So Popular....

According to a survey just released by the U.S. Census, D.C has the second longest commute in the nation at an average of 33 minutes (yay NYC for being crowned "most popular").

In all faireness, SF is also super popular - it boasts a higher transit share, making its commute time slightly less than D.C.'s...yadda yadda yadda. So let me rephrase by saying that our asphalt is the [second] most popular?

Some crazy things the survey found:
-> Over HALF of DC area commuters work outside their county of residence

-> DC Transit ridership has gone UP reversing a downward trend during the rich, cheap gas 90's. Alan Pisarski (a long time commute commentator) postulates that employer transit subsidies for employers who ALREADY OFFER PARKING SUBSIDIES has helped transit ridership??? I guess........

-> Residents of DC have an average commute of 29 minutes, still well above the national average of 25 minutes...so does that mean that all that new housing in DC is only attracting people who reverse-commute to work in the Dulles corridor? The district is only a few square miles...it doesn't take long to get ANYWHERE.

-> Loudon County's current transit share is 2%. I wonder what is is predicted to be with metrorail?