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Workers' Commute Time Getting Shorter

National News • September 1, 2006
It might be hard for some drivers to believe, but average commuting times are getting shorter for U.S. workers. The average daily commute to work has shrunk from 25.5 minutes in 2000 to 25.1 ...

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Subject: Possible Explanation

Posted On: September 1, 2006, 7:45 am CDT
Posted By: Duffman
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Since it seems that less people are walking to work (thereby driving or taking public transportation which is probably faster) and there are less people carpooling (the assumption being that driving yourself to work takes less time than picking up others on your way to work) there seems to be a reasonable way to explain the shorter commuting times that this study shows.

The time that was saved might merely be the result of those people taking faster means to their workplace.

Also there were more people in the study who work in their home, further reducing commute times.

I don't think that we can necessarily say that the reduction in commute time is caused by more jobs "going to the workers" necessarily unless you are speaking of those that are now working out of their homes.
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wow noname
Sep 1, 2006, 2:41 pm
RE: Traffic is the pits! Duffman
Sep 1, 2006, 1:52 pm
Traffic is the pits! Self Employed
Sep 1, 2006, 12:53 pm
Possible Explanation Duffman
Sep 1, 2006, 7:45 am
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