Denver CBD, Tech Center
& Urban Area
Commuting Profile: 2000

WORK TRIP MARKET SHARE              
Area Total Car Alone Car Pool Transit Bike Walk Other Home
Downtown 100.0% 62.2% 12.4% 21.3% 0.7% 3.2% 0.8% 0.2%
Tech Center 100.0% 88.0% 9.0% 1.0% 0.1% 0.5% 0.5% 0.9%
Total Centers 100.0% 72.7% 11.0% 13.0% 0.5% 2.1% 0.6% 0.5%
Balance of Urban Area 100.0% 110.1% 17.0% 3.8% 0.6% 3.0% 1.1% 7.5%
Urban Area 100.0% 100.0% 15.4% 6.3% 0.6% 2.8% 1.0% 5.6%
                 
WORK TRIPS (ONE WAY)              
Area Total Car Alone Car Pool Transit Bike Walk Other Home
Downtown 126,000 78,400 15,600 26,800 900 4,000 1,000 300
Tech Center 86,500 76,100 7,800 900 100 400 400 800
Total Centers 212,500 154,500 23,400 27,700 1,100 4,400 1,300 1,100
Balance of Urban Area 574,100 632,200 97,500 21,900 3,300 17,500 6,500 42,800
Urban Area 786,700 786,700 120,900 49,600 4,400 21,900 7,900 43,900
                 
  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 Rail Transit?
Downtown 126,000 16.0% 1.53 82,353 26,800 21.3% 54.0% YES
Tech Center 86,500 11.0% 10.50 8,238 900 1.0% 1.8% NO
Total Centers 212,500 27.0% 12.03 17,664 27,700 13.0% 55.8%  
Balance of Urban Area 574,100 73.0% 486.80 1,179 21,900 3.8% 44.2%  
Urban Area 786,700 100.0% 498.83 1,577 49,600 6.3% 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                
  17.01              
  17.02              
  19.00              
  20.00              
  26.01              
  27.01              
Tech Center Census Tracts                
  67.07              
  67.09              
  67.10              
  68.07              
  68.15              
  68.16              

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