Mode Share Survey
To limit traffic congestion, the need for parking spaces and the environmental impacts that come with commuters who drive alone to work, the City of Bellevue has targets for the proportion of commuters who come to work in other ways, such as taking the bus, carpooling, biking or walking. To determine whether the city is meeting its targets, Bellevue commissions a study – the Mode Share Survey – approximately every three years.
The survey evaluates how commuters travel to their work destinations and gathers information on programs or services that might encourage the use of alternatives to drive-alone commuting. A summary report details the findings of the 2008 Mode Share Survey and compares those results with target levels for drive-alone commuting, as well as survey results from 2005, 2002 and 2000.