You know how everyone complains about L.A. commutes being horrendous and being stuck in traffic for hours in California? Turns out their not actually so bad, for the average person. This graphic of commutes from around the world shows that a lot of places have it much worse than us car-loving Americans. Even New York isn’t as bad as expected, with an average commute time of 34.6 minutes.
The takeaway from this? Jarrett Walker of the
Human Transit blog has some insights.