Commuting to and from the job every day is almost always about more than just getting from home to workplace. Whether you’re driving, taking public transit, walking or biking to work, the time you ...

Washington, D.C., metro station. The system includes six train lines and covers 118 miles. The trend toward working from home upended commuter patterns in Washington, D.C., and other cities with a ...

The negative influence of the commute is so pronounced that it’s hard to imagine making the economy work for moms without ...

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Before the pandemic, more than four million Americans suffered through a daily work commute of more than 90 minutes. Help is on the way. Years ago, my wife decided to take a one-year course in ...

For most American workers who commute, the trip to and from the office takes nearly one full hour a day – 26 minutes each way on average, with 7.7% of workers spending two hours or more on the road.

Just over half of employed Americans enjoy their commute to work. Those are the surprising results of a new survey by the auto insurance website Compare.com, which surveyed 1,010 people with jobs.

As employers strengthen their benefits to attract talent in a tough labor market, establishing a commuter benefits program that makes sense in a hybrid environment is just one of the headaches HR is ...

The average commute in Philadelphia takes longer than in most large U.S. cities — and it’s gotten slightly worse recently. In 2024, commuters spent on average 33.2 minutes getting to work in the city, ...

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In the 1920s, workers commuted via buses, subways, ferries, streetcars, and automobiles. Improved public transportation for commuting led to the development of suburbs in major US cities. Modern ...