[CTPP] No Car but Drive Alone to Work

[wendell cox]

I believe the drive alone data is car specific, with bicycle and motorcycles
a separate choice.

On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 9:03 PM, Goldman, Greg
<Greg.Goldman at campotexas.org>wrote:

> Possibly car sharing services that charge by the mile or time increment.
>
>
>
> Greg Goldman, Planner
> CAPITAL AREA METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION
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> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:ctpp-news-bounces at chrispy.net] On Behalf Of Cook, Cliff
> Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2010 2:52 PM
> To: 'ctpp-news at chrispy.net'
> Subject: [CTPP] No Car but Drive Alone to Work
>
> I'm hoping someone can help me address this question from a colleague.
> He put together a table from the 2006-2008 ACS showing mode of journey
> to work by vehicles owned and came up with surprisingly large numbers
> who do not won a car yet drive alone to work. No doubt, there are a few
> people who fit this category but my guess is that this largely is the
> result of either people misunderstanding the question or some sort of
> coding problem. Here is an excerpt from his email ( the Cambridge here
> is Cambridge, Massachusetts):
>
> I'm looking at ACS data and specifically at cities and percent workers
> have no car available.  From that I'm then looking to see how those
> workers get to work.
>
> The attached worksheet shows my work.  What is strange is that it shows
> for Cambridge that 6.6% of people without a car available drove alone to
> work.  The percent is similar to Boston. And NYC has 3.4% of workers
> with No vehicles available driving alone to work.
>
> So, the question is, how can someone without a vehicle drive to work
> alone?  Do you have any ideas on this?  It could be someone doesn't own
> a vehicle, but drives a friend's car to work. Or has no car of their
> own, but uses a company car to get to work.  But seems like a high
> number for this.
>
> Can anyone shed any light on this?
>
> Thanks
>
> Cliff Cook
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