2002 Household Travel Survey by GBNRTC

2002 REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION SURVEY

Survey Results Report

April 2003

3006 Bee Caves Rd., Suite A-300 . Austin, Texas 78746 (512) 306-9065 . fax (512) 306-9077 . www.nustats.com Contact: Jesse Casas, Principal

The Greater Buffalo-Niagara Regional Transportation Council (GBNRTC) is the transportation policy and planning organization for the Greater Buffalo-Niagara region. The agency was formed in 1970 to permanently establish a regional decision-making forum to meet changing transportation needs and integrate all modes of transportation so as to move people and goods in the most economical, efficient, and effective manner. Designated as the Metropolitan Planning Organization by the Governor of New York, the GBNRTC shares responsibility with the New York State Department of Transportation for cooperatively developing transportation plans and programs that insure an adequate, coordinated transportation system serves the Greater Buffalo-Niagara region. The GBNRTC is further charged with maintaining a continuing, comprehensive, and coordinated planning process for the region that encourages cooperation at all government levels and the participation of the community. The GBNRTC is comprised of those local governments, state and regional agencies which have principal responsibility for developing and implementing transportation plans and programs. Representatives of the GBNRTC Policy Committee are: § § § § § § §

Mayor, City of Buffalo County Executive, Erie County Mayor, City of Niagara Falls Chairman, Niagara County Legislature Chairman, Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority Commissioner, New York State Department of Transportation Division Director, New York State Thruway Authority

Advising the GBNRTC are the Federal Highway Administration, Federal Transit Administration, Federal Aviation Administration, and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. Other organizations advise as appropriate to provide federal, state and local coordination of regional transportation development.

The preparation of this report was financed in part through a grant from the United States Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration. It is a result of a study being conducted by NuStats Partners, LP on behalf of the GBNRTC, with support from the New York State Department of Transportation. The contents of this report reflect the views of the author who is responsible for the facts and the accuracy of the data presented herein. The contents do not necessarily reflect the official views or policies of the local, state, and federal governmental agencies mentioned above. This report does not constitute a standard, specification, or regulation.

TABLE OF CONTENTS Executive Summary..................................................................................................... 1 Background................................................................................................ 1 Survey Objective........................................................................................ 1 Survey Methodology .................................................................................. 1 Key Findings .............................................................................................. 4

Travel and Activity Patterns........................................................................................ 7 Mode of Travel........................................................................................... 7 Time of Travel............................................................................................ 9 Purpose for Travel ................................................................................... 19 Trip Duration ............................................................................................ 22

Specialized Travel: Work and Peak Period............................................................. 24 Travel for Work ........................................................................................ 24 Peak Period Travel .................................................................................. 28

Household Characteristics and Travel .................................................................... 29 Volume of Trips........................................................................................ 29 Household Composition and Trip-Making ............................................... 30 Socio-Economic Status and Trip-Making ................................................ 31

Person Characteristics and Travel........................................................................... 32 Demographic Characteristics .................................................................. 32 School Attendees..................................................................................... 33 Employment............................................................................................. 34

LIST OF TABLES Table 1: Sample Goals and Performance...............................................................................2 Table 2: Statistical Reliability of County Samples...................................................................2 Table 3: Key Household Statistics (Expanded) for the Buffalo-Niagara Region ....................4 Table 4: Key Trip Statistics (Expanded) for the Buffalo-Niagara Region................................5 Table 5: Comparative Metro Area Statistics ...........................................................................5 Table 6: Person Trip Origins and Destinations by County.....................................................7 Table 7: Detailed Trip Purposes â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Buffalo-Niagara Region..................................................19 Table 8: AM Peak (7a.m. to 9:59a.m.) Trip Origins and Destinations by County.................28 Table 9: PM Peak (3p.m. to 5:59 p.m.) Trip Origins and Destinations by County................28 Table 10: Households and Trips by Household Location .....................................................29 Table 11: Households and Trips by Household Size............................................................30 Table 12: Households and Trips by Number of Workers......................................................30 Table 13: Households and Trips by Presence of Children ...................................................31 Table 14: Households and Trips by Household Income.......................................................31 Table 15: Households and Trips by Vehicle Ownership .......................................................31 Table 16: Persons and Trips by Gender ...............................................................................32 Table 17: Persons and Trips by Age.....................................................................................32 Table 18: Persons and Trips by Employment Status............................................................35

LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1: Geographic Distribution of Sample Households......................................................3 Figure 2: Total Weekday Trips by County within the Buffalo-Niagara Region .......................6 Figure 3: Mode of Travel for Daily Person Trips .....................................................................7 Figure 4: Mode of Travel by County of Home Location ..........................................................8 Figure 5: Mode of Travel by County of Destination Location..................................................8 Figure 6: Trip Distribution by Time of Day by County of Residence.......................................9 Figure 7: Mode of Travel Distribution by Time of Day ..........................................................10 Figure 8: Time of Travel by Age............................................................................................11 Figure 9: Destinations for Early Morning Trips (12a.m. to 6:59a.m.)....................................12 Figure 10: Destinations for AM Peak Trips (7a.m. to 9:59a.m.) ...........................................13 Figure 11: Destinations for Late Morning Trips (10a.m. to 11:59a.m.) .................................14 Figure 12: Destinations for Midday Trips (12p.m. to 1:59p.m.) ............................................15 Figure 13: Destinations for Early Afternoon Trips (2p.m. to 2:59p.m.) .................................16 Figure 14: Destinations for PM Peak Trips (3p.m. to 5:59p.m.) ...........................................17 Figure 15: Destinations for Evening Trips (6p.m. to 11:59p.m.) ...........................................18 Figure 16: Summary Trip Purposes ......................................................................................19 Figure 17: Home-Based Trip Purposes by Time of Day.......................................................20 Figure 18: Mode of Travel by Home-Based Trip Purposes ..................................................21 Figure 19: Trip Duration by Home-Based Trip Purpose .......................................................21 Figure 20: Distribution of Trip Duration .................................................................................22 Figure 21: Trip Duration by County of Home Location .........................................................22 Figure 22: Trip Duration by Period of Day ............................................................................23 Figure 23: Starting Hour for Trips to Work............................................................................24 Figure 24: Starting Hour for Trips from Work........................................................................24 Figure 25: Geographic Distribution of Work Locations .........................................................25 Figure 26: Mode of Work Trip by County of Residence........................................................26 Figure 27: Main Mode of Trip to Work by Gender ................................................................26 Figure 28: Main Mode of Trip to Work by Age ......................................................................27 Figure 29: Main Mode of Trip to Work by Vehicle Ownership ..............................................27 Figure 30: Peak Period Trips by Travel Mode ......................................................................28 NUSTATS

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Figure 31: Number of Trips per Household on Assigned Travel Day ...................................29 Figure 32:Distribution of Licensed Drivers ............................................................................33 Figure 33: Distributions of Persons Enrolled in School by Age ............................................33 Figure 34: Number of Jobs among Employed Persons ........................................................34 Figure 35: Status of Unemployed Persons ...........................................................................34 Figure 36: Usual Mode to Main Job ......................................................................................35 Figure 37: Usual Mode to Main Job by County of Residence ..............................................36

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY BACKGROUND This report presents selected results from the 2002 Regional Transportation Survey conducted in the counties of Erie and Niagara (Buffalo-Niagara Region). The survey collected weekday travel behavior characteristics from a representative sample of households residing within the two counties. Survey methods included both telephone interviews to collect demographic information about persons and households in the region and a travel log that was designed to capture activity and travel information for household members five years of age and older during a 24-hour timeframe. The data will be used to update transportation demand forecasting models and to identify transportation needs in the region. All data collection activities conformed to standard procedures for conducting household travel surveys. The sampling, survey design, and reporting methodologies are recognized by major research organizations, including the Transportation Research Board (TRB), the American Association of Public Opinion Research (AAPOR), and the Council of American Survey Research Organizations (CASRO).

