Seattle Downtown
(Central Business District or Hypercentre)
Public Transport Market Share: 2000

DOWNTOWN SEATTLE: WORK TRIP SHARE BY EMPLOYMENT LOCATION: 2000
                 
MARKET SHARE              
Tracts Total Car Alone Car Pool Transit Bike Walk Other Home
80.01 100.0% 57.5% 16.1% 19.1% 0.8% 5.1% 0.7% 0.7%
80.02 100.0% 44.6% 11.3% 30.2% 2.4% 7.4% 1.8% 2.5%
81.00 100.0% 39.3% 12.6% 42.6% 0.9% 3.6% 0.9% 0.1%
82.00 100.0% 39.9% 13.9% 38.9% 1.0% 5.3% 0.8% 0.2%
83.00 100.0% 48.1% 16.6% 27.2% 0.9% 6.3% 0.1% 0.9%
85.00 100.0% 50.3% 16.5% 28.4% 0.8% 3.4% 0.5% 0.1%
91.00 100.0% 53.3% 17.4% 20.8% 0.7% 5.6% 1.2% 0.9%
92.00 100.0% 46.0% 12.9% 31.3% 1.9% 6.9% 0.5% 0.4%
Total 100.0% 43.0% 13.8% 36.8% 1.0% 4.4% 0.8% 0.3%
                 
                 
WORK TRIPS (ONE WAY)            
Tracts Total Car Alone Car Pool Transit Bike Walk Other Home
80.01 10,292 5,915 1,659 1,963 85 525 70 75
80.02 4,882 2,175 550 1,473 115 360 89 120
81.00 70,330 27,655 8,855 29,960 630 2,510 645 75
82.00 26,729 10,665 3,720 10,409 265 1,405 215 50
83.00 5,483 2,635 909 1,490 50 345 4 50
85.00 15,897 7,995 2,625 4,513 135 545 74 10
91.00 2,784 1,485 485 580 20 155 34 25
92.00 4,519 2,080 585 1,415 85 310 24 20
Total 140,916 60,605 19,388 51,803 1,385 6,155 1,155 425
                 
Calculated from Census Transportation Planning Project (CTPP) data    
By Census Tract    
Other: Taxi, motorcycle and other          
Note: Without ferries, transit market share is 33.8%        

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