Surprise: Higher Gas Prices, Data Shows More Solo Auto Commuting

New Geography reports:

Despite higher prices and huge media hype over shifts to public transit, the big surprise out of the 2010 American Community Survey has been the continued growth over the last decade in driving alone to work. Between 2000 and 2010, driving alone to work increased by 7.8 million out of a total of 8.7 million increase in total jobs. As a result, this use of this mode reached 76.5% of the nation's workers, up from 75.6% in 2000. This is the largest decadal share of commuting ever achieved for this mode of transport.

Check out the tables in the article.Only 4.9% of workers took public transportation to work. Just a reminder when socialist transportation asks for bailout from Barack Obama.