Does anybody else think its pretty good how well the big cities of the NW do in these regards compared to other places in North America? For relatively young cities with little in the way of dense historical centers like some of the eastern seaboard cities (and particular Portland's lower overall city density) to put up strong numbers like these says something good about how we plan out here. Our cities stack up pretty well against others in our peer group, but i'm not naming other city names, i dont want to be getting in trouble
Portland Seattle Vancouver
Public transit 13.3% 17% 17%
Walk 4.3% 6.9% 17%
Bike 3.5% 2.3% 3%
SOV 63.3% 58.4% 50%
Funny how the lower SOV rates correlate to higher densities...
Note- Vancouver numbers are from a City of Vancouver study cited in the Transportation forum, pdx/sea numbers come from the census data (
http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/...ans_Tables.xls)