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How Americans Get to Work
From the Census Bureau:
See also: 98 Percent Of U.S. Commuters Favor Public Transportation For Others
(Via Streetsblog)
Posted by carrie on 06/19/2007 | Permalink
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That's appalling, but what the hell falls under that 0.9% "other"? Unicycle? Hang-glider? Or maybe it's variations on "walk" (sprint, skip...)>
Posted by: John | Jun 20, 2007 4:39:02 PM
Well, you could take your own boat. There's also rollerskating.
Posted by: Andrew | Jun 22, 2007 8:53:25 AM
That's really weird that many more people car pool than use public transport. I wonder what the same pie chart would look like in the UK.
Posted by: Felix | Jun 25, 2007 5:54:23 AM
I hope we're not reading that pie chart with a NYC centrist view. For many people living in the suburbs or rural areas there is no public transportation offered from one suburban neighborhood to another (where their office park might be located.) Further, the people live very isolated lives in the suburbs, and probably don't live near their other co-workers. And it's not just suburbs, have you ever tried taking the bus in LA?
Do I think if people who have shitty public transportation option or no options at all would take public transportation if it were offered? Probably not without some major campaigning for them to do so, but there first has to be an option.
Posted by: Rachael | Jun 28, 2007 10:04:22 AM
That truly is appalling. People should not go to work if they can help it.
Posted by: Someone enjoying their life | Jun 30, 2007 2:59:57 PM
