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Yakima, Washington is located 150 miles southeast of Seattle, on the eastern side of the Cascade Mountains. With a population of 120,000 in Yakima (223,000 in Yakima County), this region provides a rich diversity in terms of residents, agriculture, and eco-tourism. The county’s main industry is agriculture, with Yakima Valley (producer of Concord grapes and apples) reporting sales of $15 million. As a result of the dominance of steady agricultural opportunities, many migrant farmers permanently settled there beginning in the 1980s. Now, 36% of the population in this medium-sized urban area today is Hispanic. Research on minority travel patterns has found that travel patterns for minority groups differs from those of non-minority groups. Preliminary research using the 2000 CTPP data suggests a higher carpool rate for Hispanics than non-Hispanics for work trips in the Los Angeles area. In addition, Zmud showed that while the proportion of travel for consumer activities is the same for minorities and non-minorities, Hispanics are more likely to make these trips by walking or using public transit. This same study suggests that travel party size is much higher for shopping trips made by Hispanics as compared to those made by non-minority travelers and that the time of day shopping trips are made also varies significantly between the two population groups. The bulk of this research has primarily focused on travel by minorities in large urban areas or at the national level. The purpose of this paper is to explore the differences in travel behavior among minorities and non-minorities in Yakima in order to determine the extent to which the travel behavior of Hispanics in a medium-sized urban area compares with those differences documented for Hispanics in larger urban settings. The analysis focuses on travel characteristics as documented in the 2003 Yakima County Household Travel Survey. The results will be useful for transportation planners in smaller urban areas with large Hispanic populations as they plan for the transportation needs of this regional subgroup. This is important since the travel data included in NCHRP Report 365 (intended to provide smaller MPOs with comparable trip rates) is mainly from larger urban areas (only one data set is from a smaller urban area). In addition, the average proportion of population indicating Hispanic origin for these regions was only 12%, on average. Thus, particularly in smaller urban areas with large Hispanic populations, the long-range transportation planning process cannot rely entirely on these general statistics.

01043941

English

12p

2004

9th National Conference on Transportation Planning for Small and Medium-Sized Communities

CD-ROM

Figures (7) ; References; Tables (4)

Hispanics; Medium sized cities; Minorities; Transportation planning; Travel behavior; Travel patterns; Travel surveys

Yakima (Washington)

Highways; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning

TRIS, TRB

Mar 8 2007 2:19PM

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