\ Journey to Work Market Shares: US Central Business Districts: 1990

Journey to Work
Market Shares:
US Central Business Districts: 1990

Rankings by Public Transport Market Share
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Journey to Work
Market Shares:
US Central Business Districts: 1990
Central Business District Auto-Alone Car Pool Public Transport Other
Atlanta 67.9% 14.8% 15.9% 1.4%
Baltmore 53.9% 17.0% 24.1% 4.9%
Boston 35.0% 10.3% 49.3% 5.4%
Brooklyn 28.4% 9.7% 56.4% 5.5%
Buffalo 64.3% 15.9% 16.9% 2.9%
Chicago 26.1% 9.3% 60.7% 3.9%
Charlotte 77.5% 15.3% 5.3% 1.9%
Cincinnati 62.9% 18.2% 16.6% 2.3%
Cleveland 62.2% 14.7% 21.3% 1.9%
Columbus 67.4% 18.3% 12.8% 1.5%
Dallas 67.0% 17.9% 13.9% 1.2%
Denver 63.9% 15.4% 16.7% 4.0%
Detroit 71.8% 14.8% 11.4% 2.1%
Fort Worth 76.3% 20.3% 2.2% 1.2%
Hartford 63.4% 14.3% 8.0% 14.2%
Honolulu 51.9% 23.8% 16.0% 8.4%
Houston 65.3% 16.1% 16.9% 1.7%
Indianapolis 74.3% 18.3% 5.3% 2.1%
Kansas City 71.4% 18.6% 7.7% 2.2%
Long Beach 73.1% 12.8% 6.2% 7.9%
Los Angeles 62.6% 18.7% 14.3% 4.4%
Miami 68.8% 16.4% 12.0% 2.7%
Milwaukee 67.6% 15.1% 13.8% 3.5%
Minneapolis 56.3% 14.9% 24.4% 4.4%
New Orleans 60.8% 20.4% 15.2% 3.6%
New York 10.3% 5.2% 74.0% 10.4%
Newark 57.5% 15.3% 23.2% 3.9%
Norfollk 78.3% 14.3% 3.6% 3.8%
Oakland 58.8% 13.3% 22.4% 5.5%
Orlando 81.6% 13.5% 1.8% 3.2%
Philadelphia 35.8% 11.8% 44.0% 8.4%
Phoenix 75.8% 15.3% 5.4% 3.4%
Pittsburgh 47.1% 17.1% 33.4% 2.4%
Portland 58.7% 15.6% 20.0% 5.7%
Providence 68.3% 14.3% 13.3% 4.2%
Rochester 69.7% 14.9% 12.1% 3.2%
Sacramento 62.7% 21.0% 10.4% 5.8%
Salt Lake City 71.3% 16.1% 8.7% 3.9%
San Antonio 73.6% 16.8% 7.9% 1.7%
San Diego 68.2% 14.7% 11.9% 5.1%
San Francisco 27.3% 14.1% 50.3% 8.3%
San Jose 74.2% 13.6% 5.2% 7.1%
Seattle 45.5% 13.7% 36.2% 4.6%
St. Louis 69.3% 18.2% 10.5% 2.0%
St. Paul 62.0% 18.2% 16.5% 3.3%
St. Petersburg 68.3% 14.3% 13.3% 4.2%
Tacoma 80.9% 12.2% 3.4% 3.6%
Tampa 77.5% 15.5% 5.2% 1.8%
Washington 35.3% 21.9% 37.0% 5.7%
Source: US Census Bureau data.

CBD data provided by US Census Bureau for all but Charlotte, Dallas, Detroit, Houston, Kansas City, Portland, Providence, Sacramento, Tampa-St. Petersburg and Washington for which The Public Purpose calculations are provided (based upon transportation analysis zones).

Includes central business districts in all US metropolitan areas of more than one million population in 1990. Honolulu, the only smaller metropolitan area with significant public transport ridership is also included.

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