1970-80 Commutation StatisticsReported Trips
Table 15
CITY OF NORTHAMPTON
DATA ON TRAVEL TO PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT 1970 -1980
1970 1980
10,542 13,557 (29% increase in trips
to work)
Springfield CBD 25 115
City of Springfield 410 (4 551 (4
City of Chicopee 209 (2 81 (.6
City of Holyoke 219 (2 502 (4
Inside S /C /H SMSA 9,019 (86 11,300 (83
Outside S /C /H SMSA 1,525 (14 1,310 (10
'Hartford SMSA 172 (2 89 (.6
Worked Elsewhere 768
Place of Work not Reported 859 947
Estimated Sample Size 287
City of Northampton 7,756 (57
Town of Amherst 930 (7
Easthampton /Southampton 1,068 (8
Westfield 167 (1
35
.1970
PLACE OF WORK, NORTHAMPTON RESIDENTS
Inside Hampshire County 6,792 72.2%
Outside Hampshire County 1,750 18.6%
Not Reported 859 9.1%
TRANSPORTATION TO WORK
Vehicle
Public Transp.
Walked
Other Means of Travel
(Worked at Home
FOR THOSE DRIVING
This information was not collected in
1970
TRAVEL TIME TO WORK
9,401
8,554 77.5%
300 2.7%
1,895 17.2%
282 2.6%
11,031 100%
370)
This information was not collected in
1970
Table 16
JOURNEY TO WORK
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1980
PLACE OF WORK, NORTHAMPTON RESIDENTS
In Northampton 7,756 57.2%
Outside Northampton 4,854 35.8%
Not Reported 947 7.0%
13,557
TRANSPORTATION TO WORK
Vehicle 10,145 77.3%
Public Transp. 522 4.0%
Walked 2,105 16.0%
Other Means of Travel 352 2.7%
(Worked at Home
FOR THOSE DRIVING
Drove Alone
Car Pool
TRAVEL TIME TO WORK
Under 5 min. 903
5 -15 6,002
15 -30 4,143
30 -50 1,779
Over 1 hr. 299
13,124 100%
430)
8,034
2, 111
10,145
13,126