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Commuting to and from the job every day is almost always about more than just getting from home to workplace. Whether you’re driving, taking public transit, walking or biking to work, the time you ...

Ask someone if they have regrets, and very few people will say: “I wish I had spent more of my life commuting.” The time spent travelling from home to work and back again tends to be neither relaxing ...

For most American workers who commute, the trip to and from the office takes nearly one full hour a day – 26 minutes each way on average, with 7.7% of workers spending two hours or more on the road.