Chicago
CBD & Urban Area
Commuting Profile: 2000

                 
DOWNTOWN, SCHAUMBURG & URBAN AREA            
                 
WORK TRIP MARKET SHARE              
Area Total Car Alone Car Pool Transit Bike Walk Other Home
Downtown 100.0% 30.0% 8.6% 55.3% 0.3% 3.3% 2.1% 0.4%
Schaumburg 100.0% 85.7% 10.0% 1.5% 0.1% 1.1% 0.7% 0.9%
Balance of Urban Area 100.0% 75.2% 11.5% 5.5% 0.3% 3.3% 0.9% 3.3%
Urban Area 100.0% 69.0% 11.1% 12.5% 0.3% 3.2% 1.1% 2.8%
                 
WORK TRIPS (ONE WAY)              
Area Total Car Alone Car Pool Transit Bike Walk Other Home
Downtown 541,500 162,700 46,600 299,600 1,600 17,600 11,300 2,000
Schaumburg 80,900 69,300 8,100 1,200 100 900 600 700
Balance of Urban Area 3,187,100 2,395,500 367,200 176,500 10,400 104,000 28,900 104,700
Urban Area 3,809,500 2,627,500 421,900 477,300 12,100 122,500 40,800 107,400
                 
  EMPLOYMENT MARKET SHARE   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 Rail Transit?
Downtown 541,500 14.2% 3.61 150,000 299,600 55.3% 62.8% YES
Balance of Urban Area 3,268,000 85.8% 2119.20 1,542 177,700 5.5% 37.2%  
Urban Area 3,809,500 100.0% 2122.81 1,795 477,300 12.5% 100.0%  
                 
Exhibit: Schaumburg 80,900 2.1%     1,200 1.5% 0.3% YES
                 
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.                

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