DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGE AND WORKTRIP TRANSIT TRENDS IN THE 1970'S: WORKING PAPER NO 2--STATISTICAL TABLES

This document provides statistical tables that reflect journey to work patterns for workers living in urbanized areas (USs) of the U.S. in 1970 and 1980. Figures are derived from one percent Public Use Microdata Samples (PUMs) of the 1970 and 1980 Censuses of Population and Housing. The document is intended for transportation planners and others involved in planning or analyzing urban development who need detailed data on commuting patterns. A companion report titled Demographic Change and Worktrip Transit Trends in the 1970s, describes the most important changes in transit use during the 1970s using a format better suited for a nontechnical audience. Part 1 of this report contains identical tables for 1970 and 1980, reflecting mode splits and other transit-related information for a sample of workers from all UAs in the country at each date. Part 2 focuses on travel time for the journey to work for a sample of workers from all UAs in the country. All these data pertain only to workers 16 years and older living in urbanized areas of the country and only trips made to and from work. To isolate changes in transportation behavior per se, a set of tabulations (corresponding to those in Parts 1 and 2) were developed for workers living in the 25 largest urbanized areas in the country. (About 80 percent of all workers using public transportation for the worktrip live in one of these 25 largest UAs.) The tables derived from the 25 largest UAs are presented in Parts 3 and 4 of this document. Each table shows very detailed categories of travel mode or travel time and a major transit-related variable, so analysts can use the tables for a wide variety of purposes by combining categories of data to suit their purposes.

• Corporate Authors:

  Joint Center for Political Studies

  1301 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite 400
  Washington, DC  United States  20004

  Urban Mass Transportation Administration

  400 7th Street, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 1985-1

Media Info

• Features: Appendices;
• Pagination: 224 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Census; Demographics; Households; Modal split; Needs assessment; Public transit; Social factors; Socioeconomic factors; Statistics; Transportation disadvantaged persons; Work trips
• Old TRIS Terms: Umta section 8
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Economics; Public Transportation; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00396469
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: UMTA-DC-09-7009-85-1Final Rpt.
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Aug 31 1985 12:00AM