Student worksheet 3
Who's driving what and going where?

(Transportation trends in Canada)

1. Find Table 3.18 Usual mode of transportation for travel to work (on page 91). In the online version, click on Tables in the left sidebar.
   1. Look at the column showing the 2001 percentages of commuters using different modes of transportation. For commuters that use cars, trucks and vans: what is the difference between those who are drivers and those who are passengers? What can we deduce that this means in terms of reducing the number of personal cars on the road?
   2. Using the percentages for 2001, create a circle graph/pie chart. You can complete the chart below or create one on the computer.
      
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      For a computerized version: Go back to the main page of Human Activity and the Environment: Annual Statistics 2006 at the Internet address that you copied in Worksheet 1. Click on "Tables" in the left sidebar, then find Table 3.18 and select the HTML version which allows data downloads. Right click on the table and select "Export to Microsoft Excel" or highlight and copy data to paste into another graphing software.
2. Find Table 3.19: Usual mode of transportation for travel to work, by census metropolitan areas (on page 92).
   
   For each of the following modes of transportation, you will answer two questions:
   1. public transportation
   2. walking
   3. biking
      • What are the three cities with the highest percentage of workers using this method?
      • Why do you speculate that public transportation is popular in these cities? Consider the population and density of these cities, as well as their make-up (are there many students that would be more likely to use these methods of transport?).