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New Urban Community Commuting Patterns:
Autos, Transit and Walking: 2000 Census

  Laguna West Elk Grove (Adjacent to Laguna West) Kentlands Gaithersburg without Kentlands Orenco Hillsboro
without Orenco
   
Urban Area Sacramento CA Sacramento CA Washington, DC-MD-VA Washington, DC-MD-VA Portland, OR-WA Portland, OR-WA AVERAGE AVERAGE
County Sacramento Sacramento Montgomery, MD Montgomery, MD Washington, OR Washington,
OR
   
Setting Suburban Suburban Suburban Suburban Suburban Suburban    
Architectural Style New Urbanist Conventional New Urbanist Conventional New Urbanist Conventional New Urbanist Conventional
                 
Automobile 92.2% 93.8% 84.2% 81.3% 79.3% 87.4% 84.2% 85.4%
Drive Alone 82.1% 79.6% 79.2% 66.1% 70.0% 73.5% 74.4% 72.3%
Car Pool 10.1% 14.2% 5.1% 15.2% 9.3% 13.9% 9.9% 13.1%
Transit 2.2% 1.5% 8.5% 13.0% 12.9% 6.3% 9.2% 8.4%
Walk 1.7% 0.9% 1.3% 2.5% 5.8% 2.1% 2.8% 2.8%
Other Modes 0.7% 1.1% 0.2% 0.9% 2.1% 1.1% 1.0% 1.3%
Work at Home 3.1% 2.7% 5.8% 2.3% 0.0% 3.1% 2.8% 2.0%
                 
Travel Time (Minutes One-Way) 32.6 27.6 31.1 31.3 20.8 23.3 28.9 25.8
                 
Drive Alone 82.1% 79.6% 79.2% 66.1% 70.0% 73.5% 74.4% 72.3%
                 
Transit & Car Pool 12.3% 15.7% 13.6% 28.2% 22.1% 20.2% 19.0% 21.6%
                 
New Urbanist data for census blocks comprising new urbanist developments.        
Calculated from US Census Bureau data            

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