Tag: downtown seattle association

February 25, 2015

69 percent of downtown workers don’t drive alone

The most recent Downtown Seattle Association/Commute Seattle survey (PDF) of downtown commute habits shows that 69 percent of workers do not drive alone to their jobs. Transit is by far the preferred way to get to downtown jobs, though walking, biking and telecommuting are also growing. Though the number of jobs downtown has been rising fast,…
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February 19, 2013

Only one-third of downtown commuters drive alone to work

Commute Seattle released a report recently showing that driving to work in downtown Seattle continues to fall as more and more people choose to walk, bike, telecommute and take transit. In 2000, half of downtown employees got to work by driving themselves. Now, barely one-third do so. Transit has taken on the lion’s share of…
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