 In 2009, the Corvallis metropolitan statistical area (MSA) ranked as the highest in the United States for percentage of commuters who biked to work (9.3%), and the second-highest percentage of commuters who walked to work (11.2%).More than one of five Corvallis commuters traveled to work via some form of active transportation.In 2013, the Corvallis MSA represented the fifth-lowest mode share for commuting by private automobile (72.6%).