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Poll: How Long is Your Commute?
The average time Rhode Islanders spend traveling to work is up. Where do you stand?
Ocean State commuters' driving time is reportedly on the rise.
According to a Providence Journal report today, the average work commute time for Rhode Islanders increased between 2006 and 2010 — to an average of 22.9 minutes.
According to census data in 2009, Americans overall drove an average of 25.1 minutes to get to work.
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The U.S. Census Bureau's study, Commuting in the United States: 2009, reports the average travel time for men was longer than for women workers. (Men took an average of 26.7 minutes to get to work, compared with 23.4 minutes for
women.)
The majority of men and women workers left for their jobs between 7 a.m. and 7:59 a.m. Male workers were more likely to leave for work before 7 a.m. than women, according to the study. Almost 40 percent of men left before 7 a.m., compared with less than 25 percent of women, according to the report.
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We want to know: What's your commute like these days?
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