Atlanta
CBD & Urban Area
Commuting Profile: 2000

WORK TRIP MARKET SHARE              
Area Total Car Alone Car Pool Transit Bike Walk Other Home
Downtown 100.0% 70.4% 13.2% 14.3% 0.2% 0.9% 0.8% 0.1%
Mid Town 100.0% 75.8% 11.7% 8.5% 0.4% 2.1% 1.1% 0.7%
Buckhead 100.0% 79.7% 10.7% 6.2% 0.0% 0.7% 2.1% 0.5%
Perimeter 100.0% 82.8% 9.0% 4.6% 0.0% 0.7% 0.9% 2.0%
Cumberland 100.0% 87.1% 9.5% 1.3% 0.0% 0.6% 0.8% 0.8%
Listed Centers 100.0% 77.1% 11.4% 8.7% 0.1% 1.0% 1.0% 0.7%
Balance of Urban Area 100.0% 76.0% 14.0% 3.1% 0.1% 1.4% 1.1% 4.3%
Urban Area 100.0% 76.2% 13.5% 4.2% 0.1% 1.3% 1.1% 3.6%
                 
WORK TRIPS (ONE WAY)              
Area Total Car Alone Car Pool Transit Bike Walk Other Home
Downtown 129,800 91,400 17,100 18,600 200 1,200 1,100 100
Mid Town 56,500 42,800 6,600 4,800 200 1,200 600 400
Buckhead 43,900 35,000 4,700 2,700 0 300 900 200
Perimeter 54,500 45,100 4,900 2,500 0 400 500 1,100
Cumberland 52,700 45,900 5,000 700 0 300 400 400
Listed Centers 337,400 260,200 38,300 29,300 400 3,400 3,500 2,200
Balance of Urban Area 1,433,300 1,089,600 200,900 44,700 1,300 20,300 15,500 61,100
Urban Area 1,770,700 1,349,800 239,200 74,000 1,700 23,700 19,000 63,300
                 
  EMPLOYMENT MARKET SHARE & DENSITY TRANSIT COMMUTING  
Area Employment Share of Urban Area Employment Land Area Employment Density Transit Commuters Transit Work Trip Market Share Share of Urban Area Transit Commuters Rapid Transit or Light Rail Service?
Downtown 129,800 7.3% 2.17 59,816 18,600 14.3% 25.1% YES
Mid Town 56,500 3.2% 3.52 16,051 4,800 8.5% 6.5% YES
Buckhead 43,900 2.5% 1.99 22,060 2,700 6.2% 3.6% YES
Perimeter 54,500 3.1% 10.89 5,005 2,500 4.6% 3.4% YES
Cumberland 52,700 3.0% 8.05 6,547 700 1.3% 0.9%  
Listed Centers 337,300 19.0% 26.62 12,671 29,300 8.7% 39.6%  
Balance of Urban Area 1,433,400 81.0% 1,935.96 740 44,700 3.1% 60.4%  
Urban Area 1,770,700 100.0% 1,962.58 902 74,000 4.2% 100.0%  
                 
Data from US Bureau of the Census: CTPP, 2000            
Rounded to nearest 100                
Other: Taxi, motorcycle and other.              
Urban Area Data employment uses employee residential data (urban area data not available by work location). Residential data is generally reflective of employment data at the urban area level)              
Market share data not comparable to 1990 due to boundary differences.              
Downtown Census Tracts                
0019.00                
0021.00                
0027.00                
0028.00                
0033.00                
0035.00                
Mid Town Census Tracts                
0004.00                
0005.00                
0010.00                
0011.00                
0012.00                
Buckhead Census Tracts                
0096.00                
Perimeter Census Tracts                
0100.00                
0101.01                
0101.09                
Cumberland Census Tracts              
0303.20                
0303.38                
0303.39                
0312.03                

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