Transportation

Arrival Date to Black Rock City

Error bars indicate the upper and lower bounds of the 95% confidence intervals.

* Pre-event arrival data from the 2013 online survey have been removed because the survey question in 2013 was less precise than it was in later years, so the 2013 pre-event data is not directly comparable.

** In 2013 and 2014 Burning Man's official opening date fell on a Monday, so for these years Sunday arrivals should be considered pre-event. From 2015-18 Burning Man opened on a Sunday, so for these years Sunday arrivals should not be considered pre-event arrivals.

	2013			2014			2015			2016			2017			2018
	Percent	MoE +/- %		Percent	MoE +/- %		Percent	MoE +/- %		Percent	MoE +/- %		Percent	MoE +/- %		Percent	MoE +/- %
Thurs (Pre-Event) or Earlier*	NA	NA		18.0	0.8		11.7	0.8		13.1	0.8		14.6	0.8		18.3	0.8
Fri (Pre-Event)*	NA	NA		9.6	0.6		8.7	0.6		8.3	0.6		10.0	0.6		10.3	0.6
Sat (Pre-Event)*	NA	NA		12.3	0.6		8.1	0.6		10.4	0.8		10.2	0.6		10.7	0.8
Sun**	NA	NA		26.9	0.8		41.7	1.2		41.4	1.4		39.9	1.4		35.6	1.4
Mon	31.0	1.0		9.3	0.6		16.4	1.0		13.1	1.0		13.1	1.0		13.8	1.0
Tue	10.7	0.6		15.6	0.8		6.7	0.6		6.6	0.8		6.8	0.8		5.6	0.6
Wed	8.0	0.6		6.2	0.4		4.8	0.6		5.1	0.6		3.0	0.4		4.1	0.6
Thu	2.9	0.4		1.7	0.2		1.5	0.2		1.4	0.4		2.0	0.4		1.1	0.2
Fri	0.6	0.2		0.4	0.2		0.3	0.2		0.4	0.2		0.3	0.2		0.2	0.2
Sat	0.0	0.0		0.1	0.0		0.1	0.0		0.1	0.2		0.0	0.0		0.1	0.0
Sun or Later	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.1	0.2		0.2	0.2		0.1	0.0

Departure Date from Black Rock City

Error bars indicate the upper and lower bounds of the 95% confidence intervals.

* In 2013 and 2014 Burning Man's official opening date fell on a Monday, so for these years Sunday departures should be considered pre-event. From 2015-18 Burning Man opened on a Sunday, so for these years Sunday arrivals should not be considered pre-event departures.

** Post-event departure data from the 2013 online survey have been removed because the survey question in 2013 was less precise than it was in later years, so the 2013 pre-event data is not directly comparable.

	2013			2014			2015			2016			2017			2018
	Percent	MoE +/- %		Percent	MoE +/- %		Percent	MoE +/- %		Percent	MoE +/- %		Percent	MoE +/- %		Percent	MoE +/- %
Pre-Event	0.2	0.0		0.1	0.0		0.1	0.0		0.2	0.2		0.2	0.2		0.3	0.2
Sun*	0.6	0.2		0.5	0.2		0.8	0.2		3.1	0.4		3.2	0.4		2.9	0.4
Mon*	1.7	0.2		0.6	0.2		1.0	0.2		6.3	0.6		5.8	0.6		6.4	0.6
Tue	0.4	0.2		0.3	0.2		0.3	0.2		1.3	0.2		1.7	0.4		2.0	0.4
Wed	0.1	0.0		0.2	0.2		0.4	0.2		0.4	0.2		0.3	0.2		0.3	0.2
Thu	0.5	0.2		0.6	0.2		0.5	0.2		0.8	0.2		0.8	0.2		0.6	0.2
Fri	1.5	0.2		1.6	0.2		2.0	0.4		1.9	0.4		1.8	0.4		2.0	0.4
Sat (Man Burn)	7.4	0.6		8.6	0.6		7.5	0.6		7.4	0.8		9.2	0.8		8.3	0.8
Sun (Post-Burn)	49.1	1.0		38.0	1.0		38.0	1.2		33.1	1.4		33.8	1.4		31.0	1.2
Mon (Post-Burn)	38.6	1.0		33.2	1.0		38.1	1.2		35.4	1.4		32.5	1.4		33.3	1.2
Tue (Post-Event)**	NA	NA		13.1	0.8		9.2	0.6		8.5	0.8		8.8	0.8		10.2	0.8
After Tue (Post-Event)**	NA	NA		3.1	0.4		2.0	0.4		1.6	0.2		1.8	0.4		2.7	0.4

Error bars indicate the upper and lower bounds of the 95% confidence intervals.