SURVEY OBJECTIVE The household travel survey objective was to provide data for regional transportation modeling databases, which include socioeconomic and travel behavior information of area households. The updated databases will be used to update and expand regional transportation demand models, including the functions of estimating trip generation and distribution, mode choice, and assignments. In order to achieve the desired results, the household travel survey had the following goals: ยง

Capture a random sample of households within the Buffalo-Niagara region.

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Collect demographic data about all persons in households.

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Collect data on vehicles available to households.

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Capture weekday data from trips made by all modes including origin / destination addresses.

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Collect 24-hour activity and trip details for all persons, five years of age and older, in households.

SURVEY METHODOLOGY Telephone interviews were conducted with a representative sample of these households to gather demographic data about the household and its members. A complete list of data items collected during the survey is located in the accompanying Survey Methodology Report. Following the demographic interviews, households were randomly assigned a travel day on which their members were asked to record travel destination locations, travel mode, trip duration, persons traveling and destination activity. The sample universe for the household travel survey was defined as all households with telephones located within the New York counties of Erie and Niagara. According to data from the U.S. Bureau of the Census, there were 468,719 total households within these counties in 2000. The sample for the household travel survey was drawn from this universe. Within counties, a pure random sample of households with telephones was selected. The sample goals by county were designed to be proportionate to household population. As Table 1 indicates, the final sample was at or above the required goals in all counties.

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TABLE 1: SAMPLE GOALS AND PERFORMANCE County

Household Population

Erie Niagara

HH Population %

Sample Goal

Sample Outcome

380,873

81%

2,194

2,201

87,846

19%

506

578

Findings presented in this report are based on aggregated data, totaling 2,779 randomly sampled households. These aggregate data have been weighted to reflect a proportionate distribution of households by county and also balanced by income, household size and vehicle ownership. The data were expanded to 2000 Census statistics for total households. Thus, the 2,779 sampled households upon which this draft report is based were used to represent all 468,719 households in the study area. (Also see Survey Methodology Report for full discussion of sampling and data collection methods, sample weight and expansion factor construction, and response rate calculations.) TABLE 2: STATISTICAL RELIABILITY OF COUNTY SAMPLES County Erie Niagara Buffalo-Niagara Region

Final Sample

Statistical Reliability*

2,201

+/- 2.1 percent

578

+/- 4.1 percent

2,779

+/- 1.9 percent

Note: This was calculated at the 95 percent confidence level.

The final database provides a good geographic representation of households in the study area. Figure 1 on the following page illustrates the geographic dispersion of sampled households throughout the two counties.

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FIGURE 1: GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF SAMPLED HOUSEHOLDS (N=2,779)

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Buffalo

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KEY FINDINGS As shown in Table 3, the 2,779 households in the survey sample represented 468,719 households and 1,126,174 persons in the Buffalo-Niagara region. Data from the 2000 U.S. Census indicated that the region had 468,719 households and 1,170,111 persons. While the expanded data matched total households, it totaled to fewer persons due to the slight over-representation of 2-person households and under-representation of 4 or more person households in the sample. Because of the weight by household size that was applied to the data, the average household size for the expanded data was 2.4 persons. This estimate closely matches the U.S. Census 2000 estimate of 2.4 persons. Other key household statistics based on the expanded survey data also closely matched U.S. Census 2000 estimates. Census data indicated that the average number of vehicles available to each household was 1.5. TABLE 3: KEY HOUSEHOLD STATISTICS (EXPANDED) FOR THE BUFFALO-NIAGARA REGION Variable

Erie County

Niagara County

Buffalo-Niagara Region

Total Households

380,873

87,846

468,719

Total Persons

913,771

212,403

1,126,174

2.4

420,047

95,870

515,917

1.1

550,537

137,722

688,259

1.5

1.6

1.5

38.3

38.1

38.2

Persons per HH Total Workers Workers per HH Total Vehicles Vehicles per HH Mean Age

Base: 2,779 Households in the Buffalo-Niagara region, weighted by geography, income, household size, and vehicle ownership and expanded to represent all households.

Table 4 on the following page summarizes the survey trip characteristics of persons and households residing in the study area. When the 25,029 unlinked trips were expanded to the region, there were over 4 million person trips generated in the region on an average weekday. For purposes of this reporting, a “trip” was defined as travel from one place to another place. Data were reported for a 24-hour period from 3:00 a.m. to 2:59 a.m. Total trips were based on unlinked trips for all persons 5 years of age or older. Of all trips, 83 percent were vehicle trips. Eight (8) percent of total trips were non-motorized trips and 3 percent were transit trips.1 Most vehicle trips (47 percent) were drive alone trips. On a per person basis for the region, 3.89 trips were made on an average weekday, and 8.70 trips were generated per household.

Less than one percent of all trips were “other” mode. “Other” modes included such categories as airplane, wheelchair, skates.

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TABLE 4: KEY TRIP STATISTICS (EXPANDED) FOR THE BUFFALO-NIAGARA REGION Variable

Erie County

Total Person Trips2

Niagara County

3,358,812

Buffalo-Niagara Region

720,312

4,079,124

Mean Trips per HH

8.8

8.2

8.7

Mean Trips per Person

4.0

3.6

3.9

Mean Trip Duration (minutes)

17.4

17.1

17.3

Mean Work Trip Duration (minutes)

20.1

19.5

20.0

2,770,059

628,914

3,398,973

Total Vehicle

Trips3

Total Transit

Trips4

125,145

8,255

133,400

Total School Bus Trips

192,310

33,785

226,095

Total Non-motorized Trips5

264,360

48,040

312,400

Base: 25,029 unlinked trips weighted by geography, household size, and vehicle ownership and expanded to represent total daily person trips.

