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Table 4-20.Means of Transportation and
Distance to Work by Size and Type of Area, 1973 (percent of
employed heads of households)
|
Size of metro
area |
Location in metro
area |
Outside metro
area |
| Transportation mode and
distance to work |
Less than 1
million |
1 million or
more |
Central city |
Ring |
Urban |
Rural |
| All employed heads of
households |
100 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
100 |
| Transportation mode |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Private transit |
90 |
81 |
81 |
88 |
91 |
81 |
| Public transit |
4 |
15 |
13 |
8 |
0 |
2 |
| Walk or bicycle |
5 |
3 |
4 |
4 |
11 |
4 |
| Unknown means |
3 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
14 |
| Distance to work |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Less than 5 miles |
38 |
25 |
43 |
22 |
69 |
42 |
| 5-14 miles |
41 |
39 |
35 |
43 |
22 |
27 |
| 15 or more |
21 |
36 |
22 |
35 |
10 |
31 |
| Source: Washington
Center for Metropolitan Studies' Lifestyles and Energy
Surveys. |
Table 4-21.Place of Work for Workers
Living in Metro Areas of 100,000 or More, by Residence In or
Outside Central City, 1970
| Residence and place of
work |
Percent of
workers |
| All workers in metro areas
of 100,000 or more |
100 |
| Live in central city |
45 |
| Work in central city |
36 |
| Work outside central
city |
9 |
| In ring |
7 |
| Outside metro area |
2 |
| Live outside central
city |
55 |
| Work in central city |
18 |
| Work outside central
city |
37 |
| In ring |
33 |
| Outside metro area |
4 |
| Source: Prepared by
the Washington Center for Metropolitan Studies using data from the
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Population 1970, Detailed
Characteristics. Final Report PC (1)-D1, U.S. Summary,
Washington, D.C.; U.S. Government Printing Office, 1973, Table 242,
p. 830. |