Neighborhood Business District Intercept Surveys
Updated November 26, 2019
Seattle is a multimodal city, and customers and visitors to our neighborhood business districts use many different modes of travel. Through the Community Access and Parking Program, SDOT conducts regular intercept (in-person) surveys in our business districts. Survey results provide local business organizations and city departments with data to understand many variables including:
- How often people visit neighborhood business districts
- The purpose of their visit
- How they got there (walking, driving, transit, biking, etc.)
- If they drive, where they park
- How travel patterns change over time
Here is a summary of data we have collected since 2011 by interviewing over 6,000 customers and visitors in thirteen different areas of the City.
Mode of access pie chart: Walk 41%, Drive 35%, Transit 17%, Bike 3%, Other 4%
Full Details by Neighborhood
Below is a summary of mode share by self-identified neighborhood residents and neighborhood visitors from past surveys. Full intercept survey results are provided below the tables.
Neighborhood resident mode of travel to neighborhood business district
|
Resident of neighborhood and year of survey |
Respondents |
Walk |
Transit |
Drive or carpool |
Bike (personal or bike share) |
TNC/Taxi |
Other |
| Wallingford (2019) | 256 | 77% | 10% | 9% | 2% | 0% | 1% |
| Greenwood (2019) | 235 | 70% | 15% | 13% | 0% | 1% | 0% |
|
Fremont (2019) |
133 |
91% |
15% |
0% |
3% |
3% |
0% |
|
Magnolia (2018) |
309 |
46% |
7% |
44% |
0% |
0% |
2% |
|
South Lake Union (2017) |
111 |
92% |
2% |
3% |
1% |
1% |
1% |
|
Uptown / Lower Queen Anne (2017) |
218 |
75% |
18% |
4% |
1% |
1% |
1% |
|
Ballard (2017) |
193 |
70% |
5% |
18% |
5% |
0% |
2% |
|
West Seattle (2017) |
246 |
52% |
11% |
33% |
2% |
1% |
1% |
|
15th Ave E, Capitol Hill (2016) |
232 |
78% |
9% |
9% |
3% |
** |
1% |
|
U-District (2016) |
192 |
78% |
12% |
7% |
4% |
** |
0% |
|
Columbia City (2016) |
169 |
65% |
13% |
18% |
4% |
** |
1% |
|
Green Lake (2014) |
106 |
56% |
12% |
24% |
4% |
** |
4% |
|
Capitol Hill - Pike/Pine (2014) |
128 |
76% |
13% |
5% |
2% |
** |
4% |
|
Chinatown/ID (2012)* |
81 |
40% |
32% |
21% |
1% |
** |
6% |
|
Ballard (2011) |
128 |
59% |
8% |
28% |
2% |
** |
3% |
|
Fremont (2011) |
58 |
57% |
10% |
22% |
9% |
** |
2% |
|
Columbia City (2011) |
73 |
49% |
23% |
22% |
1% |
** |
4% |
|
Admiral (2011) |
120 |
65% |
11% |
18% |
4% |
** |
2% |
|
Othello (2011) |
120 |
63% |
20% |
9% |
3% |
** |
5% |
|
Capitol Hill (2011) |
138 |
67% |
14% |
8% |
8% |
** |
3% |
*Chinatown/ID survey grouped employees with residents. All other survey areas in the table only show how neighborhood residents visit the respective neighborhood business district.
** For studies prior to 2017, TNC and Taxis are included in the Other category.
Neighborhood visitor mode of travel to neighborhood business district
|
Neighborhood visitor and year of survey |
Respondents |
Walk |
Transit |
Drive |
Bike (personal or bike share) |
TNC/Taxi |
Other |
| Wallingford (2019) | 206 | 22% | 20% | 48% | 0% | 7% | 3% |
| Greenwood (2019) | 164 | 10% | 31% | 51% | 1% | 1% | 6% |
|
Fremont (2019) |
224 |
16% |
19% |
53% |
3% |
4% |
5% |
|
Magnolia (2018) |
53 |
2% |
6% |
87% |
0% |
0% |
6% |
|
South Lake Union (2017) |
78 |
15% |
23% |
40% |
1% |
15% |
6% |
|
Uptown / Lower Queen Anne (2017) |
182 |
19% |
27% |
33% |
1% |
13% |
7% |
|
Ballard (2017) |
267 |
8% |
10% |
67% |
5% |
5% |
5% |
|
West Seattle (2017) |
127 |
8% |
12% |
71% |
3% |
3% |
3% |
|
15th Ave E, Capitol Hill (2016) |
117 |
16% |
26% |
52% |
2% |
** |
5% |
|
U-District (2016) |
135 |
13% |
28% |
48% |
6% |
** |
5% |
|
Columbia City (2016) |
227 |
9% |
22% |
65% |
3% |
** |
1% |
|
Green Lake (2014) |
85 |
15% |
13% |
67% |
4% |
** |
1% |
|
Capitol Hill - Pike/Pine (2014) |
157 |
23% |
36% |
37% |
0% |
** |
4% |
|
Chinatown/ID (2012) |
209 |
16% |
40% |
39% |
1% |
** |
4% |
|
Ballard (2011) |
171 |
5% |
9% |
79% |
4% |
** |
3% |
|
Fremont (2011) |
159 |
11% |
26% |
58% |
4% |
** |
1% |
|
Columbia City (2011) |
130 |
8% |
10% |
76% |
3% |
** |
4% |
|
Admiral (2011) |
80 |
29% |
15% |
53% |
4% |
** |
0% |
|
Othello (2011) |
89 |
13% |
46% |
35% |
2% |
** |
4% |
|
Capitol Hill (2011) |
151 |
19% |
30% |
43% |
4% |
** |
1% |
** For studies prior to 2017, TNC and Taxis are included in the Other category.
Full Reports
- 2011: Ballard, Fremont, Admiral, Columbia City, Othello, and Capitol Hill
- 2012: Chinatown/International District
- 2014: Pike/Pine area of Capitol Hill
- 2014: Green Lake business district
- 2016: U-District
- 2016: 15th Ave E, Capitol Hill
- 2017: South Lake Union
- 2017: Uptown/Lower Queen Anne
- 2017: Ballard
- 2017: West Seattle Junction
- 2018: Magnolia
- 2019: Fremont
- 2019: Greenwood
- 2019: Wallingford