To provide context for the results of the Household Travel Survey for the Buffalo-Niagara region, key statistics were compared with results from recent surveys in other metropolitan areas. In order to validate the comparison, all statistics in Table 5 were calculated using the same formulas from data weighted to Census 2000 parameters. Each of the studies was conducted by NuStats and employed the same procedures and methodology. TABLE 5: COMPARATIVE METRO AREA STATISTICS BUFFALONIAGARA

ST. LOUIS (EWGCC)

Total Persons

1,143,318

2,482,935

260,283

Total Households

468,719

968,533

Year of Survey

2002

Sample Size

KNOXVILLE (KUA MPO)

COLUMBUS (MORPC)

6,188,463

687,249

1,540,157

95,080

2,321,679

281,514

610,895

2002

2000

1999

2,700

5,000

1,400

5,700

1,500

5,500

Household Size

2.4

2.5

2.6

2.4

2.5

Household Vehicles

1.5

1.7

2.0

1.6

1.8

1.7

Person Trip Rate

3.9

4.0

4.1

3.5

3.8

Household Trip Rate

8.7

10.0

10.3

8.1

8.2

9.5

Universe

Persons 5 years and older

All household members

Persons 5 years and older

All household members

ANCHORAGE (AMATS)

PHILADELPHIA (DVRPC)

All statistics derived from weighted sample data.

Total person trips include “other” modes. Vehicle trips were defined as auto, van, truck driver or passenger trips and motorcycle trips. 4 Transit trips were defined as metro bus, metro rail, and taxi, shuttle, and limo trips. 5 Non-motorized trips were defined as walk and bike trips. 3

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FIGURE 2: TOTAL WEEKDAY TRIPS BY COUNTY WITHIN THE BUFFALO-NIAGARA REGION

Lake Ontario

Niagara County Total Trips: 3,358,829 Lockport $ Niagara Falls

North Tonawanda $

Tonawanda $ $ Amherst

Kenmore $

Cheektowaga $ Depew $ Lancaster

$ $

Buffalo Lackawanna

Lake Erie

$ West Seneca

Hamburg

Erie County Total Trips: 720,315 $

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TRAVEL AND ACTIVITY PATTERNS MODE OF TRAVEL Over 4 million unlinked person trips were made within the Buffalo-Niagara region on an average weekday. Nearly half of these trips (47 percent) were made in a personal vehicle with a single occupant. This estimate reflects over 1.9 million drive-alone trips on an average weekday. Trips made in a personal vehicle with 2 or more persons accounted for 36 percent of all trips, of which more than half were vehicles with three or more persons. Eight percent of trips were via walking or biking, and three percent were made by transit.

FIGURE 3: MODE OF TRAVEL FOR DAILY PERSON TRIPS 50% 45% 40% 35% 30% 25% 20% 15% 10% 5% 0%

47.4%

24.3% 11.5% 3.3%

Drive alone

Shared Ride - 2 Persons

Shared Ride - 3+ Persons

Transit

7.7% 5.5%

NonSchool Bus Motorized

0.2%

Other

Base: 25,029 unlinked trips weighted by geography, income, household size, and vehicle ownership and expanded to represent 4,079,124 total trips in the BuffaloNiagara region.

Erie County accounted for over eighty percent of trip origins and destinations on an average weekday.

TABLE 6: PERSON TRIP ORIGINS AND DESTINATIONS BY COUNTY County Erie County Niagara County

Trip Origins

Percent

Trip Destinations

Percent

3,337,158

81.8

3,336,939

81.8

687,012

16.8

687,058

16.8

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54,974 1.3 55,147 1.4 Base: 25,029 unlinked trips weighted by geography, income, household size, and vehicle ownership and expanded to represent 4,079,124 total trips in the BuffaloNiagara region.

Households varied slightly in their choice of travel mode according to their county of residence (See Figure 4 on the following page). Nearly four percent of trips in Erie County use transit, while only one percent of Niagara County trips report transit as mode of travel. Over eighty percent of trips made in the Buffalo-Niagara region on an average weekday are made via personal vehicle.

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FIGURE 4: MODE OF TRAVEL BY COUNTY OF HOME LOCATION 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0%

Erie County

Niagara County

Buffalo-Niagara Region

School Bus

5.7%

4.7%

5.5%

Non-Motorized

7.9%

6.7%

7.7%

Transit

3.7%

1.1%

3.3%

Personal Vehicle - 2+ Persons

35.4%

38.0%

35.8%

Drive alone

47.1%

49.3%

47.4%

Base: 25,029 unlinked trips weighted by geography, income, household size, and vehicle ownership and expanded to represent 4,079,124 total trips in the Buffalo-Niagara region.

Mode usage by county of destination location showed no discernible differences with mode usage by county of residence location. Drive alone was the predominant mode for trips in both Erie and Niagara Counties. Nonmotorized and transit were used most frequently among trips with destinations in Erie County.

FIGURE 5: MODE OF TRAVEL BY COUNTY OF DESTINATION LOCATION 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0%

Erie County

Niagara County

Buffalo-Niagara Region

School Bus

5.7%

5.2%

5.6%

Non-Motor

7.9%

7.0%

7.7%

Transit

3.7%

1.1%

3.3%

Personal Vehicle - 2+ Persons

35.2%

38.9%

35.8%

Drive alone

47.4%

47.9%

47.5%

Base: 24,638 unlinked trips weighted by geography, income, household size, and vehicle ownership and expanded to represent 4,017,641 total trips in the Buffalo-Niagara region. Base excludes missing data.

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TIME OF TRAVEL6 PM Peak (3 p.m. to 5:59 p.m. 7) was the time of day with the heaviest concentrated travel (26 percent of trips in a 3-hour period). The two peak periods (AM and PM) accounted for 47 percent of all trips. About 20 percent of all trips took place during the evening hours (6 p.m. to 11:59 p.m.).

FIGURE 6: TRIP DISTRIBUTION BY TIME OF DAY BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE 50%

40%

26.4%

30%

25.6% 20.7%

20%

Erie County

25.8%

21.0%

18.9% 19.9% 19.7%

20.7%

Niagara County Buffalo-Niagara Region

10.4% 10.9% 10.8% 10.3% 10.2% 10.2%

10% 5.0% 4.7% 4.6%

8.0% 8.1% 8.1%

0% 12am to 6:59am

7am to 9:59am

10am to 11:59am

12pm to 1:59pm

2pm to 2:59pm

3pm to 5:59pm

6pm to 11:59pm

Base: 25,029 unlinked trips weighted by geography, income, household size, and vehicle ownership and expanded to represent 4,079,124 total trips in the Buffalo-Niagara region.

As shown in Figure 7 on the following page, traveling households tended to shift from single passenger vehicles (drive alone trips) to personal vehicles with 2 or more persons as the day progressed. Personal vehicles with 2 persons comprised 9 percent of the AM Peak period (7am to 9:59am) and 15 percent of the evening time period (6pm to 11:59pm). At the same time drive alone trips comprised 65 percent of the early morning period (12am to 6:59am), 47 percent of the AM Peak period (7am to 9:59am), and 41 percent of the evening time period (6pm to 11:59pm). Non-motorized modes (i.e., walk and bike) and transit were used throughout the day.

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Includes all modes of travel Definitions for time periods were provided by GBNRTC.

