![]() Smaller numbers of commuters come from the outer suburbs, including 2.4% from Anne Arundel County, Maryland, and 2.3% from Prince William County, Virginia, 1.6% from Charles County, Maryland, 1.3% from Howard County, Maryland, and 1% from Loudoun County, Virginia. 13.2% come from Fairfax County, Virginia, 6% from Arlington County, Virginia, and 3.5% from Alexandria, Virginia. 18.7% of people working in Washington, D.C., commute from Prince George's County, Maryland, and 14.8% from Montgomery County, Maryland. 671,678 people are employed in Washington, D.C., with only 28% commuting from within the city. Ĭommuters have a major influence on travel patterns in Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C., has the second-highest percentage of public transit commuters in the United States, behind only New York City. Commuting Commuting statistics for major U.S. commuting from within the city, whereas 33.5% commute from the nearby Maryland suburbs, 22.7% from Northern Virginia, and the rest from Washington, D.C.'s outlying suburbs. Commuters have a major influence on travel patterns, with only 28% of people employed in Washington, D.C. has a number of different modes of transportation available for use. and Maryland as well.Overview of the transportation in Washington, DC Traffic congestion on the north end of the 12th street tunnel in Downtown Washington, D.C. So it in the middle.”Īlthough the numbers obtained by 7News were provided by VDOT, based on the research by the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments it appears they apply to the rest of the area including D.C. Are we going to be going to a full teleworking scheme the way we did during the pandemic? Well we’re already seeing that that’s not the case either. “Are we going to go back to exactly the way things were before the pandemic? Probably not. “What we may be observing this month may be different next month, it may be different the month after,” he said. “But we are seeing very high volumes out in the outer part of the jurisdictions.”Ĭanan added the region is still working out exactly what the new normal will look like. “We’re still seeing not quite as much high traffic volumes in the inner part of the region because that’s where a lot of offices are, and a lot of the land use is commercial-related,” he said. ![]() RELATED: DC area commuters shift gears for National Bike to Work DayĬanan says as more and more people have returned to work in person instead of working from home every day, like they did earlier in the pandemic, traffic has rebounded more in counties like Loudoun, Prince William, and Frederick (Maryland) outside the Beltway than in more urban areas. “But it’s mixed in with a lot of people who are getting in their cars and driving away for a long weekend.” “It’s people who are leaving work, it’s the afternoon rush,” Canan said. Source: VDOT Interstate Travel Times Thursday & Friday (tie)Ĭanan says Thursday and Friday are the worst days in the afternoon hours because there are two separate major factors leading to more cars on the road. In addition, per the VDOT data the days with the heaviest traffic are different in the p.m. “I think in the morning you’re just seeing a lot more commuting happening, and a lot of the shopping centers haven’t opened up yet, a lot of the other activities haven’t really opened for the day,” Canan said. READ MORE: Survey predicts post-pandemic commuting patterns in DC, and they might surprise you ![]() ![]() VDOT’s numbers show every single day of the week traffic is heavier for the p.m. “Wednesday morning tends to be the commute that has the most volume, so that seems to be the day where people are all going to the office.” “They might not come in on Monday and Friday, because they might be taking a long weekend for vacation, or those might be days that they’re actually teleworking, it’s difficult to parse that,” said Tim Canan, planning data and research program director for the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments. VDOT gave 7News the average time cars spend on certain segments of interstate in Northern Virginia broken down by day of the week. WASHINGTON, DC (7News) - Numbers provided to 7News by the Virginia Department of Transportation show as the region recovers from the effects of the pandemic, Wednesday has emerged as the worst day of the week to commute in the morning, while Thursday and Friday are the worst days to commute in the p.m.
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