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Cambridge Residents Means of Commuting to Work: 1990 and 2000

2000 Residents
1990 Residents
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2000 Residents

Workplace Location¹	As % of Resident Workers	Single Occupancy Vehicle	Public Transit	Car/Van Pool	Bike	Walk	Other Means	Work at Home
In Cambridge and Abutting Towns	78.7%	25.3%	28.3%	4.9%	4.5%	29.2%	1.0%	6.7%
In Cambridge	46.5%	19.0%	13.3%	4.6%	5.4%	45.2%	1.1%	11.4%
In Abutting Towns²	32.1%	34.5%	50.0%	5.2%	3.2%	6.1%	1.0%	0.0%
Elsewhere	21.3%	72.2%	12.1%	6.5%	1.8%	6.1%	1.2%	0.0%

All Locations	100.0%	35.3	24.9	5.2	3.9	24.3	1.1%	5.3%

1. Steps taken by the Census Bureau to protect individual confidentiality by suppressing data affect the accuracy of the only “worker flow” table to separate bicyclers, walkers, and several other “minor” modes of commuting. Thus, the 2000 Census does not provide accurate or useful individual figures for the "Bike", "Walk" and "Other" modes. The figures used here come from an analysis that weights various factors to generate useful mode splits for resident flows to different locations. As such, they do not have the same level of rigor as figures for the total labor force irregardless of work location.
2. Abutting towns include Arlington, Belmont, Boston, Brookline, Somerville, and Watertown.

Source: U. S. Census, 2000 Census Transportation Planning Package 2000 Part 3, 2004 as analyzed by the Cambridge Community Development Department, 2005.

1990 Residents

Workplace Location	As % of Resident Workers	Single Occupancy Vehicle	Public Transit	Car/Van Pool	Bike	Walk	Other
In Cambridge and Abutting Towns	81.7%	29.9%	25.5%	7.5%	3.4%	28.7%	5.0%
In Cambridge	48.7%	24.8%	12.3%	6.6%	4.0%	44.5%	7.8%
In Abutting Towns¹	33.0%	37.5%	45.0%	8.7%	2.5%	5.3%	0.9%
Elsewhere	18.3%	72.2%	13.7%	7.7%	1.1%	4.0%	1.3%

All Locations	100.0%	37.7%	23.4%	7.5%	2.9%	24.2%	4.3%

1. Abutting towns include Arlington, Belmont, Boston, Brookline, Somerville, and Watertown.

Sources: Massachusetts Central Transportation Planning Staff and U. S. Census Bureau, Journey to Work traffic zone data file, 1990.

Chart showing means of journey to work by mode of transportation for 2000 Cambridge residents.

Chart showing means of journey to work by mode of transportation for 1990 Cambridge residents.

About Journey to Work Data

Journey to Work information is compiled by the U. S. Census Bureau using data derived from the long form questionnaire administered during the decennial Census of Population. The Journey to Work tables help answer questions such as where workers live and how they commute to work. The information also serves a variety of transportation planning related purposes, including use in connection with the implementation of the City's Parking and Transportation Demand Management (PTDM) Ordinance.

Go to the U. S. Census Bureau Journey to Work and Place of Work home page

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For more information about Parking and Transportation Demand Management in the City of Cambridge, including the PTDM Ordinance, contact Stephanie Groll, TDM Planner, sgroll@cambridgema.gov, at 617/349-4673. The PTDM Ordinance is administered by the Environmental and Transportation Planning Division.

Go to the City of Cambridge PTDM Information Center

For more information about socioeconomic and demographic statistics about Cambridge, please contact Cliff Cook, ccook@cambridgema.gov, Planning Information Manager, at 617/349-4656.

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