Austin CBD, University & Urban Area Commuting Profile: 2000

Austin
CBD, University & Urban Area
Commuting Profile: 2000

WORK TRIP MARKET SHARE
Mode	Downtown	University	Total Central	Outside Central	Urban Area
Car Alone	78.8%	59.8%	73.8%	77.2%	76.4%
Car Pool	14.5%	12.1%	13.9%	12.8%	13.1%
Transit	3.8%	13.4%	6.3%	2.3%	3.3%
Bike	0.7%	3.3%	1.4%	0.5%	0.7%
Walk	0.9%	9.2%	3.1%	1.7%	2.0%
Other	1.0%	1.0%	1.0%	1.1%	1.1%
Work at Home	0.1%	1.3%	0.4%	4.4%	3.4%
Total	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%

DISTRIBUTION OF EMPLOYMENT
Area	Land Area (Square Miles)	Employment	Employment Density
Downtown	1.59	86,000	54,088
University	1.59	30,600	19,245
Total Central	3.18	116,600	36,667
Balance of Urban Area	314.95	368,700	1,171
Total Urban Area	318.13	485,300	1,525

DISTRIBUTION OF TRANSIT COMMUTING
Area	Transit Commuters	Transit Commuters: Density	Transit Market Share
Downtown	3,300	2,075	3.8%
University	4,100	2,579	13.4%
Total Central	7,400	2,327	6.3%
Balance of Urban Area	8,400	27	2.3%
Total Urban Area	15,800	50	3.3%

DISTRIBUTION OF WORK TRIP TRAVEL BY MODE
Mode	Downtown	University	Total Central	Outside Central	Urban Area
Car Alone	67,800	18,300	86,100	284,700	370,800
Car Pool	12,500	3,700	16,200	47,300	63,500
Transit	3,300	4,100	7,400	8,400	15,800
Bike	600	1,000	1,600	1,900	3,500
Walk	800	2,800	3,600	6,200	9,800
Other	900	300	1,200	4,000	5,200
Work at Home	100	400	500	16,200	16,700
Total	86,000	30,600	116,600	368,700	485,300

NOTES
Data from US Bureau of the Census: CTPP, 2000
Rounded to nearest 100
Other: Taxi, motorcycle and other.
Downtown: Census Tracts 7 & 11
University Census Tracts: 4.01, 4.02, 6.01, 6.03 & 6.04
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)


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