The given table provides data on how commuters in a U.S. city used to get to work, with average figures in three categories: distance, minutes, and speed of various modes of transportation.
Overall, private vehicles are more preferable compared to public transportation and cycling or walking when choosing a mode of transportation to work.
Most strikingly, shared cars and public transportation are the top options for commuters when traveling a long distance, with average distances of 24 and 23 miles, respectively. Shared cars have the fastest average speed, at 34 mph, while that of trains and buses is 6 mph slower than that of cars with more than one person. As a result, people generally save 7 minutes when traveling by car than when traveling by train or bus (49 minutes).
Commuters choose to cycle or walk to work instead of using other modes of transportation when the distance is around 5 miles, but if the distance is 4 times farther, people prefer driving to work. Although the distance is short, it still takes people 20 minutes to get to their workplaces because of its slow speed. In contrast, driving a car is much faster than cycling or walking despite its longer average time, which is 31 mph, 3 times faster than cycling and 10 times faster than walking.