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10 American Cities With the Worst Commutes

New York has the longest, while Tulsa has the shortest

(Newser) - The average commute time in the US is 26.8 minutes, according to an analysis of 2023 Census Bureau data at Yardi Kube . That's up 0.4 minutes from the previous year, likely the result of a greater number of people returning to the office. The site crunches all...

NJ Transit Strike Leaves 350K Commuters Stranded

It's the Garden State's first transit strike in 4 decades

(Newser) - New Jersey Transit train engineers have gone on strike, leaving train terminals quiet for Friday's rush hour in the nation's third-largest transit system, and an estimated 350,000 commuters in New Jersey and New York City to seek other means to reach their destinations or consider staying home....

After a Week of 'Congestion Pricing,' NYC Sees Results

New toll to drive into Manhattan leads to 43K fewer cars per day, per preliminary stats

(Newser) - A new toll on drivers entering the core of Manhattan brought modest but measurable traffic reductions to New York City's heavily gridlocked streets in its first week of operation, according to preliminary data released Monday by the state's transit authority. Known as "congestion pricing," the first-in-the-nation...

10 Cities With the Quickest Commutes

Milwaukee and Columbus are among the top finishers in Wall Street Journal analysis

(Newser) - Getting to work can feel like a job in itself. The Wall Street Journal takes a look at the cities that have the best car commutes, and it turns out that Milwaukee has the lowest average time traveled to work. But when other metrics are factored in, such as average...

Welcome to the Era of the 10-to-4 Workday

Recent report based on traffic patterns sees a shift in when employees head in to the office

(Newser) - One of Dolly Parton's most famous tunes may need an update. A "Global Traffic Scorecard" for 2023, released earlier this summer by traffic-data analysis firm INRIX Inc., says that traffic patterns reveal a "new normal" —basically, a workday that's no longer a 9-to-5, but more...

In This Nation, Getting to Work Takes Just 17 Minutes

Denmark boasts shortest commute time in the world, per AHTI Games stats

(Newser) - Looking for the shortest, sweetest commute? Consider Scandinavia. That's per AHTI Games, which crunched the numbers to figure out how long it takes to get from home to work across the globe, per Digital Journal . Denmark tops the list, with an average commute time of just 17 minutes. Neighbor...

LA, Get Ready for a Gnarly Commute
LA's Gnarly Commute
Just Got Worse
Nov 13, 2023 7:26 AM CST

LA's Gnarly Commute Just Got Worse

Fire causes damage to Los Angeles interstate, drivers are urged to take mass transit on Monday

(Newser) - Los Angeles motorists should expect traffic snarls during the Monday commute as crews assess how much damage was caused by a raging fire over the weekend that closed a major elevated interstate near downtown, officials said. Hazardous materials teams were clearing burned material from underneath Interstate 10 to make way...

College Intern's Grueling 1.2K-Mile Commute Goes Viral

Sophia Celentano actually saves money by flying from SC to gig in NJ every Wednesday

(Newser) - College student Sophia Celentano gets up around 3am every Wednesday to get ready for her summer internship—not because her gig starts very early (it's a traditional 9-to-5), but because she's a "super commuter," flying 600 miles one way from her home in Charleston, South Carolina,...

Commuters in This City Have It the Worst

New York City claims the most commuting stress, Virginia Beach the least, per new report

(Newser) - When you're exhausted and cranky before you even get to work ... well, welcome to the world of commuting. One US city in particular, which already had a reputation for a grind of a commute, now has the dubious honor of officially being deemed the city with the most stressful...

On NYC Subway, a 'Tragic End to the Everyday Jostle'

Man who fled from Nazis in Austria dies after being pushed to ground by rushing fellow commuter

(Newser) - The New York Times calls Dr. Kurt Salzinger's death "a tragic end to the everyday jostle of straphangers," which the New York Post paints as "a daily underground hazard." His stepdaughter calls it "a complete disregard for the elderly," per the Times. Salzinger...

