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The Car Crowd

In a crowd of 2,000 American workers, 1,384 drive alone to work. The rest carpool, take transit, walk, or bike. The car is not a choice in America — it's a default so complete that alternatives barely register. Outside dense city centers, public transit doesn't exist. The commute is a solo performance, often 45 minutes each way, often in traffic.

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More than 75% of Americans drive alone to work — a figure almost unchanged since the 1980s. Transit investment, remote work, and rising gas prices have barely dented it.