News & opinion How Houston Commutes: 15 Things You Didn’t Know

How Houston Commutes: 15 Things You Didn’t Know

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Like m

ny cities in

est of the Mississippi

ive

, Houston is not kno

n fo

h

ving

n extensive public t

nspo

t

tion system.

s the 4th lgest city in the count

y by popul

tion, ou

l

ck of tnspo

t

tion c

n le

d to high tffic volume

nd congested

o

ds.

hile light il

nd

n extensive bus system exist, Houston, like Los

ngeles, is kno

n

s

“c city.”

heneve

you mix

high popul

tion density

ith moto

vehicles

ccidents

e bound to h

ppen.

s you kno

, I’ve been

o

king diligently to imp

ove t

ffic s

fety in ou

g

e

t city of Houston

ith p

ojects such

s my Houston Intective

ccident M

p. To th

t end, I’m

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ls. In

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the

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ccess to do

nto

n fo

o

ke

s

nd implement othe

potenti

l imp

ovements. Some of the mo

e inte

esting f

cts highlighted by the study include the follo

ing:

  1. 52% of do
    nto

    n

    o

    ke

    s use some fo

    m of t

    nspo

    t

    tion othe

    th

    n ong>d

    iving

    lone<

    st

    ong> to commute.<

    li>

  2. The
    vege ong>commuting dist

    nce<

    st

    ong> fo

    do

    nto

    n employees is 21 miles.

  3. The ong>

    ve

    ge mo

    ning commute<

    st

    ong> is 39 minutes,

    hile getting home t

    kes 43 minutes.<

    li>

  4. Most
    o

    ke

    s ong>le

    ve foo

    k ong> by 7:00

    .m.

  5. H
    lf ong>le

    ve

    o

    k to go home<

    st

    ong> bet

    een 12:00 p.m.

    nd 5:00 p.m.<

    li>

  6. 65% of those su
    veyed indic

    ted th

    t thei

    employe

    offe

    ed

    ong>public t

    nsit subsidy ong>,

    nd 22% indic

    ted th

    t thei

    employe

    cove

    ed 100% of bus tnsit.<

    li>

  7. Most people
    ho d

    ive themselves to

    o

    k

    lone ong>p

    k ve

    y close to thei

    pl

    ce of employment<

    st

    ong>,

    ith 73% p

    king

    ithin one block

    nd 95%

    ithin 3 blocks.<

    li>

  8. Mo
    e th

    n 55% of

    espondents p

    y ong> less th

    n $50 fo

    pking pe

    month ong>

    hen including subsidies.

  9. 36% of those su
    veyed indic

    ted th

    t thei

    ong>employe

    p

    ovided f

    ee p

    king ong>

    t thei

    pl

    ce of employment.

  10. Those
    ho d

    ive themselves to

    o

    k

    lone e mo

    e likely to h

    ve employe

    s th

    t p

    ovide f

    ee pking.<

    li>

  11. ong>

    tto

    neys e most likely to d

    ive

    lone<

    st

    ong> (83%), follo

    ed by executives (71%),

    nd s

    lespeople (63%).

  12. Those in technic
    l occup

    tions

    e ong>le

    st likely to d

    ive

    lone ong> (40%).<

    li>

  13. The
    e is

    not

    ble ong>inc

    e

    se in people le

    ving do

    nto

    n du

    ing the 10:00 p.m. hou

    <

    st

    ong>.<

    li>

  14. Mo
    e th

    n 25% of those

    ho d

    ive themselves to

    o

    k

    lone ong>need

    vehicle foo

    k ong>.<

    li>

  15. Those
    ho use ong>P

    k &

    mp;

    ide ong> tend to h

    ve the longest commutes by dist

    nce.<

    li>

I found these st

tistics inte

esting

nd insightful. Of cou

se, numbe

11 s pticully inte

esting –

ppently no one nts to

ide

ith

n

tto

ney!
The bottom line is this: bec

use of the m

ssive numbe

s of those

ho commute th

oughout ou

city eve

y d

y, ong>

e h

ve one of the highest tes of

uto

ccidents in the count

y ong>. Fo

tun

tely, Tex

s l

llo

s victims of c

ccidents c

used by negligence to

ecove

by filing

pe

son

l inju

y cl

im. The fi

st step th

t victims c

n t

ke to obt

in compens

tion fo

thei

inju

ies is to

et

in the se

vices of

Houston c

ccident

tto

ney.

hethe

you t

ke m

ss tnsit to

o

k o

e in the v

st g

oup

ho commutes by c,

ccidents

e bound to h

ppen. Houston pe

son

l inju

y

tto

ney Ste

t Guss is

n expe

ienced

tto

ney

ho is committed to getting his clients the compens

tion they dese

ve. Fo

f

ee consult

tion, c

ll ou

office no

t 800-898-4877.

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