NYC Commuters' 'Summer of Hell' Begins Monday

'I'd rather have my teeth pulled,' commuter says of anticipated woes from repair project

(Newser) - A massive two-month repair project will launch Monday at the country's busiest train station, temporarily exacerbating the daily commuting struggle during what New York's governor has predicted will be a "summer of hell," per the AP . At Penn Station, crowds of commuters fume at frequent delays,...

Texas Man in UK for 18 Years Gets Xenophobic Abuse on Tram

And Juan Jasso was also pro-Brexit

(Newser) - A 38-year-old American Army vet who supported Brexit has lived in England for nearly two decades—but three young men decided earlier this week to taunt him with racist, anti-immigration comments in a confrontation that's since gone viral, NBC News reports. Juan Jasso—who's been pegged "Super...

You Threw Away $960 Sitting in Traffic Last Year

Average American driver spent 42 hours bumper-to-bumper

(Newser) - If you're stuck in traffic for a few minutes today, look on the bright side: Those few minutes are nothing compared to the 42 hours the average rush-hour commuter spent in traffic last year—or the 6.9 billion hours American drivers squandered while bumper-to-bumper—at a cost of...

Iowa Man's Commute: 35-Mile Walk

But janitor Steven Simoff has many 'road friends'

(Newser) - After hearing about the Detroit man who walks 21 miles to work , a Des Moines Register reporter was told about "a guy in southern Iowa who walks even farther" and discovered resolute pedestrian Steven Simoff. The 61-year-old regularly walks 35 miles from his home in the small town of...

Crowd Just Shoves Train Off Guy Stuck in Gap
Crowd Shoves Train
Off Trapped Man
Aug 6, 2014 10:02 AM CDT

Crowd Shoves Train Off Trapped Man

A little teamwork saves the day at Australian train station

(Newser) - A guy who fell into the gap between a train and the platform during this morning's rush hour in Perth, Australia, was rescued by none other than his fellow commuters, reports ABC News Australia . Video footage shows the passengers working in tandem to shove the train off him, then...

Sitting in Traffic Cost Us Each $800 in 2011

Commuters released 56B extra pounds of carbon dioxide: study

(Newser) - This may not do much to quell road rage: America's commuters each wasted an average of $818 in time and gas while stuck in traffic in 2011, a yearly study finds, for a total of $121 billion nationwide. That's up $1 billion from the year before, the AP...

The Way You Commute Could Hurt Your Health
The Way You Commute
Could Hurt Your Health
study says
Oct 31, 2011 12:46 PM CDT

The Way You Commute Could Hurt Your Health

Walkers, bikers healthier than drivers: study

(Newser) - Whether you drive, ride the train, or catch the bus, commuting to work could be hurting your health, a study suggests. In a survey of 21,000 workers ages 18 to 65, Swedish researchers found that car and public transit commuters cited worse health, more stress and exhaustion, and more...

Rat Crawls on NYC Subway Rider's Face

Welcome to Gotham

(Newser) - Ew. When someone brags about improved quality of life in New York, pull out this video. One of the many rats who share space with the city's thousands of daily commuters frantically scurries about a subway car as another rider films him. Passengers watch, sometimes lifting their feet to avoid...

America's 75 Worst Commutes
 America's 75 Worst Commutes 
Dept. of Road Rage
Oct 3, 2010 9:46 AM CDT

America's 75 Worst Commutes

How does your 'highway to hell' rank?

(Newser) - We all know LA has a traffic problem, but Honolulu? It's No. 2 in the nation, finds the Daily Beast , which crunched the numbers to rank America's 75 worst commutes. Some of the highlights:
  • No. 3, Capital Beltway, Washington, DC: This slow moving route totals an average of 194 hours
...

JetBlue Exec Admits: Flying Can Be a Waste

On short routes, anyway, it doesn't make a lot of sense

(Newser) - It's not exactly a revelation, but it was still surprising to hear a JetBlue executive admit that it "may not make much sense" for travelers to fly short distances, writes Ariel Schwartz. "Maybe there’s a different mode of transportation that may be better to carry those customers...

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