Seattle sees biggest drop of solo-commuters across the country

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Do you walk to work? Or take public transit? Maybe you're carpooling? If so, you're not alone. Seattle has seen the biggest drop in the country for the number of solo-commuters.

Gene Balk from the Seattle Times, also known as the FYI guy, published an in-depth look at our driving habits using Census data from 2010 to 2018.

The data shows the number of people in Seattle driving to work solo has dropped from 53% in 2010 to 44% in 2018.

"Seattle's 9 percentage-point drop is easily the largest decline among the 100 most-populous U.S. cities since the start of the decade," read Balk's article.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/seattle-sees-biggest-drop-of-solo-commuters-across-the-country/ar-BBXak9w

[Aristus]

1. Good. Nice to see we Western Washingtonians trying to do something about the traffic.

He said, driving solo to work every morning...

[Doreen]

2. Well, when you can get places faster walking, using a bike,

or taking public transportation you might as well do that. Why waste all of your money on a car. I know bus passes in places like Seattle are expensive but a whole lot cheaper than a car.

My brother lives in Oregon and owns two cars but uses the bus instead. I think Oregon is moving towards that also.