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Live in the US? Your commute is getting longer

Passengers stand in a packed public bus in downtown Lima, March 15, 2014. Bogota and two other Latin American capitals - Mexico City, and Lima in Peru - were named as the three capitals with the  least safe transport systems for women in the Thomson Reuters Foundation poll of more than 6,550 women and gender and city planning experts. Women in Latin America say they face a wide range of daily threats on public transport, and not enough is done to ensure their safety. Picture taken March 15, 2014. To match Thomson Reuters Foundation story WOMEN/POLL-LATAM          REUTERS/Enrique Castro-Mendivil (PERU - Tags: SOCIETY TRANSPORT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) - RTR4BYTW

The typical American commute has been getting longer each year since 2010. Image: REUTERS/Enrique Castro-Mendivil

Christopher Ingraham
Writer, Wonk Blog
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