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FIGURE 7: MODE OF TRAVEL DISTRIBUTION BY TIME OF DAY 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0%

Drive alone

12am to 6:59am

7am to 9:59am

10am to 11:59am

12pm to 1:59pm

2pm to 2:59pm

3pm to 5:59pm

6pm to 11:59pm

64.5%

46.9%

53.7%

53.9%

39.5%

47.7%

40.6%

Personal vehicle - 2 Persons

8.0%

9.1%

12.3%

11.8%

9.6%

11.8%

14.9%

Personal vehicle - 3+ Persons

13.3%

19.7%

22.9%

22.0%

18.2%

24.4%

36.5%

Transit

4.7%

3.6%

3.2%

4.0%

3.7%

3.3%

2.1%

Non-Motorized

4.7%

8.7%

6.9%

8.0%

12.6%

7.5%

5.6%

School Bus

4.9%

11.9%

1.0%

0.3%

16.4%

5.2%

0.3%

Base: 25,029 unlinked trips weighted by geography, income, household size, and vehicle ownership and expanded to represent 4,079,124 total trips in the Buffalo-Niagara region.

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Times of travel varied by age. The majority of persons age 65+ (22 percent) traveled during the late morning (10 a.m. to 11:59a.m.). Majority (28 percent) of trips made by young adults (18 to 24) were made in the evening. All other age groups tended to travel during the AM and PM peak periods most frequently.

FIGURE 8: TIME OF TRAVEL BY AGE 50% 45% 40% 35% 30% 25% 20% 15% 10% 5% 0%

5-17 years

18-24 years

25-64 years

65+ years

12am to 6:59am

2.9%

5.2%

6.1%

1.1%

7 am to 9:59am

28.9%

20.5%

19.3%

16.8%

10am to 11:59am

2.5%

5.1%

10.2%

21.8%

12pm to 1:59pm

2.6%

9.6%

11.6%

17.4%

2pm to 2:59pm

14.2%

8.3%

6.1%

8.9%

3pm to 5:59pm

29.2%

23.5%

26.2%

21.1%

6pm to 11:59pm

19.7%

27.8%

20.6%

13.0%

Base: 25,029 unlinked trips weighted by geography, income, household size, and vehicle ownership and expanded to represent 4,079,124 total trips in the Buffalo-Niagara region.

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FIGURE 9: DESTINATIONS FOR EARLY MORNING TRIPS (12A.M. TO 6:59A.M.)

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North Tonawanda $

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Kenmore$

Cheektowaga $Depew $ Lancaster

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Buffalo

$West Seneca

Lackawanna

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FIGURE 10: DESTINATIONS FOR AM PEAK TRIPS (7 A.M. TO 9:59 A.M.)

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FIGURE 11: DESTINATIONS FOR LATE MORNING TRIPS (10A.M. TO 11:59A.M.)

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FIGURE 12: DESTINATIONS FOR MIDDAY TRIPS (12 P.M. TO 1:59 P.M.)

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FIGURE 13: DESTINATIONS FOR EARLY AFTERNOON TRIPS (2 P.M. TO 2:59 P.M.)

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FIGURE 14: DESTINATIONS FOR PM PEAK TRIPS (3 P.M. TO 5:59 P.M.)

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Niagara Falls

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Tonawanda $

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Kenmore$

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Buffalo

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Hamburg

Erie County

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FIGURE 15: DESTINATIONS FOR EVENING TRIPS (6 P.M. TO 11:59 P.M.)

Lake Ontario ##

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Niagara County

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Kenmore$

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$West Seneca

Lackawanna

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PURPOSE FOR TRAVEL Of the over 4 million expanded, unlinked trips taken in the Buffalo-Niagara region on an average weekday, most were home-based. Of the home-based trips, the most prevalent trip purposes were work (15 percent), shopping / eating (12 percent) and personal business (12 percent). Non home-based trips comprised exactly thirty percent of the trip sample. Of these, most (21 percent) were not to or from work. Of the non homebased trips that were to or from work, most were for shopping / eating, work-related, to pick up or drop-off passenger, or personal business.

FIGURE 16: SUMMARY TRIP PURPOSES 100% 90% 80%

70.0%

70% 60% 50% 40% 30%

21.0%

20%

8.9%

10% 0% Home-based

Work-based

Non-Home Based Other

Base: 25,029 unlinked trips weighted by geography, income, household size, and vehicle ownership and expanded to represent 4,079,124 total trips in the Buffalo-Niagara region.

TABLE 7: DETAILED TRIP PURPOSES â&#x20AC;&#x201C; BUFFALO-NIAGARA REGION Trip Purpose

Frequency

Percent

2,857,421

70.0

Home-Based Work

603,094

14.8

Home-Based School-related

392,885

9.6

Home-Based Shop, Eat

482,339

11.8

Home-Based Pick-up / Drop-off Passenger

308,427

7.6

Home-Based Personal Business

475,796

11.7

Home-Based Recreation

240,219

5.9

Home-Based Visit

180,216

4.4

Home-Based Quick Stop

122,938

3.0

43,425

1.1

8,083

0.2

Home-Based Trips

Home-Based Change Mode Home-Based Childcare Work-Based

Trips8

363,729

8.9

Work-Based Shop, Eat

81,569

2.0

Work-Based Work

68,396

1.7

Work-Based Pick-up / Drop-off Passenger

62,479

1.5

Work-Based Quick Stop

39,080

1.0

Work-Based Personal Business

61,846

1.5

Work-Based Recreation

15,695

0.4

Does not include persons who work from home. These are captured in the Home-Based Trips. NUSTATS

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TABLE 7 CONT: DETAILED TRIP PURPOSES â&#x20AC;&#x201C; BUFFALO-NIAGARA REGION Trip Purpose

Frequency

Percent

Work-Based Visit

12,314

0.3

Work-Based Change Mode

19,619

0.5

Work-Based School-related

2,730

0.1

Non Home-Based Other

857,974 21.0 Total 4,079,124 100.0 Base: 25,029 unlinked trips weighted by geography, income, household size, and vehicle ownership and expanded to represent 4,079,124 total trips in the Buffalo-Niagara region.

Trips to or from work were evenly spread among the AM Peak, mid-day, and PM Peak periods. Majority of school trips were focused in the AM Peak. Shopping trips were largely distributed between the PM Peak and Evening time periods. Quick stop trips were much more likely to take place during the PM Peak period. Visiting and recreation trips typically took place between 6 p.m. and 11:59 p.m.

FIGURE 17: HOME-BASED TRIP PURPOSES BY TIME OF DAY 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0% Work

School

Child care

Quick Stop

Shop, Eat

Visit

Personal Business

Recreation

Pickup/Drop off

Change Mode

6pm-11:59pm

12.9%

7.5%

4.4%

19.2%

31.4%

41.1%

17.4%

45.3%

23.7%

15.6%

3pm-5:59pm

29.3%

22.7%

47.1%

25.4%

26.5%

28.9%

24.5%

21.5%

25.2%

24.5%

2pm-2:59pm

4.5%

19.1%

0.0%

7.7%

6.5%

6.4%

8.4%

2.6%

6.4%

4.1%

12pm-1:59pm

4.7%

2.8%

0.0%

13.0%

13.7%

7.1%

12.3%

4.6%

5.0%

6.1%

10am-11:59am

3.0%

1.9%

5.5%

16.1%

12.3%

6.7%

15.2%

8.3%

5.5%

3.3%

7am-9:59am

29.4%

42.9%

14.8%

13.5%

8.7%

6.3%

20.1%

13.7%

29.2%

30.4%

12am-6:59am

16.1%

3.1%

28.2%

5.1%

0.8%

3.5%

2.1%

3.9%

5.0%

16.1%

Base: 14,4457 unlinked trips weighted by geography, income, household size, and vehicle ownership and expanded to represent 2,857,421 home-based trips in the Buffalo-Niagara region.

