And, while I'm talking policy...
Mar. 31st, 2005 08:04 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
libertangoTurns out the Census Bureau has a new report on commuting.
One of the mantras of the Seattle area is how bad the traffic allegedly is. Having lived in LA so long, I generally smile a bit at this.
The Census Bureau puts Seattle 16th in commute time (click on the .PDF report by "Place"), behind usual suspects like New York, Chicago, LA, Miami, Philly, etc., etc.
A feature of this report (picked up by the New York Times) is a breakdown of "extreme commutes". No, it's not the latest X-Games event, the term refers to commute times that average over 90 minutes, round trip.
As one might guess, Seattle isn't in the top ten table on that, either. Although LA metro comes in with entries in the #4 and #5 spots. (Why the Census Bureau continues to carve up LA into 4 or 5 separate areas is beyond me. They do the same thing with NYC.)
One of the mantras of the Seattle area is how bad the traffic allegedly is. Having lived in LA so long, I generally smile a bit at this.
The Census Bureau puts Seattle 16th in commute time (click on the .PDF report by "Place"), behind usual suspects like New York, Chicago, LA, Miami, Philly, etc., etc.
A feature of this report (picked up by the New York Times) is a breakdown of "extreme commutes". No, it's not the latest X-Games event, the term refers to commute times that average over 90 minutes, round trip.
As one might guess, Seattle isn't in the top ten table on that, either. Although LA metro comes in with entries in the #4 and #5 spots. (Why the Census Bureau continues to carve up LA into 4 or 5 separate areas is beyond me. They do the same thing with NYC.)
