San Francisco Bay Area
CBD & Urban Area
Commuting Profile: 2000

WORK TRIP MARKET SHARE              
Area Total Car Alone Car Pool Transit Bike Walk Other Home
Downtown 100.0% 28.9% 12.0% 49.5% 1.3% 5.6% 2.4% 0.3%
Downtown Oakland 100.0% 56.4% 13.0% 25.0% 0.9% 3.2% 1.4% 0.2%
Walnut Creek (BART Station) 100.0% 83.7% 9.3% 4.1% 0.4% 1.5% 0.7% 0.7%
Silicon Valley (101/880) 100.0% 81.6% 13.2% 2.6% 0.5% 0.6% 0.9% 0.2%
Downtown San Jose 100.0% 76.9% 8.7% 8.7% 1.1% 3.0% 1.1% 0.4%
Listed Centers 100.0% 61.2% 12.5% 21.0% 0.8% 2.6% 1.5% 0.3%
Balance of Area 100.0% 69.6% 12.9% 6.3% 1.3% 3.6% 1.1% 5.2%
Bay Area 100.0% 66.9% 12.8% 11.0% 1.2% 3.3% 1.2% 3.6%
                 
WORK TRIPS (ONE WAY)                
Area Total Car Alone Car Pool Transit Bike Walk Other Home
Downtown 305,600 88,200 36,700 151,400 4,100 17,000 7,200 1,000
Downtown Oakland 57,100 32,200 7,400 14,300 500 1,800 800 100
Walnut Creek (BART Station) 27,000 22,600 2,500 1,100 100 400 200 200
Silicon Valley (101/880) 445,900 364,000 59,000 11,600 2,100 2,600 4,200 1,100
Downtown San Jose 26,400 20,300 2,300 2,300 300 800 300 100
Listed Centers 862,000 527,300 107,900 180,700 7,100 22,600 12,700 2,500
Balance of Area 1,847,900 1,286,300 238,700 117,200 24,400 66,500 19,800 96,100
Bay Area 2,709,900 1,813,600 346,600 297,900 31,500 89,100 32,500 98,600
                 
  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 Rapid Transit or Light Rail Service?
Downtown 305,600 11.3% 2.59 117,992 151,400 49.5% 50.8% YES
Downtown Oakland 57,100 2.1% 1.17 48,803 14,300 25.0% 4.8% YES
Walnut Creek (BART Station) 27,000 1.0% 1.31 20,611 1,100 4.1% 0.4% YES
Silicon Valley (101/880) 445,900 16.5% 53.00 8,413 11,600 2.6% 3.9% YES
Downtown San Jose 26,400 1.0% 0.92 28,696 2,300 8.7% 0.8% YES
Listed Centers 862,000 31.8% 58.99 14,613 180,700 21.0% 60.7%  
Balance of Area 1,847,900 68.2% 904.24 2,044 117,200 6.3% 39.3%  
Bay Area 2,709,900 100.0% 963.23 2,813 297,900 11.0% 100.0%  
                 
Urban Areas Included: San Francisco, San Jose, Concord, Antioch, Livermore & Vallejo.
Silicon Valley center is contiguous employment area along US-101 from Sunnyvale to San Jose Airport continuing along I-880 to Newark.
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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