Elementary Student Commute Choice 1994, 2000 and 2001

On Walk-to-School Day surveys are taken in the City schools' classrooms, asking he children how they came to school that special day, and about their usual mode of transportation.

Family Car
or
Alternative?		 Breakdown of Alternative Choices
school/
survey
date		 family car
%		 alternate
commute
choice
%
walk
%		 bike
%		 skate/
scooter
%		 bus
%		 carpool
%		 other
%
Addison
WOCS 2000 13 87
39 21 24 1 1 1
Fall 2000 34 66
33 9 18 2 3 1
Spring 1994 53 47
29 8 * 5 5 0
Duveneck
11/15/2000 event 40 60
33 5 11 5 5 2
Fall 2000 48 52
28 6 8 5 3 1
Spring 1994 43 57
32 12 * 6 7 0
El Carmelo
WOCS 2000 27 73
34 14 15 7 2 1
Fall 2000 32 68
30 15 11 9 2 3
Spring 1994 46 54
29 11 * 10 4 0

car alt.
walk bike skate/
scooter		 bus carpool other
Escondido
WOCS 2001 24 76
20 17 7 11 21 0
Fall 2001 39 61
12 14 6 13 17 0
WOCS 2000 26 74
19 21 7 13 13 2
Fall 2000 34 66
15 17 5 13 13 2
Spring 1994 42 58
22 18 * 14 4 0
Fairmeadow
WOCS 2000 26 74
40 11 10 4 2 7
Fall 2000 48 51
20 11 9 6 2 4
Spring 1994 53 47
17 12 * 10 8 0
Walter Hays
WOCS 2000 17 82
30 19 28 2 3 0
Fall 2000 40 60
19 15 18 2 6 0
Spring 1994 54 46
22 8 * 9 8 0

car alt.
walk bike skate/
scooter		 bus carpool other
Hoover
WOCS 2002 37 63
38 9 0 5 11 0
Fall 2002 61 39
16 5 0 5 13 0
WOCS 2000 54 46
24 5 2 6 10 0
Fall 2000 63 37
11 6 0 6 10 4
Spring 1994 61 39
4 8 * 9 18 0
Nixon
WOCS 2000 50 50
21 3 3 15 8 0
Fall 2000 52 49
18 3 2 17 9 0
Spring 1994 57 43
17 2 * 14 10 0
Ohlone
WOCS 2001 43 57
24 16 7 1 10 0
Fall 2001 66 34
11 5 4 1 13 0
WOCS 2000 38 63
21 14 8 2 13 5
Fall 2000 59 41
11 7 4 2 16 1
Spring 1994 49 51
11 8 * 9 22 0
* - included with 'walk'

Note:
Hoover and Ohlone are not neighborhood schools but special schools that draw their students from all over the city, and Nixon also has a large body of students from accross town.

Hoover Elementary Traffic Issues