Why Do Transit Commuters Take Longer to Get to Work Than Drivers?
10th November 2014
Nationwide, the average worker spends 24.7 minutes, each way, traveling to and from work. People who drive alone spend 24.4 minutes; people who carpool spend 28.0 minutes; people who walk take 11.9 minutes; and people who take transit take 48.7 minutes.
Private transportation takes you from where you are to where you want to be. Public transport takes you from where it’s convenient for the public transport system to where it’s convenient for the public transport system to go. Those two are almost never the same.