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More than half of workers had 15-29 minute commutes in 1990, but that dropped<br />

to 35% by 2000. The share of workers commuting less than 15 minutes<br />

increased the most in the ten-year period (14 percentage points), but the share<br />

of workers commuting 30 minutes or more also saw small increases.<br />

Table 11.15<br />

Workers by Commute Time, 1990 and 2000 Census<br />

Commute time 1990 2000<br />

Less than 15 minutes 15.9% 30.1%<br />

15–29 minutes 51.6% 36.3%<br />

30–39 minutes 14.7% 15.7%<br />

40–59 minutes 9.0% 10.7%<br />

60 minutes or more 5.9% 7.3%<br />

Average travel time (minutes) <strong>22</strong>.4 24.3<br />

Source:<br />

1990 - U. S. Department of Transportation, Volpe National Transportation Systems<br />

<strong>Center</strong>, Journey-to-Work Trends in the United States and its Major Metropolitan<br />

Area, 1960–1990, FHWA-PL-94-012, Cambridge, MA, 1994, p. 2-6.<br />

2000 - U.S. Bureau of the Census, American Fact Finder, factfinder.census.gov,<br />

Tables QT-03 and P048, August 2001.<br />

(Additional resources: www.census.gov)<br />

<strong>TRANSPORTATION</strong> <strong>ENERGY</strong> <strong>DATA</strong> <strong>BOOK</strong>: <strong>EDITION</strong> <strong>22</strong>—2002<br />

11–17

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