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Travel Decision Survey 2021

Metadata Updated: March 29, 2025

Please refer to the downloadable XLSX attachment for the complete dataset, metadata, and instructions for use.

On behalf of San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA), Corey, Canapary & Galanis (CC&G) conducted the 2021 Mode Share Survey within the City and County of San Francisco as well as the eight surrounding Bay Area counties (Alameda, Contra Costa, San Mateo, Marin, Santa Clara, Napa, Sonoma and Solano). This study has been conducted periodically by CC&G since 2013.

Primary goals of this study include:

• Estimate mode share for trips into, within, and out of San Francisco, focusing on the percentage of trips made by walking, biking, and public transit compared to other modes (e.g. driving, TNC, etc.). This survey is the primary instrument for tracking the SFMTA Strategic Plan metric “transportation mode share” and provides information used by the agency across divisions. • Evaluation of the above statement based on the number of trips to, from, and within San Francisco by Bay Area residents. Note that trips by visitors from outside the Bay Area, and for commercial purposes whether originating in the Bay Area or not, are not included. • Provide additional trip details, including trip purpose for each trip in the mode share question series. • Collect demographic data on the population of Bay Area residents who travel to, from, and within San Francisco.

The survey was conducted as a telephone study among 756 Bay Area residents aged 18 and older. Telephone surveying was conducted during May – September 2021. Interviewing was conducted in English, Spanish, and Chinese. Surveying was conducted via random digit dial (RDD) and cell phone sample.

To enhance statistical accuracy, data was weighted by age and ___location. Not all totals will add to 100% due to rounding. In portions of this report, a dash (-) is used to indicate no respondents answered with the response code listed. The margin of error at the 95% confidence level is +/-3.56% for the total sample (n = 756). For other sample sizes, the margin of error is as follows:

• San Francisco residents; n = 470. Margin of error = +/- 4.52% • Bay Area residents (outside San Francisco) n = 286. Margin of error = +/- 5.79%

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Dates

Metadata Created Date August 19, 2023
Metadata Updated Date March 29, 2025

Metadata Source

Harvested from SFO JSON

Additional Metadata

Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Created Date August 19, 2023
Metadata Updated Date March 29, 2025
Publisher data.sfgov.org
Maintainer
Identifier https://data.sfgov.org/api/views/b7eg-vqw2
Data First Published 2022-04-18
Data Last Modified 2025-02-18
Category Transportation
Public Access Level public
Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
Metadata Catalog ID https://data.sfgov.org/data.json
Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
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Harvest Object Id 241f2145-6de3-40e1-a5d5-776354caad23
Harvest Source Id 8507fa43-f429-4095-b732-2177330ce485
Harvest Source Title SFO JSON
Homepage URL https://data.sfgov.org/d/b7eg-vqw2
License http://opendatacommons.org/licenses/pddl/1.0/
Source Datajson Identifier True
Source Hash 90a0447e2bdc25eecdb4376127f6d82ad104cd20d9344265191d8e3f0f4952dd
Source Schema Version 1.1

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