Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan - sacog

APPENDIX A—BACKGROUND AND SUPPORTING INFORMATION
A.1 Who Bicycles and Walks Now?
The population of the six-county Sacramento region in 2005 was 2,057,000, and is expected to grow
to 3,350,000 by 2035. The U.S. Census “journey to work” data in Table 3.1 indicates that in the
Sacramento region 2.2% of commuters walked to work, and 2.2% used other means, which includes
bicycling; compared to statewide percentages of 2.9% and 1.9% respectively. Table 3.2 shows this
data for each of the six counties in the Sacramento region.
Table A.1
Commuting to Work in California in 2000 13
COMMUTING TO WORK
Sacramento
Region
Total
California
Total % Total %
Workers 16 years and over 852,362 100.0% 14,525,322 100.0%
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone 642,403 75.4% 10,432,462 71.8%
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled 116,672 13.7% 2,113,313 14.5%
Public transportation (including taxicab) 22,105 2.6% 736,037 5.1%
Walked 18,432 2.2% 414,581 2.9%
Other means 18,667 2.2% 271,893 1.9%
Worked at home 34,083 4.0% 557,036 3.8%
Mean travel time to work (minutes) 25.8 (X) 27.7 (X)
1DP-3. Profile of Selected Economic Characteristics: 2000 Census
Table A.2
Commuting to Work in the Sacramento Region in 2000 13
COMMUTING TO WORK 3 El Dorado Placer Sacramento Sutter Yolo Yuba
Total % Total % Total % Total % Total % Total %
Workers 16 years and over 72,119 100.0% 116,409 100.0% 536,310 100.0% 30,383 100.0% 75,151 100.0% 21,990 100.0%
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone 54,656 75.8% 93,265 80.1% 404,130 75.4% 23,756 78.2% 50,498 67.2% 16,098 73.2%
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled 9,599 13.3% 11,718 10.1% 77,021 14.4% 4,492 14.8% 9,922 13.2% 3,920 17.8%
Public transportation (including taxicab) 1,294 1.8% 1,168 1.0% 16,502 3.1% 193 0.6% 2,799 3.7% 149 0.7%
Walked 1,570 2.2% 1,930 1.7% 10,999 2.1% 571 1.9% 2,833 3.8% 529 2.4%
Other means 785 1.1% 1,437 1.2% 9,368 1.7% 458 1.5% 6,216 8.3% 403 1.8%
Worked at home 4,215 5.8% 6,891 5.9% 18,290 3.4% 913 3.0% 2,883 3.8% 891 4.1%
Mean travel time to work (minutes) 29.7 (X) 27 (X) 25.4 (X) 25.4 (X) 21.2 (X) 26.2 (X)
1DP-3. Profile of Selected Economic Characteristics: 2000 Census
The “journey to work” data is a limited resource because it asks respondents for their primary mode
of travel to work; bicycling or walking can often be a secondary or linked mode of transit. In
addition bicycle or walking trips to schools are not counted, though they usually directly replace
vehicle trips.
Regional Bicycle, Pedestrian, and Trails Master Plan—Amended June 2011 A-1