Commuter Profiles 

Commuter Profiles

This page provides links to several cities that have tracked changes in commuter behaviors and attitudes over several years.

Phoenix, AZ

• June 2001 Employer Telework Study - Full Report -
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  Measures awareness, attitudes, and current business practices among local employers regarding telework as a work option in the Phoenix metro area.
• November 2000 Employee Telecommuting Study - Full Report - Download MS Word document (594KB)
  Measures awareness and attitudes that local employed residents have regarding telework as a work option
• June 2000 Telework Study - Full Report -
  Download MS Word Document (149KB)
  Findings of what employers say about telecommuting and elements of their programs.
• 1999 Telecommuting Research Report Summary
  Survey results from community leaders, area employers and employees and focus groups on awareness, attitudes, and current business practices among employers regarding telecommuting as a work option.
• Clean Air Campaign & Travel Reduction Program Survey
  • 2001 Transportation Demand Management (TDM) Research Report - Full Report -
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    Measures work trip mode splits including telework; opinions on transportation and alternative modes; PC/Internet ownership and usage; and most important issues in the Valley.
  • 2000 TDM Executive Summary
  • 1999 TDM Executive Summary

   

San Francisco, CA

RIDES for Bay Area Commuters, which operates the San Francisco Bay Area's Transportation Demand Management program under contract to the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC), conducts annual Commute Profile surveys. Commute Profile is an annual region-wide telephone survey of commuters. The study is designed as a market research tool to help RIDES and others better understand Bay Area commute patterns. Commute Profile is unique among Bay Area surveys in that it focuses on commuters, their determinants of mode choice, current travel behavior and trends.

• Commute Profile 2001 A survey of Bay Area Commute Patterns
  (September 2001)
• Commute Profile 2000  A survey of Bay Area Commute Patterns
  (August 2000)
• Commute Profile 1999 A survey of Bay Area Commute Patterns
  (August 1999)
• Commute Profile 1998 A Survey of Bay Area Commute Patterns
  (July 1998)

Los Angeles, CA

• 2001 Travel & Congestion Survey is a survey of the daily travel habits of households within six counties in Southern California (Imperial, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and Ventura).
• 1998 State of the Commute Report by Southern California Rideshare, a program of the Southern California Association of Governments is the only annual report to regularly track commuter habits and attitudes on a regional basis in the greater Los Angeles area

Tucson, AZ

• The Travel Reduction Program in Pima County, Arizona provides specific goals for employers to meet in each year of participation after one full year of participation in the TRP. The first compliance year goal is 15% alternate mode usage (15% of employees using an alternate mode of transportation at least one day a week) or a 15% reduction in employee vehicle miles traveled. 
  • 2000 TRP Regional Results
  • 1999 TRP Regional Results 
  • 1998 TRP Regional Results 
  • 1997 TRP Regional Results

State of Washington

The Washington State Legislature created the Commute Trip Reduction (CTR) Law in 1991 with the goals of reducing traffic congestion, air pollution, and petroleum consumption in the state's nine most populous counties. This 2001 biennial report from the CTR Task Force reviews the program's performance and recommends a legislative strategy to achieve even greater success in the future.

• 2001 CTR Task Force Report Findings include: "CTR works. The CTR Program removes 18,500 vehicles from the state's roadways every morning. If the 12,600 vehicles removed in the Puget Sound region each morning were added back to the region's highways, the equivalent of 22.5 additional lane miles would be needed to accommodate the demand. The cost to the state to provide this additional capacity would be $36-$169 million. Each year, the program prevents 3,200 tons of air pollution and reduces petroleum consumption by 6.5 million gallons, saving Washington citizens $8 million in fuel costs alone

  "CTR is a good investment. Each dollar the state invests in CTR leverages more than four dollars in investments from its private sector partners. Employers invest in CTR because it makes good business sense and because they are supported by a statewide program. The Ridesharing Tax Credit Program is an important factor in the decision of many organizations to invest in CTR. Last year 267 companies took advantage of this credit. More than 1,100 worksites participate in the CTR Program, including 92 worksites that have implemented programs voluntarily.

• 1999 Commute Trip Reduction (CTR) Task Force Report to the Washington State Legislature (2.4MB PDF file) with Links to Supporting Documents (Appendices)