Commute Profile

Commute Profile is an annual region-wide telephone survey of commuters. The study is designed as a tool to help better understand Bay Area commuters and their commute patterns. Commute Profile is unique among Bay Area surveys in that it focuses on commuters, their travel behavior and trends that emerge from year to year.

To track commute trends over time, Commute Profile has retained a group of core questions. The core questions include:

• Commute Modes
• Commute Distance and Time
• Use of HOV Lanes
• Influence of Employers and Employment Sites on Travel Behavior
• Potential Use of Options to Driving Alone
• Awareness and Use of Commuter Information Services
• Demographic Information

Additional questions are rotated each year depending on current topics of interest to MTC and other partners who participate in the planning of Commute Profile. These rotating blocks of questions add an important element of flexibility to the study.