Transportation
Why American Commute Times Are Difficult to Compare to Other Countries
In one recent survey the U.S. has relatively short commutes; in another, they're relatively long
This month, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development released the results of a new international survey on well-being. Over at The New York Times Economix blog, Catherine Rampell points to an intriguing finding from the O.E.C.D. data: commute times in the United States are quite low compared with those around the world. The survey showed that U.S. workers clocked their commutes at 28 minutes per day. That's a full 10 minutes less than the overall average commute time, half as long as the commute in worst-ranked South Africa, and shorter than the work rides in all but three developed countries: