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Daily Person Trips
to/from
New York City's Central Business District
(1993)

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Person Trips
	Inbound Modal Summary				Outbound Modal Summary
	8-9 AM	7-10 AM	24 HOUR		5-6 PM	4-7 PM	24 HOUR
Car-Taxi-Van-Trk	74,044	215,819	1,124,073		76,680	237,133	1,122,459
Bike	429	1,213	6,653		720	2,036	6,241
Private Vehicle Sub Total	74,473	217,032	1,130,726		77,400	239,169	1,128,700
Rail Rapid Transt	399,750	858,879	1,712,216		307,077	694,325	1,634,566
Buses	54,730	121,119	218,903		49,821	110,288	218,252
Railroad	82,148	158,504	226,290		64,328	131,530	223,067
Ferry	10,869	25,103	41,720		11,054	23,766	39,392
Tramway *	0	0	0		0	0	0
Public Transport Sub Total	547,497	1,163,605	2,199,129		432,280	959,909	2,115,277
Total Persons	622,038	1,380,831	3,330,326		509,680	1,199,078	3,243,977

Modal Split
	Inbound Modal Split				Outbound Modal Split
	8-9 AM	7-10 AM	24 HOUR		5-6 PM	4-7 PM	24 HOUR
Car-Taxi-Van-Trk	12%	16%	34%		15%	20%	35%
Bike	0.1%	0.1%	0.2%		0.1%	0.2%	0.2%
Private Vehicles Sub Total	12%	16%	34%		15%	20%	35%
Rail Rapid Transt	64%	62%	51%		60%	58%	50%
Buses	9%	9%	7%		10%	9%	7%
Railroad	13%	11%	7%		13%	11%	7%
Ferry	2%	2%	1%		2%	2%	1%
Tramway *	0%	0%	0%		0%	0%	0%
Public Transport Sub Total	88%	84%	66%		85%	80%	65%
Total Persons	100%	100%	100%		100%	100%	100%

Modal Split within Categories
	Inbound Modal Split				Outbound Modal Split
	8-9 AM	7-10 AM	24 HOUR		5-6 PM	4-7 PM	24 HOUR
Car-Taxi-Van-Trk	99%	99%	99%		99%	99%	99%
Bike	1%	1%	1%		1%	1%	1%
Private Vehicles Subtotal	100%	100%	100%		100%	100%	100%
Rail Rapid Transt	73%	74%	78%		71%	72%	77%
Buses	10%	10%	10%		12%	11%	10%
Railroad	15%	14%	10%		15%	14%	11%
Ferry	2%	2%	2%		3%	2%	2%
Tramway *	0%	0%	0%		0%	0%	0%
Public Transport Subtotal	100%	100%	100%		100%	100%	100%

Temporal Distribution
	Inbound				Outbound
	8-9 AM	7-10 AM	24 HOUR		5-6 PM	4-7 PM	24 HOUR
Car-Taxi-Van-Trk	7%	19%	100%		7%	21%	100%
Bike	6%	18%	100%		12%	33%	100%
Private Vehicles Sub-total	7%	19%	100%		7%	21%	100%
Rail Rapid Transt	23%	50%	100%		19%	42%	100%
Buses	25%	55%	100%		23%	51%	100%
Railroad	36%	70%	100%		29%	59%	100%
Ferry	26%	60%	100%		28%	60%	100%
Tramway *	0%	0%	0%		0%	0%	0%
Public Transport Sub-total	25%	53%	100%		20%	45%	100%
Total Persons	19%	41%	100%		16%	37%	100%

Based on data from:
Tables 14 and 15
Hub-Bound Travel 1993
New York Metropolitan Transportation Council