In 1980, for instance, fewer than 12 percent of American workers commuted for 45 minutes or more one way, according to the Census.
The Census didn't even bother separating out 60- and 90-minute commuters in 1980, since it was relatively rare. But they began tracking these mega-commuters in 1990. That year, 1.6 percent of workers commuted 90 minutes or more one way. In 2014, 2.62 percent of workers were commuting this long, an increase of 64 percent over the prevalence in 1990.
— Washington Post
More about urban mobility:
So Cal has dumped a lot of money into transit projects, but there's been little pay-off so far
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Is America actually shifting away from its car obsession? Not entirely.
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