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Transportation Silicon Valley drivers continue to drive less and shift to cleaner vehicles and means of commute. PLACE WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT The modes of transportation we use, including the type of cars we drive, impacts the quality of our air and the region’s transportation infrastructure. Motor vehicles are the major source of air pollution for the Bay Area. By utilizing alternative modes of transportation, such as public transit and walking, as well as choosing vehicles that are more fuel-efficient or use alternative sources of fuel, residents can reduce their ecological footprint. Shifting from carbon-based fuels to renewable energy sources and reducing consumption together have the potential for widereaching impact on our environmental quality in terms of local air quality and global climate change. HOW ARE WE DOING Silicon Valley residents continued to drive less in 2009 even as gas prices dropped. The 23 percent plunge in gas prices from the previous year marked the first price decline since 2002. VMT per capita has fallen 15 percent since 2001 and reached an all time low of just over 8,100 miles per capita in 2009. On a per capita basis, fuel consumption has continued to slide in Silicon Valley and continued to rise in the rest of the state. From 2000 to 2010, fuel consumption per capita in the region dropped eight percent, while growing by ten percent in the rest of California over this period. In 2010, Silicon Valley residents consumed roughly 85 gallons of fuel less per capita than the rest of Californians. Silicon Valley commuters are using more alternatives to driving alone. In 2009, 74 percent of commuters drove to work alone, down four percent from 2003 figures. In turn, the percentage of commuters who carpooled, worked at home, walked, or used other means of getting to work, such as a bicycle, each increased over the same time period. From 2009 to 2010, transit ridership in Silicon Valley dropped from 28 to 26 rides per capita. This shows the first significant decline in ridership since 2004 when ridership plummeted 13 percent. Alternative fuel vehicles comprise a growing percentage of total Silicon Valley operational vehicles. In 2009, an additional 6,800 alternative fuel vehicles were registered in the Silicon Valley region, a 17 percent increase from the previous year. Since 2004, alternative fuel vehicles in the region have increased seven fold and now account for 2.4 percent of all vehicles. Alternative fuel vehicles also increased in the rest of the state but only represented 1.5 percent of total operational vehicles in 2009. Vehicle Miles of Travel per Capita 10,000 9,000 8,000 7,000 6,000 5,000 4,000 3,000 2,000 1,000 0 Vehicle Miles of Travel per Capita and Gas Prices 1995 1996 1997 Santa Clara & San Mateo Counties 1998 1999 2000 2001 Note: Gas prices are average annual retail gas prices for California Data Source: California Department of Transportation; Energy Information Administration, U.S. Department of Energy; California Department of Finance Analysis: Collaborative Economics 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 $5.00 4.50 4.00 3.50 3.00 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 0.50 0.00 Average Annual Gas Prices (inflation adjusted) 46
Fuel Consumption per Capita San Mateo & Santa Clara Counties, and the Rest of California About the 2011 Index | 01 Map of Silicon Valley 02 | 550 Table of Contents | 03 Gallons of Fuel Consumption per Capita 500 450 400 350 300 250 200 150 497 476 460 495 511 545 Index 2011 Highlights 04 | 05 Index at a Glance 06 | 07 Special Analysis 08 | 11 PEOPLE 12 | 15 ECONOMY 16 | 31 100 50 2000 2005 2010* 0 Silicon Valley Rest of California *2010 figures are projections Note: Fuel Consumption consists of gasoline and diesel fuel usage on all public roads Data Source: California Department of Transportation; Moody's Economy.com Analysis: Collaborative Economics Per Capita Fuel Consumption 2000–2010 Silicon Valley –8% SOCIETY 32 | 43 Rest of California +10% Means of Commute Change in Distribution 2003-2009 Drove Alone -3.8% Carpooled +0.6% Public Transportation +0.4% Percentage of Workers 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% Means of Commute Percentage of Workers Santa Clara & San Mateo Counties 78% 74% Environment 44–45 Transportation 46-49 Land Use 50-51 Housing 52-55 Commercial Space 56-57 PLACE Worked at Home +0.7% 20% Special Analysis cont. 58 | 67 Other Means +1.5% 10% Appendices 68 | 72 Walked +0.5% 0 2003 2009 Acknowledgments | 73 Walked Other Means Worked at Home Public Transportation Carpooled Drove Alone Note: Other means includes taxicab, motorcycle, bicycle and other means not identified separately within the data distribution. Taxicabs are included in 2003 Public Transportation data and 2009 Other Means data. Data Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey Analysis: Collaborative Economics 47
Page 1 and 2: i n d e x OF SILICON VALLEY 2011 PE
Page 3 and 4: ABOUT THE 2011 SILICON VALLEY INDEX
Page 5 and 6: TABLE OF CONTENTS 2011 INDEX HIGHLI
Page 7 and 8: Attracting talent from abroad is im
Page 9 and 10: SOCIETY Educational and health outc
Page 11 and 12: Special Analysis The Crisis in Loca
Page 13 and 14: Silicon Valley’s experience has m
Page 15 and 16: 40,000 Net Migration Flows Foreign
Page 17 and 18: Science & Engineering Degrees Confe
Page 19 and 20: MY Employment Total Employed Reside
Page 21 and 22: MY Total Number of Jobs in Employme
Page 23 and 24: MY 12,000 10,000 Patent Registratio
Page 25 and 26: MY Billions of Dollars Invested (In
Page 27 and 28: MY 0.5% 0.4% Percent of Population
Page 29 and 30: MY 100% 90% 80% Percentage of Nonem
Page 31 and 32: MY Per Capita Income (Inflation Adj
Page 33 and 34: MY Perfect Income Inequality = Gini
Page 35 and 36: Percentage of Eighth Graders Tested
Page 37 and 38: 50% 45% 40% Percent of Students Rec
Page 39 and 40: Vibrant Nightlife San Jose-Sunnyval
Page 41 and 42: Percentage of Population with Healt
Page 43 and 44: Teen Births Teen Births per 1,000 F
Page 45 and 46: Number of Drug and Alcohol Rehabili
Page 47: Per Capita Water Consumption % Chan
Page 51 and 52: About the 2011 Index | 01 Map of Si
Page 53 and 54: 80% 70% 60% 50% Housing Near Transi
Page 55 and 56: Average Rent (Inflation Adjusted) A
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Page 59 and 60: $9 8 Commercial Rents Annual Averag
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Page 63 and 64: These trends indicate that all majo
Page 65 and 66: Trends in County Revenue and Expend
Page 67 and 68: County Expenditures In terms of cou
Page 69 and 70: Based on San Mateo County June 2010
Page 71 and 72: Establishment Churn The National Es
Page 73 and 74: Time Required for Permitting of Ren
Page 75 and 76: ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Special thanks to t

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