Every year the city conducts a traffic flow study, which measures the number of cars that go down a particular street during a typical day.
Some interesting stats from 2006:
Cars per day that drive through Ranier & Jackson -- 30,900
Cars per day that drive over the Montlake Bridge -- 56,800
Cars per day that drive through Queen Anne Ave N. -- 11,900
Car Traffic vs. Bus Traffic:
Cars per day that drive on E Yesler between 14th and 23rd -- 8,700
Number of 27 buses per day that travel that same route -- 70 (35 each way)
Cars vs. Population :
Cars per day that drive over the West Seattle bridge -- 109,900
Number of people that live in West Seattle -- 102,761
(Defined as the four WS zips 98106,116,126,136 + WhiteCenter 98146 -- 2000 Census)
Clearly this last stat is mind-blowing. More to come.
Check out the traffic flow stats yourself.
And see this interesting article suggesting why Vancouver has more public trans usage than Seattle or Portland.
[where: 98122]
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Awesome -- thanks for pointing to this data. Love it! (maps look like Minard)
Hah! Nice connection. Wonder what Tufte would say? I saw him talk about the Minard map for about 45 minutes in a lecture once... he was practically foaming at the mouth he loved it so much.
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