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Fewer local commuters go it alone
82% in metro area drive to work, down from 83% in 2009
By Robert Vitale
The Columbus Dispatch
Thursday September 22, 2011 7:35 AM
We still love our cars, but the latest census figures show fewer central Ohio commuters are using them to get to work. Columbus was among the few big metro areas where the number of people walking, carpooling, taking the bus or telecommuting grew faster last year than the number of people driving solo to their jobs, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
More than 82 percent of us still drive cars to and from the job. But that’s down from more than 83 percent in 2009, and it translates into a few thousand cars off the road even after growth in the work force is factored in.
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