As shown in Figure 18 on the following page, the majority of home-based work trips (83% percent) were drive alone trips. Nearly half (45 percent) of all trips to school were by school bus, while another sixteen percent were non-motorized (walk or bicycle). Majority of all shopping trips (48 percent) were made in a personal vehicle with 2 or more persons, with slightly less (43 percent) made by drive alone trips. Nearly six in ten (59 percent) of quick stop trips were drive alone trips.

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FIGURE 18: MODE OF TRAVEL BY HOME-BASED TRIP PURPOSE9 100% 80% 60% 40% 20% 0% Childcare Quick stop Shop/Eat

Visit

Personal Recreation Business

Work

School

School Bus

0.0%

45.4%

4.4%

0.0%

3.6%

0.1%

Non-Motorized

3.3%

15.7%

34.7%

9.4%

5.4%

15.0%

5.9%

9.3%

Transit

3.9%

3.6%

8.8%

0.9%

3.7%

1.1%

3.5%

1.4%

Personal vehicle - 2+ Persons

9.8%

23.7%

52.2%

30.8%

47.6%

35.0%

38.6%

51.4%

Drive alone

82.8%

11.5%

0.0%

59.0%

43.2%

48.2%

47.9%

37.5%

Base: 14,4457 unlinked trips weighted by geography, income, household size, and vehicle ownership and expanded to represent 2,857,421 home-based trips in the Buffalo-Niagara region.

Trips for consumer purposes (i.e., quick stop, personal business, shop/eat, recreation) were the shortest as they were most likely done quite close to home or work. The longest trips were for work.

FIGURE 19: TRIP DURATION BY HOME-BASED TRIP PURPOSE10 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0%

Work

School

Childcare

Quick Stop

Shop/ Eat

Visit

Personal Business

Recreation

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30.0%

34.6%

65.2%

75.6%

54.0%

51.0%

49.3%

56.2%

15-30 min

54.3%

50.8%

32.4%

20.8%

40.3%

39.3%

40.7%

37.3%

31-60 min

13.4%

12.7%

0.0%

3.3%

4.5%

6.1%

7.5%

4.7%

60+ min

2.2%

1.9%

2.4%

0.3%

1.2%

3.6%

2.4%

1.7%

Base: 14,4457 unlinked trips weighted by geography, income, household size, and vehicle ownership and expanded to represent 2,857,421 home-based trips in the Buffalo-Niagara region.

Only trip purposes for which this analysis would be interesting were included in this figure. Only trip purposes for which this analysis would be interesting were included in this figure.

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TRIP DURATION Overall, the unlinked trips recorded in the travel survey were of a short duration. Half (50 percent) were less than 15 minutes in length, while another forty percent were less than 30 minutes in length. Only two percent of trips took longer than 60 minutes.

FIGURE 20: DISTRIBUTION OF TRIP DURATION 60+ min 2% 31-60 min 8% <15 min 50%

15-30 min 40%

Base: 25,029 unlinked trips weighted by geography, income, vehicle ownership, and household size and expanded to represent 4,079,124 total trips in the Buffalo-Niagara region.

FIGURE 21: TRIP DURATION BY COUNTY OF HOME LOCATION

100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50%

50.9%

50.8%

<15 minutes 15-30 minutes 31-60 minutes >60 minutes

39.1%

39.8%

40% 30% 8.6%

7.4%

20%

2.0%

10%

1.4%

0% Erie

Niagara

Base: 25,029 unlinked trips weighted by geography, income, vehicle ownership, and household size and expanded to represent 4,079,124 total trips in the Buffalo-Niagara region.

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The shortest trips were reported during the midday (12 p.m. to 1:59 p.m.). The average trip length during the early morning period was 25.3 minutes, 17.8 minutes in the AM Peak, 15.4 in the late morning, 15.1 in the midday, 18.2 in the early afternoon, 18.3 in the PM Peak, and 15.4 in the evening.

FIGURE 22: TRIP DURATION BY PERIOD OF DAY 100% 80% 60% 40% 20% 0%

12am to 6:59am

7am to 9:59am

10am to 11:59am

12pm to 1:59pm

2pm to 2:59pm

3pm to 5:59pm

6pm to 11:59pm

<15 min

37.1%

49.2%

58.2%

58.6%

45.3%

46.4%

55.5%

15-30 min

45.1%

40.7%

34.3%

33.7%

43.8%

42.8%

37.8%

31-60 min

13.7%

8.4%

5.8%

8.8%

5.4%

60+ min

4.1%

1.7%

1.9%

2.0%

1.3%

Base: 25,029 unlinked trips weighted by geography, income, vehicle ownership, and household size and expanded to represent 4,079,124 total trips in the Buffalo-Niagara region.

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SPECIALIZED TRAVEL: WORK AND PEAK PERIOD Because of their unique characteristics and significance to transportation planning, specialized analyses were conducted on trips to work and trips taken during the a.m. and p.m. peak periods.

TRAVEL FOR WORK On an average weekday, 410,776 work trips were taken (Figure 25 on the following page illustrates the work destinations). Nearly half (49 percent) of all trips to work were made during the AM Peak period (7 a.m. and 9:59 a.m. There was evidence of some split shifts, with about 10 percent of work trips starting between noon and 1:59 p.m. Trips from work occurred most frequently between the hours of 3 p.m. and 5:59 p.m.

FIGURE 23: STARTING HOUR FOR TRIPS TO WORK11 100% 90% 80% 70% 60%

48.7%

50% 40% 30%

22.7%

20% 10%

5.6%

10.1%

10am to 11:59am

12pm to 1:59pm

4.1%

6.2%

2.6%

12am to 6:59am

7am to 9:59am

2pm to 2:59pm

3pm to 5:59pm

6pm to 11:59pm

Base: 2,731 unlinked trips weighted by geography, income, vehicle ownership, and household size and expanded to represent 410,776 total trips to work in the Buffalo-Niagara region.

