Washington Post Transportation Poll

Driving Conditions

Would you say the traffic in your area has gotten much better, somewhat better, stayed about the same, gotten somewhat worse, or gotten much worse over the last five years?

Percentage saying they had seen other drivers do the following often / Percentage saying they had done the following often themselves...

Residents' primary way to get to work / How often does driving make you feel...

Getting a Line on Public Transportation

I would like you to rate some types of public transportation available in some parts of the greater Washington area. If you have never used this type of public transportation, just tell me, and I will move on.

Now I'd like you to think specifically about the Metrorail subway system. Do you ride the Metro...
*Operated by county or city

The latest Washington Post poll is based on telephone interviews with 1,003 randomly selected adults in the District, the Maryland suburbs and Northern Virginia and was conducted Jan. 27-31. Comparative national results are from a Washington Post-ABC News-Time poll conducted by telephone Jan. 26-31 among 1,204 randomly selected adults nationwide. The margin of sampling error for overall results is plus or minus 3 percentage points; plus or minus 4 percentage points for commuters; and somewhat larger for smaller subsamples. Sampling error is only one of many potential sources of error in these or any other public opinion polls. Interviewing was conducted by TNS of Horsham, Pa.

GRAPHICS BY CLAUDIA DEANE AND LAURA STANTON - THE WASHINGTON POST