# Presentation: 294008

## NHTS Early Findings on Public Transportation Travel Trends

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**NHTS Early Findings on Public Transportation ****Travel Trends**

**Steven E. Polzin, PhD., Xuehao Chu, PhD.**
**Center for Urban Transportation Research**
**National Center for Transit Research**
**University of South Florida**
**March 27, 2003**

## NHTS Enables a Rich Knowledge of Travel Behavior - a Sound Foundation for Policy and Planning Decisions

**Transit Market Share: A Look at New Data**** **
**Travel Patterns of People of Color **
**The Role of Density and Captivity in the Success of Public Transit:  Observations from the 1995 NPTS **
**Public Transit in America: Findings from the Nationwide Public Transportation Survey**
**How Many People Use Public Transportation? **
**M****obility and Mode Choice of People of Color for Non-Work Travel**
**Comparative Modal Speeds: Observations from NPTS**** **
**Selling Sidewalks Short**** **

## Outline of Comments

**Transit Dependency**
**Who is Using Transit? Race, Ethnicity, Income, **
**       ****and Immigrant Status**
**Transit Competitiveness**
**Transit and Elderly**
**Trends in Transit Mode Share**

## Transit Dependency

| All Data times (000) Except Ratio | 1969 | 1977 | 1983 | 1990 | 1995 | 2001 | Change 2001-1969 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Households | 62,504 | 75,412 | 85,371 | 85,371 | 98,990 | 107,369 | +71.8% |
| All Population | 197,213 | 213,141 | 229,453 | 239,416 | 259,994 | 277,208 | +40.6% |
| 16+ Population | 137,113 | 158,183 | 175,771 | 182,803 | 198,583 | 211,826 | +54.5% |
| Drivers | 102,986 | 127,552 | 147,015 | 163,025 | 176,330 | 190,321 | +84.8% |
| Non Drivers-16+ | 34,127 | 30,631 | 28,756 | 19,778 | 22,253 | 21,505 | -37.0% |
| 0-Vehicle Households | 12,876 | 11,538 | 11,548 | 8,573 | 7,989 | 8,491  | -34.0% |
| Linked Transit Trips (000) | 4,935 | 4,896 | 5,531 | 4,893 | 7,989 | 6,373 | +29.1% |
| Linked Transit Trips/Household | 79.0 | 64.9 | 64.8 | 52.4 | 67.1 | 59.4 | -24.8 |

## Transit Trips and Transit Dependency Trends

## Transit Market  Share by Car Availability

## Transit Mode Share by Vehicle Availability

**Shortage of Vehicles**

## Transit Mode Share by Vehicle Ownership

## Transit Mode Share by Income

## Transit Mode Share by Home Ownership Status

## Transit Mode Share and Driver Status

## Who is Using Transit?

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**Who is Using Transit?**

## Transit Mode Share by Medical Condition

**Transit Mode Share by Medical Condition**

## Transit Mode Share by Immigration Status

## Mode Share byFrequency of Use

## Mode Share by Employment Type

## Influence of MSA Scale and Area Density on Transit Market Share (1995)

**Size**

**Density**

## Ethnicity of Transit Users

## Transit Competitiveness

## Transit Submode Share

## Mode Speeds

## Weekday Transit Trip Distribution

## Hourly Transit Trip Distribution

## Trip Purpose Distribution of Transit Trips

## Transit and Elderly

## Transit Mode Share Trends

## Transit Mode Share Trends

## Transit Mode Share Trends

## Transit Mode Share Trends

## Contrasting 1995 and 2001 Transit Mode Share Data

- The 2001 NHTS had a large increase in walk share, depressing the value for other modes (explains about 0.04%). 1.57          1.61
- NHTS had a more stringent definition of transit precluding, intercity bus, and courtesy bus (explains about 0.065%). 1.61        1.675
- Adjust for including children under 5 (explains about 0.029%)  1.675        1.704
- Early NHTS data does not include supplement samples in data set but this should not affect mode share.

## Comments on NHTS

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**Comments on NHTS**

- No apparent significant changes in transit use behavior.
- Transit dependent market appears to have quit declining.
- Transit use continues to be concentrated in specific markets,  zero car households, large cities, lower income households, etc.
- Transit’s competitiveness is a critical factor in transit choice.

## Center for Urban Transportation Research

**Center for Urban Transportation Research**

**National Center for Transit Research (NCTR/UTC)**
**Southeastern Transportation Center (STC/Southeastern Region 4 UTC)**
**National Bus Rapid Transit Institute (NBRTI)**
**Established by the Florida Legislature in 1988****	****	**