How Houston Commutes: 15 Things You Didn’t Know

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, Houston is not kno

n fo

h

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n extensive public t

nspo

t

tion system.

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tion c

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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.”

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nd implement othe

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esting f

cts highlighted by the study include the follo

ing:

1. 52% of do
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   m of t

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2. The
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   nce<

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   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.<

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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.<

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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.<

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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.<

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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.<

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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%).<

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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>.<

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14. Mo
    e th

    n 25% of those

    ho d

    ive themselves to

    o

    k

    lone ong>need
    vehicle foo

    k ong>.<

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15. Those
    ho use ong>P

    k &

    mp;

    ide ong> tend to h

    ve the longest commutes by dist

    nce.<

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I found these st

tistics inte

esting

nd insightful. Of cou

se, numbe

11 s pticully inte

esting –

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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

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ney.

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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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