Marylanders’ commute listed as 2nd-worst in the nation

In recent weeks disclosed Census Bureau input indicates Maryland commuters spend on average minutes driving to work The state ranked second to New York s -minute average commute in according to records extracted from the Census Bureau s American District Survey The number did go up in the last year disclosed Chester Harvey director of National Center for Smart Improvement s Transportation Guidelines Research Group It s about one minute that it looks like it increased between - Harvey revealed He notified WTOP there are two reasons for the increase One is there is more congestion and the other is if they re having to excursion farther During the pandemic Harvey reported it was clear people in multiple cases took advantage of remote work Several moved farther away from their workplace But now that President Donald Trump has required federal agencies to bring employees back to in-person work it s not hard to imagine the commute times increasing And private companies are also requiring employees to summary to the office Of unit during the COVID- pandemic people were staying home and commuting was virtually non-existent Across Maryland there were vastly different commute times according to the survey Charles County had the longest commute with minutes for a one-way drive Allegany County had the shortest commute with minutes Source