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2023

Percent of neighbors that drive to work alone

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 Monitoring Progress
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Status Indicators: Proceeding as Planned |  Monitoring Progress | Reviewing for Improvement | Information Unavailable

The City aims to reduce vehicle miles traveled by promoting diverse transportation modes that are safe and low-cost, including walking, biking, and using mass transit.  As staff strives for connecting our City through the addition of complete streets, sidewalks, and bike paths, and increasing the availability of different transportation options, the City’s goal is to see a decrease in the percent of neighbors who commute to work alone, further reducing traffic congestion.

Data is collected from the American Community Survey (ACS) 1-Year Estimates – Data table: B08006: Sex of Workers by Means of Transportation to Work. For further information about the American Community Survey (ACS) please see the Source tab. 

Due to the impact of COVID-19, the Census Bureau changed the 2020 American Survey System (ACS) release schedule to only release a limited number of data tables containing experimental estimates for the nation, states, and the District of Columbia.

There are many external contributing factors affecting the projection to confidently determine an exact numerical target, therefore we have elected to set the target to ”decrease”. 

In 2022 the percentage of workers over the age of sixteen within the Fort Lauderdale City limits opting to drive alone decreased by 4 percent. A contributing factor for the decrease is the trend to find alternative methods of transportation as oil prices for imported fuels and lubricants prices increased 60.9 percent between the 12 month period of December 2020 to December 2021, and 19.4 percent between December 2021 to December 2022.*

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The data for this indicator is obtained from the American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates.  The American Community Survey (ACS) is administered by the United States Census Bureau. It is an ongoing survey that provides annual data used by communities, state governments, and federal programs to make decisions. The One-Year Estimate data provides 12 months of collected data from areas with populations over 65,000 and represents the most current available data.

There is an approximately one-year delay of the availability of ACS data; as such, data reported is for the prior year (for example, 2023 reported results represent 2022 ACS data).

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City of Fort Lauderdale
100 North Andrews Avenue | Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301
www.fortlauderdale.gov

Office of Management and Budget
Division of Structural Innovation
Contact: [email protected]