FIGURE 24: STARTING HOUR FOR TRIPS FROM WORK11 100% 90% 80% 70% 60%

53.3%

50% 40% 30%

16.1%

20% 5.1%

10%

5.0%

10.8%

7.3%

2.4%

12am to 6:59am

7am to 9:59am

10am to 11:59am 12pm to 1:59pm

2pm to 2:59pm

3pm to 5:59pm

6pm to 11:59pm

Base: 2,742 unlinked trips weighted by geography, income, vehicle ownership, and household size and expanded to represent 412,955 total trips from work in the Buffalo-Niagara region. 11

Includes all modes of travel NUSTATS

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FIGURE 25: GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF WORK LOCATIONS

Lake Ontario #

# ##

# # #

# # # #

# #

Niagara County

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# #

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Lockport

# ## ## # #

Niagara Falls

# # #

## ## #

# ##

# # #

North Tonawanda $ #

# # ## ##

Tonawanda

$Amherst

Kenmore$ #

Cheektowaga $ Depew $ Lancaster

Buffalo

Lackawanna$

Lake Erie ## ##

# #

Hamburg

# #

## # # #

West Seneca

Erie County

# #

# # # #

$ #

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Cities Work Locations County Boundary Traffic Analysis Zone (TAZ) Boundaries #

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Drive alone was the most frequent mode for work trips. Households located in Erie County used personal vehicles with 2 or more persons most frequently. Five percent of employed Erie County residents used transit for work trips. Non-motorized trips made up five percent of all work trips in the Buffalo-Niagara region.

FIGURE 26: MODE OF WORK TRIP BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE 100% 90% 80%

84.7%

80.0%

80.9%

70% Drive alone

60%

Personal vehicle - 2+ Persons

50%

Transit Non-Motorized

40% 30% 20% 10%

10.1%

5.1%

10.1%

4.7%

3.5%

10.1%

1.3%

0% Erie County

Niagara County

4.8%

4.1%

Buffalo-Niagara Region

Base: 5,448 unlinked trips weighted by geography, income, household size, and vehicle ownership and expanded to represent 819,919 total work trips in the Buffalo-Niagara region. Base excludes missing data. Percents may not total 100% due to the slight number of trips that used school bus for trips to work that are not included in this table.

Personal vehicles were the most frequent mode of travel to work regardless of gender. Six percent of female respondents used transit as a mode of travel to work, while only two percent of males used this mode of travel for work trips.

FIGURE 27: MAIN MODE OF TRIP TO WORK BY GENDER 100% 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0%

83.3%

78.5%

80.9%

Drive alone Personal vehicle - 2+ Persons Transit Non-Motor 9.8% 10.4% 1.8%4.4%

Male

6.3% 5.1%

Female

10.1%

4.8% 4.1%

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Mode to work varied significantly by age of worker, with younger persons in the workforce more likely to rely on modes other than a personal vehicle for their travel to work. Drive alone trips to work were highest among persons 55â&#x20AC;&#x201C;64 years of age.

FIGURE 28: MAIN MODE OF TRIP TO WORK BY AGE 100% 80% 60% 40% 20% 0%

<18

18-24

25-34

35-44

45-54

55-64

65+

Drive alone

61.4%

67.8%

77.4%

82.2%

83.1%

86.8%

74.7%

Personal vehicle - 2+ Persons

16.7%

14.3%

13.6%

10.4%

7.7%

7.3%

15.5%

Transit

12.6%

9.6%

4.0%

3.1%

3.9%

3.8%

1.1%

Non-Motor

9.3%

7.5%

4.6%

4.2%

5.3%

2.1%

8.7%

Base: 5,396 unlinked trips weighted by geography, income, household size, and vehicle ownership and expanded to represent 811,796 total work trips in the Buffalo-Niagara region. Base excludes missing data. Percents may not total 100% due to the slight number of trips that used school bus for trips to work that are not included in this table.

As might be expected vehicle ownership was a significant indicator of mode of travel to work. Persons in households with zero vehicles relied on non-motorized modes and public transit to get to work to a significantly greater degree than persons in households with vehicles. Frequency of trips made by personal vehicles with 2 or more persons was higher among this latter group, as well as among persons in households with only one vehicle. Generally, as vehicle ownership increased, reliance on means other than drive alone decreased significantly.

FIGURE 29: MAIN MODE OF TRIP TO WORK BY VEHICLE OWNERSHIP 100%

92.2%

88.4%

80%

73.7%

60%

Drive alone Personal vehicle - 2+ Persons Transit Non-Motor

52.8%

40% 25.7%

20% 0%

19.5%

15.5% 7.8% 2.8%

0.6%

8.1% 2.4% 1.1%

6.3%

1.3% 0.1%

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PEAK PERIOD TRAVEL12 For purposes of this report, the AM Peak was defined by GBNRTC as 7 a.m. to 9:59 a.m. On an average weekday, 845,940 trips took place during this time period. The PM Peak was defined as 3 p.m. to 6:59 p.m. On an average weekday, 1,051,511 trips took place during the PM Peak.

TABLE 8: AM PEAK (7AM TO 9:59AM) TRIP ORIGINS AND DESTINATIONS BY COUNTY County

Trip Origins

Trip Destinations

Erie County

689,018

82.0

687,902

83.1

Niagara County

151,033

18.0

140,320

16.9

TABLE 9: PM PEAK (3PM TO 5:59PM) TRIP ORIGINS AND DESTINATIONS BY COUNTY County

Trip Origins

Trip Destinations

Erie County

856,800

82.8

853,151

82.0

Niagara County

177,932

17.2

187,397

18.0

Compared to the AM Peak, PM Peak travel was more likely to be by made by personal vehicle with 2 or more persons than single person vehicles. School bus trips comprised nearly 12 percent of AM Peak trips and only five percent of trips in the PM Peak.

FIGURE 30: PEAK PERIOD TRIPS BY TRAVEL MODE 50% 40% 30% 20% 10% 0%

SOV

HOV

Non-Motorized

Transit

School Bus

AM Peak

46.9%

28.8%

8.7%

3.6%

11.9%

PM Peak

47.6%

36.1%

7.5%

3.3%

5.2%

The time periods need to be defined.

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HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS AND TRAVEL The 2,779 participating households provided important socioeconomic data that will provide insight into population characteristics for a variety of transportation planning and policy applications.

VOLUME OF TRIPS Very few of the households (8.0 percent) that participated in the survey reported making “no (zero)” trips on their travel day.13 Most households reported making 10 trips or less, but more than one in ten households (15 percent) reported making more than 15 trips on their travel day. Thus, the household survey data set contains a rich body of trip information for the study area.

FIGURE 31: NUMBER OF TRIPS PER HOUSEHOLD ON ASSIGNED TRAVEL DAY 50% 45% 40% 35% 30% 25% 20% 15% 10% 5% 0%

33.1%

28.9%

15.2%

8.0%

0 Trips

1-5 Trips

6-10 Trips

11-15 Trips

7.9%

6.8%

16-20 Trips

20+ Trips

Base: 2,779 Households in the Buffalo-Niagara region, weighted by geography, income, household size, and vehicle ownership and expanded to represent all 468,719 households.

The household trip rate is slightly higher in Erie County at 8.8 trips per household, compared to 8.2 trips per household for Niagara County residents. The distribution of trips generated by county of residence (82/18) is similar to the distribution of households (81/19) in the sample.

