Boulder commuting stats: Driving alone still preferred method

October 20, 2010 · Posted in Bikes, Energy, G.I.Y. · 7 Comments 

Just over half of Boulder commuters drive alone to get to work. Compared to the rest of Colorado, that’s pretty impressive, we’re also built better for it in the city, so we probably should be comparing ourselves to other cities that are bike- and bus-friendly.

The other number that sticks out on this data from the 2009 U.S. Census American Community Survey is our work-from-home number — but we already knew that.

Here’s some of the relevant data:

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 Location Drive alone Carpool Public transportation Bike Walk Work from home

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 Boulder 51.2 4.8 9.8 12.32 9.66 10.26

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 Longmont 80.7 6.2 3 0.7 0.59 7.15

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 Boulder County 64.9 7 5.3 4.77 4.33 12.05

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 Colorado 74.3 10.1 3.3 1.4 3 6.74

 

In Amsterdam, they take more trips by bike than by car. Consider that!

In Portland, bike traffic constitutes 20 percent of the traffic on some roads, leading to bikejams.

Until we’re having bikejams — or until I have to stand up for part of my bus commute — it seems like there’s still a lot of education to be done. (But please don’t cut bus service to artificially make this happen. Here’s a great post from our neighbors to the south on that line of thinking.)

Note: When I lived on the Skip line, I did have to stand up — often.

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