Commuting In America 2013

Brief 1: Overview provides an overview of the development of the Commuting in America 2013 series and establishes institutional context, objectives, importance, data sources, and products to be produced. Brief 2: The Role of Commuting in Overall Travel presents national trend data on the relative role of commuting in overall person travel, and explores commuting as a share of trips, miles of travel, and travel time at the national level. Brief 3: Population and Worker Trends provides very basic and key national demographic data. Brief 4: Population and Worker Dynamics focuses on the dynamics of the population and workforce, and includes data on migration, immigration, and differential rates of growth. Brief 7: Vehicle and Transit Availability reports on vehicle ownership and licensure levels and the availability of transit services. It also references factors influencing the availability of bike, walk, and carpool commute options. Brief 8: Consumer Spending on Transportation explores household spending on travel. Brief 10: Commuting Mode Choice addresses national and regional trends in mode use. It also explores the relationship between commuting mode choice and: commuters' socio-demographic characteristics, the geographic distribution of residence and work places, and the quality and availability of modal options. Brief 11: Commuting Departure Time and Trip Time provides quantitative data regarding work-trip departure times and trip travel times. Brief 12: Auto Commuting presents data describing private vehicle use trends and relationships.