JOURNEY TO WORK
The major concern for most people is not the distance of their residence from where they work, but the amount of
time that it takes them to travel that distance. Investments in highway capacity often provide for a longer journey
to work while holding the time of travel constant. As a result, these highway capacity investments expand the
geographic extent of residential and employment choices from metropolitan centers to rural areas.
Work Trip Analysis of I-71 Corridor
In order to understand the land use-transportation relationship in the I-71 study area, work trip and commuting
patterns must be evaluated.
Based on the 1993 NOACA travel demand model data, there are a total of 48,158 workers living in Medina County
making work trips in the NOACA region. An estimated 42,484, or 88% of these workers live within the I-71 study
area. As illustrated in Map 3-2, the largest number of workers reside in the City of Brunswick (7,469), Brunswick
Hills Township (8,092) and the City of Medina (7,777).
Work Trip Origin
Of the total workers in the I-71 corridor, 57% (48,158) of the work
origins begin somewhere in Medina County. The largest number of workers
reside in the city of Strongsville (17,424), the city of North Royalton
(11,291), Brunswick Hills Township (8,092), the city of Brunswick
(7,469), the city of Medina (7,777) and the city of Middleburg Heights
(7,313).
Work Trip Destination
Approximately 52% (43,489) of the work trips originating in the I-71
study area travel north to work in destinations along the I-71 corridor
and the city of Cleveland. Only 32% of the workers (26,937) have work
destinations in Medina County and 96.5% of these work trips originate
in Medina County. The remaining 13,760 work trips (16%) work trips
originating in Medina County have destinations in the other four counties
and Cuyahoga County.
Maps 3-3 through 3-6 illustrate the destinations of the I-71 study
area communities.
