Washington D.C. Travel and
Transportation Trends
The District of Columbia
Department of Transportation (DDOT) is the branch of government that manages
and maintains publicly owned transportation related infrastructure in
Washington D.C. DDOT has authority over the planning, design, construction, and
maintenance of bridges, sidewalks, streets, street lights, traffic signals, and
other transportation related infrastructure (DDOT). In order to help alleviate congestion
and offer more travel options for commuters and tourist alike, DDOT has
partnered with several nearby jurisdictions and Alta Bike Share Inc. in a
public-private partnership for a bikeshare system. Currently Capital Bikshare
has more than 200 stations, 37,000 annual members, and more than 240,000
24-hour memberships. A further 32 more stations are planned to open by the end
of 2013 (Capital Bikeshare, 2013).
Commuters in Washington D.C. have
a major influence on travel patterns, as only 28% of people employed in D.C.
commute from within the city. More than 56% of employees commute in from nearby
Maryland and Virginia and the remainder of commuters enter the city from D.C.’s
outlying suburbs (DDOT).
Washington D.C. has the second
highest percentage of public transit commuters in the United States behind New
York City. Although public transit is a
popular option there are still more than 44% of all commuters into D.C. that choose
to travel by car, 21% take the Metro (subway), 14% carpool, 9% use the
Metrobus, 5% walk, 3% by rail, and 0.6% ride a bike (2010 ACS). It is
noteworthy that according to a recent American Community Survey, 35.4% of
households in D.C. do not own a car (ACS, 2008)
References:
“About” District Department
of Transportation, 2013. Web.http://ddot.dc.gov/DC/DDOT/About+DDOT/Who+We+Are?nav=0&vgnextrefresh=1
United States Census
Bureau. 2010. Web
http://factfinder2.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/10_1YR/S0801/0400000US11
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