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COMMUTER SURVEY REVEALS DOWNTOWN DENVER COMMUTERS ARE NINE
TIMES MORE LIKELY TO USE TRANSIT COMPARED TO AVERAGE US COMMUTERS
January 16, 2014 | Denver, CO – The Downtown Denver Partnership announced the recent release of
the Downtown Denver Commuter Survey, a report published each fall that surveys employees working
in Downtown Denver to examine the commuting trends and habits of Downtown commuters. This year,
the Partnership received a record 4,485 valid responses to the 2013 Downtown Denver Commuter
Survey and findings show that transit and driving alone are the two most commonly used ways
Downtown Denver commuters travel to work.
The Downtown Denver Commuter Survey measures a sample of the Downtown Denver employee
population to analyze commuting patterns, explore the attractiveness of transportation benefits and
determine how commuters currently travel to their Downtown offices.
“Understanding the commuting preferences, options and trends of Downtown employees plays a critical
role in the management and planning of Downtown Denver,” said Tami Door, President and CEO of the
Downtown Denver Partnership. “By highlighting these key findings we can reinforce Downtown
Denver’s role as a regional transportation hub as well as continue to support the transportation
amenities and programs that our Downtown employees rely on.”
Intended to help current and future employers in the center city have a better understanding of
employees’ commuter habits, the Downtown Denver Commuter Survey shows commuters who work in
Downtown Denver have different commuting habits than the population as a whole. Downtown Denver
commuters reported significantly higher transit and biking use than those in the City of Denver, the
Metro Area and the United States as a whole. Individuals who commute to Downtown Denver are nine
times as likely to use transit, seven times as likely to bike and half as likely to drive to work as the
average U.S. commuter.
Key findings in the report show:
 Transit and driving alone are the two most commonly used ways Downtown Denver commuters
travel to work with 46% of respondents using transit and only 38% driving alone.
 How Downtown Denver commuters compare to the average American commuter – commuters
traveling to Downtown Denver use transit more and drive alone less than the average American
commuter.
 Key factors such as age, gender, office location, commute length and employer-provided
transportation benefits effects an employee’s commuting habits.
The report also shares interesting facts and findings such as:
o Commuters under 30 are almost twice as likely to bike to work and over three times as
likely to walk to work than commuters as a whole.
o In Downtown Denver, males are 167% more likely to bike to work than females, and in
the U.S., males are 116% more likely to bike to work.
Click here to view the report in its entirety.
About the Downtown Denver Partnership
The Downtown Denver Partnership, Inc. is a non-profit business organization that creatively plans,
manages and develops Downtown Denver as the unique, diverse, vibrant and economically healthy
urban core of the Rocky Mountain region. For more information, visit www.downtowndenver.com.
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