Seattle
CBD & Urban Area
Commuting Profile: 2000

WORK TRIP MARKET SHARE              
Area Total Car Alone Car Pool Transit Bike Walk Other Home
Downtown 100.0% 46.3% 13.8% 33.5% 1.0% 4.3% 0.8% 0.3%
Bellevue-Redmond 100.0% 78.9% 13.9% 4.6% 0.5% 1.4% 0.6% 0.2%
Listed Centers 100.0% 56.8% 13.8% 24.2% 0.8% 3.4% 0.7% 0.3%
Balance of Urban Area 100.0% 73.7% 12.2% 3.7% 0.6% 3.2% 1.6% 5.0%
Urban Area 100.0% 70.5% 12.5% 7.6% 0.6% 3.3% 1.4% 4.1%
                 
WORK TRIPS (ONE WAY)              
Area Total Car Alone Car Pool Transit Bike Walk Other Home
Downtown 177,600 82,200 24,500 59,500 1,800 7,700 1,400 500
Bellevue-Redmond 84,900 67,000 11,800 3,900 400 1,200 500 200
Listed Centers 262,500 149,200 36,300 63,400 2,100 8,900 1,900 700
Balance of Urban Area 1,123,500 827,600 137,300 41,500 6,800 36,400 17,800 56,100
Urban Area 1,386,100 976,700 173,600 104,900 8,900 45,300 19,700 56,800
                 
  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 Service?
Downtown 177,600 12.8% 2.06 86,214 59,500 33.5% 56.7% NO
Bellevue-Redmond 84,900 6.1% 5.39 15,751 3,900 4.6% 3.7% NO
Listed Centers 262,500 18.9% 7.45 35,235 63,400 24.2% 60.4%  
Balance of Urban Area 1,123,500 81.1% 946.18 1,187 41,500 3.7% 39.6%  
Urban Area 1,386,100 100.0% 953.63 1,453 104,900 7.6% 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                
72.00                
73.00                
80.01                
80.02                
81.00                
82.00                
83.00                
85.00                
91.00                
92.00                
Bellevue-Redmond Census Tracts              
228.03                
237.00                
238.02                

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