According to an ABC News Poll:
The average household owns two cars, trucks or sport utility vehicles … and one in four owns three or more … (Big idea to lower gas consumtion:: raise the driving age to 18 — 16 to 18 year olds don’t vote any way)
220 million adults average an hour and a half a day in their cars … 104 minutes for those with kids, 77 without
An average commute by car is 16 miles … and takes around 30 minutes … (obviously not DC)
While about half of commuters have some form of public transportation available, only 4% use it to & from work (mostly city dwellers, minorities and lower-income Americans)
84% of driving commuters go solo … 8% regularly carpool … 20 percent of solo drivers say they’d be interested in carpooling … (yeah right — well mabe if gas stays @ $4 / gallon)
65% oppose higher gasoline taxes … even if the money is earmarked for transportation projects
66% approve of roadside cameras to enforce traffic laws (note: they didn’t survey my family)
For the complete report: http://abcnews.go.com/print?id=485098
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