* While the Burning Man event lasts only 8 days, some staff, volunteers, and artists arrive before Gate opens to build the city and the art, and some stay after for the playa restoration process.

	2015			2016			2017			2018
	Percent	MoE +/- %		Percent	MoE +/- %		Percent	MoE +/- %		Percent	MoE +/- %
1-2 Days	1.1	0.2		5.9	0.8		4.7	0.6		4.7	0.6
3-4 Days	2.2	0.4		4.7	0.6		5.3	0.6		4.9	0.6
5-6 Days	12.4	0.8		13.4	1.0		12.5	1.0		12.1	0.8
7-8 Days	37.2	1.2		32.2	1.4		33.6	1.4		31.7	1.2
9-10 Days	30.4	1.2		28.9	1.4		27.9	1.2		26.8	1.2
11-12 Days	9.6	0.6		8.4	0.6		9.3	0.6		10.7	0.6
12+ Days	7.0	0.6		6.4	0.6		6.8	0.6		9.1	0.6

Common Airports Visited en Route to BRC

Error bars indicate the upper and lower bounds of the 95% confidence intervals.

	2014			2015			2016			2017			2018
	Percent	MoE +/- %		Percent	MoE +/- %		Percent	MoE +/- %		Percent	MoE +/- %		Percent	MoE +/- %
Did Not Fly	72.6	0.8		66.7	1.2		65.4	1.4		62.1	1.4		70.4	1.2
Reno	9.7	0.6		13.2	0.8		13.5	1.0		13.4	1.0		11.4	0.8
San Francisco	9.1	0.6		10.1	0.8		11.4	1.0		12.8	1.0		9.0	0.8
Other	2.3	0.2		3.1	0.4		2.8	0.4		3.8	0.6		2.4	0.4
Los Angeles	2.5	0.4		3.8	0.6		2.4	0.6		3.2	0.6		2.0	0.4
Las Vegas	1.4	0.2		1.5	0.4		1.7	0.4		1.2	0.4		1.6	0.4
Sacramento	1.0	0.2		1.2	0.2		1.1	0.2		1.2	0.4		1.3	0.4
BRC	0.9	0.2		0.0	0.0		1.1	0.4		1.6	0.4		1.1	0.2
Oakland	0.4	0.2		0.4	0.2		0.5	0.2		0.8	0.2		0.8	0.2

Port of Entry into BRC

Error bars indicate the upper and lower bounds of the 95% confidence intervals.

	2015			2016			2017			2018
	Percent	MoE +/- %		Percent	MoE +/- %		Percent	MoE +/- %		Percent	MoE +/- %
Gate	91.5	0.8		89.6	0.8		85.9	1.0		86.6	1.0
Burner Express Bus	6.0	0.6		7.6	0.8		10.7	1.0		10.3	0.8
Point 1	1.1	0.2		0.9	0.2		1.0	0.2		1.5	0.2
Airport	0.8	0.2		1.1	0.4		1.6	0.4		1.1	0.2
Other Shuttle	0.3	0.2		0.3	0.2		0.5	0.2		0.3	0.2
Other	0.3	0.2		0.6	0.2		0.3	0.2		0.3	0.2

Port of Departure from BRC*

Error bars indicate the upper and lower bounds of the 95% confidence intervals.

* This question was first introduced in the 2018 online survey.

	2018
	Percent	MoE +/- %
Gate (Same Vehicle)	78.0	1.0
Gate (Different Vehicle)	10.2	0.8
Burner Express Bus	8.4	0.8
Point 1	1.8	0.4
Airport	1.0	0.2
Other Shuttle	0.3	0.2
Other	0.3	0.2