New York
CBD & Urban Area
Commuting Profile: 2000

WORK TRIP MARKET SHARE              
Area Total Car Alone Car Pool Transit Bike Walk Other Home
Manhattan Below 59th Street 100.0% 11.4% 4.3% 73.8% 0.4% 6.8% 2.2% 1.1%
Balance of Manhattan 100.0% 19.4% 6.8% 49.8% 0.5% 14.0% 2.6% 6.9%
Bronx 100.0% 40.8% 12.1% 31.4% 0.3% 10.3% 2.3% 2.8%
Brooklyn 100.0% 34.9% 10.6% 37.9% 0.6% 11.5% 1.4% 3.1%
Queens 100.0% 47.9% 11.6% 27.2% 0.4% 8.4% 1.7% 2.8%
Staten Island 100.0% 60.6% 11.0% 19.2% 0.2% 5.0% 1.3% 2.7%
City of New York 100.0% 25.9% 7.6% 52.8% 0.4% 8.8% 2.0% 2.5%
Balance of Urban Area 100.0% 75.2% 10.7% 6.3% 0.2% 3.5% 0.9% 3.1%
Urban Area 100.0% 51.4% 9.2% 28.7% 0.3% 6.1% 1.5% 2.8%
                 
WORK TRIPS (ONE WAY)                
Area Total Car Alone Car Pool Transit Bike Walk Other Home
Manhattan Below 59th Street 1,738,800 198,700 74,800 1,282,500 6,100 118,500 38,500 19,700
Balance of Manhattan 350,700 68,100 23,900 174,500 1,700 49,200 9,200 24,200
Bronx 280,900 114,700 34,000 88,300 800 28,800 6,600 7,800
Brooklyn 667,500 232,700 71,000 253,300 3,700 76,600 9,500 20,700
Queens 596,600 286,000 69,200 162,300 2,200 50,400 9,900 16,700
Staten Island 120,200 72,900 13,200 23,100 300 6,000 1,600 3,200
City of New York 3,754,700 973,100 286,100 1,984,000 14,800 329,500 75,300 92,300
Balance of Urban Area 4,026,100 3,025,800 431,200 252,600 9,900 141,600 38,000 126,600
Urban Area 7,780,800 3,998,900 717,300 2,236,600 24,700 471,100 113,300 218,900
                 
    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
Manhattan Below 59th Street   1,738,800 22.3% 8.9 195,371 1,282,500 73.8% 57.3%
Balance of Manhattan   350,700 4.5% 19.5 17,985 174,500 49.8% 7.8%
Bronx   280,900 3.6% 42.0 6,688 88,300 31.4% 3.9%
Brooklyn   667,500 8.6% 70.5 9,468 253,300 37.9% 11.3%
Queens   596,600 7.7% 109.4 5,453 162,300 27.2% 7.3%
Staten Island   120,200 1.5% 58.6 2,051 23,100 19.2% 1.0%
City of New York   3,754,700 48.3% 308.9 12,155 1,983,900 52.8% 88.7%
Balance of Urban Area   4,026,100 51.7% 3,053.7 1,318 252,700 6.3% 11.3%
Urban Area   7,780,800 100.0% 3,362.6 2,314 2,236,600 28.7% 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.              

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