If you think you’re spending more and more time just getting to work, you’re not alone.

Newly released Census Bureau figures say Bay Area workers have some of the longest commutes in the country. Only New York and Washington, D.C. are worse.

Each day, more than 3 million Bay Area residents hit the road for work.

In the South Bay, 3 out of 4 are alone in their cars. Commuters in San Francisco and the East Bay are more likely to use public transit.

In the last few years, both metropolitan regions have seen the number of solo drivers drop.

That hasn’t made the ride any easier.

Twelve percent of South Bay commuters spend an hour or more getting to their jobs

For San Francisco, Oakland, and Hayward, it’s 18 percent, nearly 2 in 10.

Those numbers have gone up 4 percent since 2013.

Also up is the average travel time. It’s now more than 34 minutes for San Francisco and 30 minutes even for San Jose. That’s an increase of almost a minute a year.

You can blame the Bay Area’s booming economy.

In four years, nearly 300,000 new commuters merged into the local economy, and they’re not walking to work. That time on the road add up.

A 60-minute commute adds up to 10 hours both ways each week. 

Over a lifetime career, that is more than 11,000 days or 30 years behind the wheel.

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