Commuter Services promotes Better Ways to Work with a variety of incentives and tools to help make our roads less crowded while providing reliable transportation alternatives. For more information please click on the icons below .

 

The links below display the FY25 Commuter Survey results. The Survey Final Report details the methodology and outreach to the Employee and Resident communities in Montgomery County. The Survey Dashboard and Report Summaries provide a platform for digging into the data and displaying more detailed analyses by area and Employee or Resident. 

For additional information, please contact Montgomery County Commuter Services at 240-777-8380 or email to [email protected]. 
 

Commuter Survey Final Report FY25

Commuter Survey – Background Summary

MCDOT’s Commuter Services Section conducts a survey of commuters in many areas of the County, typically on a biennial schedule (every other year). The survey is focused on the County’s six Transportation Management Districts (TMDs) – Bethesda, North Bethesda, Silver Spring, Friendship Heights, Greater Shady Grove, and White Oak – but also is conducted at other major employment sites in the County, and among employees in County government. The survey asks “commuters” -- employees who travel to worksites in Montgomery County, and County residents living in multi-unit buildings in the TMDs -- about their daily trip to work. The analysis looks at the various “travel modes” (solo driving, carpool, vanpool, rail, bus, bicycle, walking, telework and other non-auto modes) that commuters use to get to their destination during the morning rush hours – the “peak period” – 7 am to 9 am weekdays. Note that telework is categorized as a non-auto “travel” mode, along with compressed days off for those with alternative work schedules, consistent with practice in the industry and the region. 
 
One of the County’s key transportation metrics for our efforts to reduce traffic congestion, improve air quality, and achieve our climate and community planning goals is the “Non-Auto Driver Mode Share” (NADMS). NADMS is the percentage of peak-period commuter trips made using an “alternative mode” – a mode other than driving alone in a single occupant vehicle. The County’s six TMDs, and most of the County’s Transportation Policy Areas, have NADMS goals adopted by County Council in master plans and the County’s Growth and Infrastructure Policy. Several areas also now have “blended” employee and resident NADMS goals, consisting of a combination of the percentages of employees working in that area and residents living in that area who use alternative modes to get to work.  Progress toward achieving the NADMS goals reflects many factors, including development patterns; the County’s ongoing efforts to expand transit, pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure, and other multi-modal transportation options; and outreach efforts to ensure employees, employers and residents understand and know how to use the wide range of alternative mode options available.