Washington, DC Area Transit Market Share:
Before and With Metro: By Jurisdiction:
Virginia Sustains Largest Transit Share Loss
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In 1970 there was no Metro (heavy rail) service. |
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By 2000 nearly all of the proposed Metro system was opened. |
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In the Virginia portion of the WMATA (transit agency) service area, transit's work trip market share dropped from 11.8 percent in 1970 (before Metro) to 9.8 percent in 2000 (with Metro) |
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Virginia suffered at 17 percent transit market share loss, compared to the DC loss of 12 percent. |
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More than 90 percent of new demand was for modes other than transit in Virginia (mainly automobiles) |
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Transit market share increased from 6.8 percent in the Maryland service area, to 12.3 percent |
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DC lost nearly 75,000 workers, and the transit loss was 40,000, or 54 percent. |
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As a result, the North of Potomac transit market share (DC and Virginia) dropped from 19.5 percent to 17.2 percent. |
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2000 Census Data |
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Jurisdiction |
Workers |
Transit |
Transit Share |
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DC |
260,884 |
86,493 |
33.2% |
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Montgomery County |
455,331 |
57,528 |
12.6% |
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Prince George's County |
397,403 |
47,320 |
11.9% |
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MARYLAND |
852,734 |
104,848 |
12.3% |
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NORTH OF POTOMAC RIVER |
1,113,618 |
191,341 |
17.2% |
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Alexandria |
77,190 |
12,637 |
16.4% |
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Arlington |
116,046 |
27,048 |
23.3% |
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Fairfax County |
528,464 |
38,305 |
7.2% |
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Fairfax City |
11,845 |
903 |
7.6% |
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Falls Church |
5,853 |
928 |
15.9% |
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Loudon County |
92,315 |
1,342 |
1.5% |
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VIRGINIA |
831,713 |
81,163 |
9.8% |
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TOTAL |
1,945,331 |
272,504 |
14.0% |
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Change from 1970 |
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Jurisdiction |
Workers |
Transit |
Transit Share |
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DC |
(74,092) |
(40,128) |
54.2% |
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Montgomery County |
239,837 |
43,305 |
18.1% |
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Prince George's County |
127,998 |
28,462 |
22.2% |
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MARYLAND |
367,835 |
71,767 |
19.5% |
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NORTH OF POTOMAC RIVER |
293,743 |
31,639 |
10.8% |
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Alexandria |
25,411 |
2,954 |
11.6% |
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Arlington |
33,256 |
9,331 |
28.1% |
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Fairfax County |
364,908 |
28,492 |
7.8% |
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Fairfax City |
3,461 |
517 |
14.9% |
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Falls Church |
1,119 |
440 |
39.4% |
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Loudon County |
77,976 |
1,113 |
1.4% |
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VIRGINIA |
506,131 |
42,847 |
8.5% |
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TOTAL |
799,874 |
74,486 |
9.3% |
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1970 Census Data (Pre-Metro) |
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Jurisdiction |
Workers |
Transit |
Transit Share |
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DC |
334,976 |
126,621 |
37.8% |
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Montgomery County |
215,494 |
14,223 |
6.6% |
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Prince George's County |
269,405 |
18,858 |
7.0% |
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MARYLAND |
484,899 |
33,081 |
6.8% |
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NORTH OF POTOMAC RIVER |
819,875 |
159,702 |
19.5% |
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Alexandria |
51,779 |
9,683 |
18.7% |
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Arlington |
82,790 |
17,717 |
21.4% |
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Fairfax County |
163,556 |
9,813 |
6.0% |
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Fairfax City |
8,384 |
386 |
4.6% |
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Falls Church |
4,734 |
488 |
10.3% |
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Loudon County |
14,339 |
229 |
1.6% |
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VIRGINIA |
325,582 |
38,316 |
11.8% |
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TOTAL |
1,145,457 |
198,018 |
17.3% |
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Derived from Census Bureau Data |
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