Regis Philbin
Jun 13th, 2007, 07:04 PM
http://money.cnn.com/2007/06/13/news/economy/commuter_survey/index.htm?cnn=yes
Americans still love to drive to work
A Census Bureau survey reveals that over three quarters of Americans drove to work by themselves.
June 13 2007: 5:04 PM EDT
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- An overwhelming majority of Americans skip the bus or forgo carpooling, choosing instead to drive to work alone, according to a government study published Wednesday.
Even in a time of sky-high gas prices, nearly 9 out of 10 workers commuted to work by car in 2005, the Census Bureau revealed in its "American Community Survey".
And 77 percent of those workers drove alone, according to the study.
Conversely, only 4.7 percent of workers used public transportation to get to work, the survey found, with half of those workers found in the nation's largest cities like Boston, San Francisco, New York, Houston and Seattle. New Yorkers are top transit users.
The results of the survey come as gas prices are hovering near record highs. Even though pump prices have eased in recent weeks to a nationwide average of $3.08 a gallon, they are still up sharply from when they were in 2005.
At that time, the price for that same gallon of gasoline was just $2.10 a gallon, according to the government's Energy Information Administration.
"With each succeeding year, we'll be able to see how people respond to changing circumstances, such as rising gas prices," Census Bureau Director Louis Kincannon said.
Americans still love to drive to work
A Census Bureau survey reveals that over three quarters of Americans drove to work by themselves.
June 13 2007: 5:04 PM EDT
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- An overwhelming majority of Americans skip the bus or forgo carpooling, choosing instead to drive to work alone, according to a government study published Wednesday.
Even in a time of sky-high gas prices, nearly 9 out of 10 workers commuted to work by car in 2005, the Census Bureau revealed in its "American Community Survey".
And 77 percent of those workers drove alone, according to the study.
Conversely, only 4.7 percent of workers used public transportation to get to work, the survey found, with half of those workers found in the nation's largest cities like Boston, San Francisco, New York, Houston and Seattle. New Yorkers are top transit users.
The results of the survey come as gas prices are hovering near record highs. Even though pump prices have eased in recent weeks to a nationwide average of $3.08 a gallon, they are still up sharply from when they were in 2005.
At that time, the price for that same gallon of gasoline was just $2.10 a gallon, according to the government's Energy Information Administration.
"With each succeeding year, we'll be able to see how people respond to changing circumstances, such as rising gas prices," Census Bureau Director Louis Kincannon said.