| NEW
YORK |
1990 |
2000 |
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| COMMUTING
TO WORK |
NUMBER |
PERCENT |
NUMBER |
PERCENT |
Change
in Mode Split % |
Net
Change |
PCT
Change in Total Number |
|
Workers 16 years and
over |
8,220,613 |
100.0% |
8,211,916 |
100.0% |
0.0% |
(8,697) |
-0.1% |
| Car,
truck, or van - - drove alone |
4,460,757 |
54.3% |
4,620,178 |
56.3% |
2.0% |
159,421 |
3.6% |
| Car,
truck, or van - - carpooled |
861,188 |
10.5% |
756,918 |
9.2% |
-1.3% |
(104,270) |
-12.1% |
| Public
transportation (including taxicab) |
2,042,488 |
24.8% |
2,006,194 |
24.4% |
-0.4% |
(36,294) |
-1.8% |
| Walked |
575,089 |
7.0% |
511,721 |
6.2% |
-0.8% |
(63,368) |
-11.0% |
| Other
means |
67,869 |
0.8% |
69,036 |
0.8% |
0.0% |
1,167 |
1.7% |
| Worked
at home |
213,222 |
2.6% |
247,869 |
3.0% |
0.4% |
34,647 |
16.2% |
| Mean
travel time to work (minutes) |
28.6 |
(X) |
31.7 |
(X) |
|
3.1 |
10.8% |
| Source:
Census 2000 - http://www.census.gov/census2000/states/ny.html
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