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COMMUTER STRESS INDEX, 2007-2011<br />
SOURCE: TEXAS TRANSPORTATION INSTITUTE, 2011<br />
Compared to peer regions, the Nashville MSA has seen the third-largest percentage increase in its Commuter Stress Index, a ratio that measures the difference in<br />
travel time during free-flow conditions and peak congestion periods. Compared to peer regions, Nashville has seen the third-largest percentage increase in its Commuter<br />
Stress Index, a ratio that measures the difference in travel time during free-flow conditions and peak congestion periods. The graph below shows this index<br />
for the Nashville MSA and peer regions in 2007 and 2011. As an example, in 2007, a 20-minute free flow trip would have taken 1.25 times as long, or 25 minutes,<br />
during peak congestion. In 2011, the same trip would have taken almost 26 minutes in peak congestion.<br />
2007<br />
1.32<br />
1.38<br />
1.18<br />
1.22<br />
1.25<br />
1.28<br />
1.26<br />
1.28<br />
1.33<br />
1.34<br />
1.22<br />
1.22<br />
1.27<br />
1.26<br />
1.26<br />
1.23<br />
1.24<br />
1.21<br />
1.18<br />
1.15<br />
1.37<br />
1.33<br />
2011<br />
Austin<br />
Indianapolis<br />
Nashville MSA<br />
Tampa<br />
Denver<br />
Louisville<br />
Charlotte<br />
Memphis<br />
Raleigh<br />
Kansas City<br />
Atlanta<br />
Nineteen percent of all trips taken in the<br />
COMMUTING MODE<br />
SOURCE: U.S. CENSUS BUREAU, 2012<br />
Nashville area are for work commutes.<br />
The vast majority – 82.4 percent – of people who live in the Nashville MSA<br />
drive alone to work, slightly higher than the average of our peer regions.<br />
Drive alone<br />
Carpool<br />
Public trans.<br />
Taxi<br />
Motorcycle<br />
Bicycle<br />
Walking<br />
Other<br />
Work from home<br />
Atlanta<br />
78.0%<br />
10.5%<br />
2.9%<br />
0.2%<br />
0.1%<br />
0.1%<br />
1.4%<br />
0.8%<br />
5.9%<br />
Austin<br />
76.0%<br />
11.0%<br />
2.3%<br />
0.1%<br />
0.4%<br />
0.9%<br />
2.0%<br />
0.9%<br />
6.4%<br />
Charlotte<br />
78.8%<br />
10.3%<br />
2.1%<br />
0.0%<br />
0.3%<br />
0.2%<br />
1.6%<br />
0.9%<br />
5.9%<br />
Clarksville<br />
81.9%<br />
9.0%<br />
0.7%<br />
0.3%<br />
0.3%<br />
0.1%<br />
5.1%<br />
0.6%<br />
2.0%<br />
Denver<br />
75.6%<br />
9.1%<br />
4.4%<br />
0.0%<br />
0.3%<br />
1.1%<br />
2.4%<br />
0.8%<br />
6.3%<br />
Indianapolis<br />
82.6%<br />
9.4%<br />
1.2%<br />
0.1%<br />
0.2%<br />
0.3%<br />
1.6%<br />
0.6%<br />
4.0%<br />
Kansas City<br />
83.2%<br />
8.9%<br />
1.1%<br />
0.1%<br />
0.2%<br />
0.2%<br />
1.3%<br />
0.8%<br />
4.2%<br />
Louisville<br />
82.9%<br />
9.3%<br />
1.8%<br />
0.1%<br />
0.1%<br />
0.2%<br />
1.8%<br />
0.6%<br />
3.2%<br />
Memphis<br />
83.0%<br />
10.5%<br />
1.2%<br />
0.1%<br />
0.1%<br />
0.1%<br />
1.2%<br />
0.7%<br />
3.0%<br />
Nashville MSA<br />
82.4%<br />
9.6%<br />
1.1%<br />
0.0%<br />
0.2%<br />
0.1%<br />
1.2%<br />
0.8%<br />
4.7%<br />
Raleigh<br />
80.3%<br />
9.8%<br />
1.0%<br />
0.1%<br />
0.2%<br />
0.4%<br />
1.1%<br />
0.9%<br />
6.2%<br />
Tampa<br />
80.0%<br />
9.6%<br />
1.2%<br />
0.1%<br />
0.3%<br />
0.8%<br />
1.7%<br />
1.0%<br />
5.4%<br />
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