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Appendix D<br />

Methods Used for the Example<br />

Commute Analysis<br />

We used the following steps to identify and cost out the illustrative<br />

commutes for Chapter 4.<br />

1. Identify the origins of the commutes.<br />

a. Use CTPP data to identify two neighborhoods (TAZs) in each<br />

county with the highest number of low-income residents.<br />

b. Use ArcGIS software to identify the geographic centroid of each<br />

low-income TAZ polygon as the exact point to use for the origin<br />

of the commute.<br />

2. Identify the destinations of the commutes:<br />

a. Use PUMS data to identify the most common place of work<br />

(county) for low-income workers who work outside their county<br />

of residence.<br />

b. Use ABAG 2000 job projections for Bay Area cities to identify<br />

the city with the most jobs in each county as the destination for<br />

our commutes. For each of the nine counties in the Bay Area,<br />

these cities are:<br />

County City Number of Jobs<br />

Alameda Oakland 193,950<br />

Contra Costa Concord 59,720<br />

Marin San Rafael 42,110<br />

Napa City of Napa 30,810<br />

San Francisco San Francisco 634,430<br />

San Mateo Redwood City 60,940<br />

Santa Clara San Jose 423,040<br />

Solano Fairfield 41,030<br />

Sonoma Santa Rosa 56,036<br />

c. Use GIS to determine the geographic center of the destination city.<br />

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