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As the recent Transportation Statistics Annual Report (1997) indicates, the United States is an extraordinarily mobile society. Work trips constitute nearly one-fourth of this mobility, and often have a significant impact on a household’s travel patterns. Examining travel data allows us to comprehend more fully how and why people travel, and what factors may influence their travel behavior, such as age, gender, income, or race. Sources such as census files and the Nationwide Personal Transportation Survey, include data on minority populations. However, most discussions of national data sources on travel patterns, such as Commuting in America, do not extensively examine minority subgroups. This study attempts to sharpen the focus on the commuting travel behavior of people of color, and to provide the basis for a more thorough examination of the transportation needs of underserved and, in some cases, overlooked populations. The study examines primarily trends and differences in means of transportation to work and travel time, controlling for socioeconomic and demographic factors. This study of the work-related travel patterns of people of color—African Americans, Hispanics, and Asians—uses the 1990 Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS B) 1 percent file. The study considers variables such as travel time and transportation mode choices, and considers individual characteristics, such as age, gender, race, income and education level; work-related characteristics, such as hours worked, type of worker, and departure time; and household characteristics, such as income and number of children. The purpose of these preliminary tabulations is to provide the bases for more focused statistical analyses, which would take into account the effects of sample size and outliers.
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