1. Walk/Ride Day
Quick Stats
March 2012

2. Crosstab: Mode x Mode
Mode To Work on Walk/Ride Day
Mode To Work
Normally Bike Car Carpool Other Transit Telecommute Walk ROW TOTAL
Bike 149 1 13 9 172
Car 13 23 7 16 1 18 78
Carpool 1 36 1 3 1 42
Other 3 3
Transit 20 6 6 408 6 15 461
Telecommute 4 4
Walk 3 4 1 98 106
COLUMN TOTAL 185 30 49 5 444 12 141 866

3. Crosstab Percentages: Mode x Mode
Mode To Work Today
Mode To Work Normally Bike Car Carpool Other Transit Telecommute Walk Row Total
Bike 87% 0% 0% 1% 8% 0% 5% 100%
Car 17% 29% 9% 0% 21% 1% 23% 100%
Carpool 0% 2% 86% 2% 7% 0% 2% 100%
Other 0% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 100%
Transit 4% 1% 1% 0% 89% 1% 3% 100%
Telecommute 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 100% 0% 100%
Walk 3% 0% 0% 0% 4% 1% 92% 100%
NET SHIFT +7.6% -61.5% -16.7% +66.7% -3.7% +200.0% +33.0%

4. Mode Shifts for Car Commuters
Bike
17%
Walk
23%
Telecommute
1%
Car
29%
Transit
21%
Carpool
9%
Normal Car Commuters were the group with the most significant mode shifts on Walk/Ride
day. 23% of car commuters shifted to walking, 21% shifted to transit, 17% shifted to
biking, and 9% shifted to carpooling

5. Mode Shifts
Normal Bikers Normal Pedestrians
Bike Transit
3% 4% Telecommute
Walk 1%
Other 5%
1% Transit
8%
Bike
86% Walk
92%
86% of Normal Bike Commuters 92% of Pedestrian Commuters walked to
rode their bikes on Walk/Ride day. work on Walk/Ride day. However, 3%
However, 8% shifted to transit and shifted to biking, 4% shifted to transit, and
5% shifted to walking 1% telecommuted on Walk/Ride day

6. Mode Shifts
Normal Carpoolers Normal Transit Users
Walk Car Walk
Telecommute Car Carpool
Transit 2% 3% 3%
1% 1% 1%
Other 7%
2%
Bike
5%
Carpool Transit
86% 89%
86% of Normal Carpoolers carpooled on 89% of Normal Transit users used transit
Walk/Ride day. However, 7% shifted to on Walk/Ride day. However, 5% shifted
transit, 2% shifted to walking, and 2% to biking, 3% shifted to walking, and 3%
shifted to another mode of transit. shifted to other modes of transit.

7. Net Shift by Mode
Walk 33.02%
Telecommute* 200%
-3.69% Transit
Other* 66.67%
Carpool 16.67%
-61.54% Car
Bike 7.56%
-100.00% -50.00% 0.00% 50.00% 100.00% 150.00% 200.00% 250.00%
*Small sample size

8. 14.8%
85.3% of of Walk/Ride
Participants
Walk/Ride Participants
normally commute to work shifted to a
via an active mode of MORE active
transportation (includes mode of
walking, biking, and transit). transportation on
Walk/Ride Day.

9. Car Commuters had
the greatest average
weight of all modes Average Weight of Participants by Mode
of transit.
175.0
171.5
170.0
167.1 166.3
165.0
160.0
157.8
155.0 152.8
150.0
145.0
140.0
Car Carpool Bike Transit Walk
**Sample size for ‘Telecommute’ and ‘Other’ were too small to evaluate

10. Other Green Transit (All Modes)
….Also used green
transportation for
Yes
42%
shopping, errands, or
social visits today.
No
58%
Other Green Transit by Mode
60%
53%
46%
40%
30%
23%
13%

11. 70
Employers with the Greatest Number of Participants telecommute
other
60
carpool
car
50
walk
bike
40
transit
30
20
10
0

12. Average Commuting Miles by Mode of Transportation
Walk 3.2
Telecommute 67.2
Transit 17.4
Other 19.9
Carpool 13.1
Car 4.1
Bike 8.8
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80

13. Home of Walk/Ride
Participants
Boston
23%
Other
35%
Cambridge
14%
Malden
2% Everett Somerville
11%
2%
Medford Newton Arlington Brookline
3% 3% 4%
3%

14. Walk/Ride Participants
and Average Commuting Distance in Miles
Somerville Resident
Participants Commuting
within Somerville for Non-Resident
work: 22 Participants
Commuting
into
Somerville for
Somerville 3.2 miles work: 17
Resident
Participants
Commuting 6.7 miles
elsewhere for
work: 71
7.1 miles