- From: owner-ctpp-news(a)chrispy.net [mailto:owner-ctpp-news@chrispy.net]On Behalf Of Don Burrell Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 7:32 AM To: ctpp-news(a)chrispy.net Subject: RE: [CTPP] US States Rankings for Means of Transportation to Work My $0.02: I think the main influence is urban density which would apply to D.C., N.Y., and VT. I am surprised that AK and MT are so high but I have heard also that in agricultural areas, that farmers report 'walking to work' on their own farm property rather than 'working at home'. That's still far fetched for these 2 states. I'll watch the other responses. Don Burrell, Senior Planner Bicycle / Pedestrian Coordinator OKI Regional Council of Governments 801-B West Eighth St. Suite 400 Cincinnati, OH 45203-1607 513-621-6300 513-621-9325 - fax dburrell(a)oki.org <mailto:dburrell@oki.org> <A bicycle is an instrument for playing the road> -----Original Message----- From: David Saladino [mailto:dsaladino@swrpc.org] Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 8:51 AM To: ctpp-news(a)chrispy.net Subject: RE: [CTPP] US States Rankings for Means of Transportation to Work It is interesting to note that 4 of the top 5 walk-to-work states are northern (i.e. cold) states. While the bottom two are southern states. I would have thought it would be the other way around. Any thoughts about why this is? Income, sidewalk connectivity, climate?? Dave -----Original Message----- From: owner-ctpp-news(a)chrispy.net Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 4:49 PM To: Chuck Purvis; ctpp-news(a)chrispy.net <snip> ***Top/Bottom States in Walk-to-Work Commute Share US 2.9% District of Columbia 11.8% Alaska 7.3% New York 6.2% Vermont 5.5% Montana 5.5% ... Tennessee 1.5% Alabama 1.3%