Another Best/Worst Commutes listing

[Revive 755]

http://money.bundle.com/article/thestreet-and-bundle-special-report-americas-best-and-worst-commutes/1

[Michael in Philly]

Mine's five blocks....
[ducks out, noting defensively that it's been damned cold this week]

[Quillz]

I-405 is always so reliable in these surveys.

[agentsteel53]

According to U.S. Census data, roughly 76% of U.S. workers drive to work alone. Twelve percent carpool, 4.7% use public transportation, 3.3% work from home, 2.9% walk to work and 1.2% used other means (including a motorcycle or bicycle).

that's hideously wasteful.

[Quillz]

Indeed, it is.

During the 1970s oil embargo, weren't there actually laws that either forced carpooling or only allowed motorists to use their vehicle every other day? I wouldn't have a problem at all with required carpooling laws. I hate driving down the freeway (alone, how hypocritical of me) and seeing minivans and SUVs with just the driver in it.

[njroadhorse]

I have a problem with these surveys because it's always going to be slanted in favor of the small cities, where there are some jobs, but not as many as the big cities.  Obviously, the commute's gonna be easier in a place like Eugene, OR vs. Los Angeles because aren't nearly as many people or jobs in Eugene that people have to commute to.  If they really wanted to represent the best and the worst commutes, then they should have two separate surveys: one for smaller cities like your Eugenes and Larado, Texases, and then one for places like New York and Los Angeles, where people ACTUALLY COMMUTE!!!!

[Alps]

In order to carpool, one must drive alone until picking up the next person.  As long as I stay off the freeway, there's no way to tell whether or not I'm on my way to pick someone up.  Problem solved.

[agentsteel53]

In order to carpool, one must drive alone until picking up the next person.  As long as I stay off the freeway, there's no way to tell whether or not I'm on my way to pick someone up.  Problem solved.

what is the problem that you are trying to solve there?  just masking an individual data point does not fix a general trend.

[Alps]

In order to carpool, one must drive alone until picking up the next person.  As long as I stay off the freeway, there's no way to tell whether or not I'm on my way to pick someone up.  Problem solved.

what is the problem that you are trying to solve there?  just masking an individual data point does not fix a general trend.

Demonstrating that the idea of mandating carpooling will never work.

[Chris]

I'd say carpooling is a major substitution of public transport.

If you combine them, you got about the public transport usage in the Netherlands. Carpooling is marginal here.

[Scott5114]

Sometimes it's just not feasible to carpool. There are eight people on my shift, we all go in to work at 12:30 AM, and the only coworker that lives near to me has a different schedule.

Really, I don't see how I'm supposed to carpool.

[mightyace]

^^^^

And, in my line of work, software development and support, there is no guarantee of when you'll be done for the day.

On the other hand, working from home can be an option in my line of work.