Citizens for Appropriate Transportation (CAT)
The Eisenhower Transportation Corridor

RTA’S CORRIDOR STUDY PHASE 1

The Phase 1 Study identified nine Travel Markets that fall into three Commute Categories:

1. Traditional Commute – inbound to work in the morning and outbound to home in the late afternoon

2. Reverse Commute – outbound to work in the morning and inbound to home in the late afternoon

3. Intersuburban – from one suburb to another

The nine Travel Markets and the number of Daily Work Trips from the U.S. Census 2000 Journey-to-Work are:

1. Traditional Commute – 426,000 daily work trips

2. Reverse Commute – 246,000

3. Central DuPage – 69,000

4. South Central Cook – 26,000

5. East Central DuPage – 113,000

6. Far West DuPage – 113,000

7. North DuPage – 52,000

8. North Central Cook – 12,000

9. West Central Cook – 48,000

The Traditional Commute and Reverse Commute are far and way the largest Travel Markets.

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