<story><title>Riding transit takes almost twice as long as driving (2017)</title><url>https://www.governing.com/archive/gov-transit-driving-times.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>bonyt</author><text>&amp;gt; For New York metro residents who take public transportation, a door-to-door commute averages about 51 minutes. That’s much longer than the 29 minutes typically spent by those who drive alone.&lt;p&gt;I mean, is this really an apples to apples comparison that is at all meaningful? The NY metro area includes NYC with its subway, but also suburbs in long island, New Jersey, and Connecticut with long commuter rail trips where you go to a different city, and short car commutes where you don’t.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>panarky</author><text>Also, the average bicycle trip is shorter than the average airplane trip, therefore bikes are faster than airplanes.</text></comment>
<story><title>Riding transit takes almost twice as long as driving (2017)</title><url>https://www.governing.com/archive/gov-transit-driving-times.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>bonyt</author><text>&amp;gt; For New York metro residents who take public transportation, a door-to-door commute averages about 51 minutes. That’s much longer than the 29 minutes typically spent by those who drive alone.&lt;p&gt;I mean, is this really an apples to apples comparison that is at all meaningful? The NY metro area includes NYC with its subway, but also suburbs in long island, New Jersey, and Connecticut with long commuter rail trips where you go to a different city, and short car commutes where you don’t.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>donohoe</author><text>This.&lt;p&gt;I came here to say this. When you bundle NYC (which is one of the largest systems in itself between subway and bus) that represents a skewed average.&lt;p&gt;As a NYC resident of 20 years I can assure you public transportation much much faster than a car in most cases.&lt;p&gt;Don&amp;#x27;t even get me started about the time it takes to find parking in this city... I am guessing that that time consideration is not in this study.</text></comment>