Americans spend more than 100 hours commuting to work each year. This exceeds the two weeks of vacation time (80 hours) taken by many workers over the course of a year. For the nation as a whole, the average daily commute to work lasted about 24.3 minutes in 2003.
SOURCE: Census Bureau, Newsweek, May 1, 2006 | GRAPHIC: Dan McGinn, The Washington Post - May 19, 2006