TABLE 10: HOUSEHOLDS AND TRIPS BY HOUSEHOLD LOCATION County Erie Niagara

# HHs

% HHs

# Trips

% Trips

Trips/HH

380,873

81.3

3,358,812

82.3

8.82

87,846

18.7

720,312

17.7

8.20

Total

468,719 100.0 4,079,124 100.0 8.70 Base: 2,779 Households in the Buffalo-Niagara region, weighted by geography, income, household size, and vehicle ownership and expanded to represent all 468,719 households.

This percent is well within the standard of no more than 8-10 percent of households and is a strong indicator of data quality.

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HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION AND TRIP-MAKING As expected, the number of trips per household increased as the size of the household increased. The largest volume of trips were reported by the 2 and 4+-person households.

TABLE 11: HOUSEHOLDS AND TRIPS BY HOUSEHOLD SIZE Household (HH) Size

# HHs

% HHs

# Trips

% Trips

Trips/HH

143,649

30.6

596,525

14.6

4.15

149,043

31.8

1,116,877

27.4

7.49

72,583

15.5

786,987

19.3

10.84

103,445

22.1

1,578,735

38.7

15.26

Total

Analyses identified two household variables that were significantly associated with household trip rates: the number of workers and the presence of school age children. There were 515,917 workers among the 468,719 households in the Buffalo-Niagara region. This estimate represented 1.10 workers per household. One-worker households were in the majority (35 percent) and 28 percent of households had two workers. Three in ten (31 percent) households had zero workers in them. Six percent of households in the Buffalo-Niagara region had three or more workers. The trips generated by employed persons were significant in the Buffalo-Niagara Region. Not only did employed persons make home to work trips, but also their related spending power increased the number of non-work trips. The Significance of Workers in a Household Households with at least one worker generated over 80 percent of the reported trips in the survey. The trip rates of two-worker households were over twice as high (per household) as zero-worker households (11.7 trips per household compared to 5.2 trips per household). While households with three or more workers were a small segment of the total population (six percent), they generated a disproportionately large volume of trips (over 16 trips per household).

TABLE 12: HOUSEHOLDS AND TRIPS BY NUMBER OF WORKERS Workers

# HHs

% HHs

# Trips

% Trips

Trips/HH

146,700

31.3

764,782

18.7

5.21

162,290

34.6

1,314,493

32.2

8.10

131,586

28.1

1,541,761

37.8

11.72

28,144

6.0

458,089

11.2

16.28

Total 468,719 100.0 4,079,124 100.0 8.70 Base: 2,779 Households in the Buffalo-Niagara region, weighted by geography, income, household size, and vehicle ownership and expanded to represent all 468,719 households.

The Significance of Children in a Household Two-thirds of households in the sample (67 percent) did not contain children (defined as persons 17 years of age or younger). Thirty three percent of households in the Buffalo-Niagara Region contained one or more school age children. (See Table 15 on the following page) The presence of school age children in the household was significantly associated with high trip making. Households with children generated over 50 percent of all trips recorded during the travel survey when they only represented 33 percent of all households. Households without children averaged 6.5 trips whereas those with children averaged 13.2 trips. NUSTATS

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TABLE 13: HOUSEHOLDS AND TRIPS BY PRESENCE OF CHILDREN Presence of Children

# HHs

% HHs

# Trips

% Trips

Children

156,474

33.4

2,064,959

50.6

13.20

No Children

312,247

66.6

2,014,165

49.4

6.45

Total

Trips/HH

468,721 100.0 4,079,124 100.0 8.70 Base: 2,779 Households in the Buffalo-Niagara region, weighted by geography, income, household size, and vehicle ownership and expanded to represent all 468,719 households.

SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS AND TRIP-MAKING Household income impacts trip making. Persons in households with incomes greater than $45,000 generated more trips than did those in households with incomes that were less than that. One factor contributing to these higher trip rates was that higher income households typically had more household members. For example, households with household incomes less than $5,000 contained an average of 2.1 persons, whereas those with household incomes greater than $75,000 contained an average of 3.1 persons.

TABLE 14: HOUSEHOLDS AND TRIPS HH Income

# HHs

% HHs

Less than $4,999

18,428

3.9

56,039

$5,000 to $14,999 $15,000 to $24,999 $25,000 to $44,999 $45,0000 to $74,999 $75,0000 or more Missing

BY HOUSEHOLD INCOME # Trips

% Trips

Trips/HH

83,886

2.1

4.55

12.0

309,904

7.6

5.53

58,030

12.4

371,843

9.1

6.41

98,326

21.0

791,813

19.4

8.05

97,954

20.9

1,040,559

25.5

10.62

76,917

16.4

988,531

24.2

12.85

63,025

13.4

492,589

12.1

7.82

Total

Vehicle ownership in the Buffalo-Niagara Region at 1.50 vehicles per household was lower than the national average (2.0 vehicles per household). More than 70,000 households in the region reported owning no (zero) vehicles. Over one-third reported owning one vehicle, and another thirty-six percent reported owning two vehicles. The more vehicles per household, the greater the number of trips made, with 4.2 trips recorded by households with zero vehicles and 14.7 trips per household for those with four or more vehicles.

TABLE 15: HOUSEHOLDS AND TRIPS BY VEHICLE OWNERSHIP #Vehicles Owned

# HHs

% HHs

# Trips

% Trips

72,742

15.5

306,506

7.5

4.21

175,656

37.5

1,247,327

30.6

7.10

166,494

35.5

1,780,605

43.7

10.69

40,812

8.7

553,950

13.6

13.57

13,016

2.8

190,736

4.7

14.65

1 2 3 4+

Trips/HH

Total

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PERSON CHARACTERISTICS AND TRAVEL The survey database contains demographic and travel information on 6,636 persons. These persons represent 1,126,174 persons in the Buffalo-Niagara region, and they made 4,079,124 unlinked trips on their assigned travel days. These estimates reflect a trip rate per person of 3.89 trips. Twelve percent of people age 5 years and older did not travel on their travel day, representing 130,238 residents.14

DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS The sample was comprised of slightly more females than males. Females made the majority of trips (53 percent), with an average trip rate of 4.1 per person.

TABLE 16: PERSONS AND TRIPS BY GENDER Gender

# Persons

% Persons

# Trips

% Trips

Trips/ Person

Male

524,526

46.6

1,796,292

44.0

3.71

Female

599,086

53.2

2,277,802

55.8

4.05

2,561

0.2

5,030

0.1

2.36

1,126,174

100.0

4,079,124

100.0

3.89

Refused Total

Base: 6,636 persons, weighted by geography, household size, and vehicle ownership to represent all 1,126,174 persons in the Buffalo-Niagara region. Total trips excludes missing.

The sample included individuals of every major age group, which is useful for various analytic and modeling purposes. Persons between the ages of 45-54 years reported the most trips during their assigned 24-hour period, an average of 4.6 trips per person. This trip rate was significantly higher than that reported by young adults ages 16 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 24 years (averaging 3.7 trips per person). We believe the higher trip rates among persons aged 35-54 is related to the fact that these former individuals are more likely than those of other ages to have kids. Persons with kids, regardless of gender, make significantly more trips than those without kids.

