These U.S. States Have the Greenest Commuters

While the vast majority of U.S. workers still uses a car to commute to work, there are differences across states. The greenest commuters live in the District of Columbia, in New York and in Massachusetts, where 57%, 35% and 15% of commuters use public transportation, ride a bike or simply walk to their workplaces. On the opposite end of the scale, we find the southern states of Tennessee, Mississippi and Alabama, where more than 9 in 10 commuters use a car to get to work, while less than 1% of workers use public transportation.

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This chart shows the 10 U.S. states with the highest percentage of workers who commute to work using "green" means of transportation.

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Distribution of public transportation modes of U.S. workers commuting to work in 2019
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U.S. cities with the highest share of bicycle commuters in 2014
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Share of workers in the U.S. using public transportation to commute to work from 2000 to 2022
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Distribution of transportation modes of U.S. workers commuting to work in 2022
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Leading transport modes for commuting among workers in the United States from January 2019 to September 2023
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Share of the population commuting to work or their educational institution by bicycle by country in 2022

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