TABLE 17: PERSONS AND TRIPS BY AGE Age

# Persons

Less than 5 years

% Persons

# Trips

% Trips -

Trips/ Person -

77,921

6.9

5-15 years

188,542

16.7

606,957

14.9

3.22

16-24 years

96,922

8.6

357,038

8.8

3.68

25-34 years

104,779

9.3

378,916

9.3

3.62

35-44 years

178,162

15.8

780,852

19.1

4.38

45-54 years

176,270

15.7

804,887

19.7

4.57

55-64 years

120,295

10.7

503,912

12.4

4.19

65+ years

170,656

15.2

605,842

14.9

3.55

12,626

1.1

40,720

1.0

3.23

1,126,174

100.0

4,079,124

100.0

3.89

Missing Total

Base: 6,636 persons, weighted by geography, household size, and vehicle ownership to represent all 1,126,174 persons in the Buffalo-Niagara region. Total trips excludes missing.

This percentage is well within the standard of no more than 15 to 18 percent and is a strong indicator of data quality

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Most persons age 16 and older (85 percent) were licensed drivers. On average, licensed drivers made 4.3 trips on their assigned travel day, compared to 2.5 trips for unlicensed drivers. Over twenty percent (26 percent) of those who were unlicensed were age 65 and older; 29 percent were between the ages of 16 and 24. Most unlicensed drivers (71 percent) were unemployed.

FIGURE 32: DISTRIBUTION OF LICENSED DRIVERS 15%

Licensed Not Licensed

85%

Base: 5,362 persons age 16 and older, weighted by geography, income, household size, and vehicle ownership to represent 858,750 persons in the Buffalo-Niagara region. Base excludes missing data.

SCHOOL ATTENDEES About three in ten of the sample (29 percent) said that they were attending school. Most of these persons were less than 18 years old. Eleven percent of young adults (ages 18-24) reported being students. Among young adults, those in school made 3.9 daily trips compared to 3.4 trips for non-students. Older adults (ages 25â&#x20AC;&#x201C;64) who were attending school made slightly less trips than non-students with 4.1 trips on their travel day, compared to 4.3 trips for non-students.

FIGURE 33: DISTRIBUTIONS OF PERSONS ENROLLED IN SCHOOL BY AGE 100% 80% 60%

Yes No

40% 20% 0%

<5 years

5-17 years

18-24 years

25-64 years

65+ years

Yes

43.1%

98.6%

55.6%

6.5%

1.0%

56.9%

1.4%

44.4%

93.5%

99.0%

Base: 6,561 persons, weighted by geography, income, household size, and vehicle ownership to represent all 1,112,648 persons in the Buffalo-Niagara region. Base excludes missing data.

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EMPLOYMENT Six in ten adults (60 percent), aged 16 years and older, were employed either full- or part-time, representing 515,917 persons in the Buffalo-Niagara region. Among employed persons, most (81 percent) were employed full-time. Only a small number of persons (eight percent) held more than one job. Most (95 percent) of the persons who held more than one job worked part-time at their secondary job.

FIGURE 34: NUMBER OF JOBS AMONG EMPLOYED PERSONS 100% 80% 60% 40% 20% 0%

Full-Time

Part-Time

1 Job

93.1%

87.3%

2 Jobs

6.5%

11.7%

3+ Jobs

0.4%

1.0%

Base: 3,389 persons age 16 and older, weighted by geography, income, household size, and vehicle ownership to represent 506,870 persons in the Buffalo-Niagara region. Base excludes missing data.

Forty-one percent of the sample (age 16 and older) was unemployed, representing approximately 343,792 persons. Most of the unemployed individuals were retired (54 percent) or homemakers (14 percent).

FIGURE 35: STATUS OF UNEMPLOYED PERSONS 60%

53.8%

50% 40% 30% 20% 11.8%

13.7%

12.5% 8.2%

10% 0% Retired

Disability

Homemaker

Unemployed Looking

Unemployed Not Looking

Base: 1,960 unemployed persons age 16 and older, weighted by geography, income, household size, and vehicle ownership to represent 340,847 persons in the Buffalo-Niagara region. Base excludes missing data.

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Employed persons made a total of 2,262,391 trips on their assigned travel day. They reported more trips than non-employed persons. Of unemployed persons, homemakers reported the most trips at 4.2 trips per person. Disabled persons reported the fewest trips, on average.

TABLE 18: PERSONS AND TRIPS BY EMPLOYMENT STATUS Employment Status

# Persons

% Persons

# Trips

Employed

515,917

60.2

2,262,391

65.3

4.39

Not Employed, Retired

183,540

21.4

674,570

19.5

3.68

Not Employed, Disabled

40,210

4.7

106,531

3.1

2.65

Not Employed, Homemaker

46,571

5.4

197,622

5.7

4.24

Not Employed, Looking for Work

27,796

3.2

88,573

2.6

3.19

Not Employed, Not looking for Work

42,731

5.0

134,443

3.9

3.15

856,764

100.0

3,464,132

100.0

4.04

Total

% Trips

Trips/Person

Base: 5,349 persons age 16 and older, weighted by geography, income, household size, and vehicle ownership to represent 837, 564 persons age 16 and older in the Buffalo-Niagara region. The base excludes missing data.

Employed persons were asked their â&#x20AC;&#x153;usualâ&#x20AC;? mode to their main job. Other mode information in this report provides data on mode to work on assigned travel days. Most persons (85 percent) in the two county region usually drive alone to work; six percent use public transit.

FIGURE 36: USUAL MODE TO MAIN JOB

Transit 5.9%

Walk 3.0%

Bike 0.4%

Shared Ride - 2+ Persons 6.0%

Drive Alone 84.7%

Base: 3,265 employed persons age 16 and older, weighted by geography, income, household size, and vehicle ownership to represent 497,405 persons in the Buffalo-Niagara region. The base excludes missing data.

Most employed persons (92 percent) have free parking at their main job. Fewer employed persons (4 percent) reported that they are offered a transit subsidy from their employer. Of those offered a transit subsidy benefit from their employer, 58 percent reported using this benefit.

NUSTATS

2002 REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION SURVEY GREATER BUFFALO-NIAGARA REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION COUNCIL

The vast majority of employed residents from both counties drove alone to work (over 80 percent). Seven percent of employed Erie County residents use public transit as a usual mode to work, while less than two percent of employed Niagara County residents use this mode of travel to work. Four percent of employed Niagara County residents report “walk” as their usual mode of travel to work.

FIGURE 37: USUAL MODE TO MAIN JOB BY COUNTY OF RESIDENCE 100% 80% 60% 40% 20% 0%

Erie

Niagara

Bike

0.4%

0.7%

Walk

2.7%

4.1%

Transit

6.9%

1.8%

Shared Ride - 2+ Persons

5.8%

7.1%

Drive Alone

84.2%

86.3%

NUSTATS

2002 REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION SURVEY GREATER BUFFALO-NIAGARA REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION COUNCIL