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===Commuting=== The average one-way commute time in Baton Rouge is 26.5 minutes,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.governing.com/gov-data/transportation-infrastructure/commute-time-averages-drive-public-transportation-bus-rail-by-metro-area.html|title=Average Commute Times for Metro Areas|website=www.governing.com|date=January 27, 2017 |access-date=December 28, 2019}}</ref> slightly less than the U.S. average of 27.1 minutes.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/10/07/nine-days-road-average-commute-time-reached-new-record-last-year/|title=Analysis {{!}} Nine days on the road. Average commute time reached a new record last year.|last=Ingraham|first=Christopher|date=October 7, 2019|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191007125802/https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/10/07/nine-days-road-average-commute-time-reached-new-record-last-year/|archive-date=October 7, 2019|access-date=December 28, 2019}}</ref> Interstates 10, 110 and 12, which feed into the city, are highly traveled and connected by highways and four-lane roads that connect the downtown business area to surrounding parishes.{{citation needed|date=October 2024}} According to the 2016 [[American Community Survey]], 81.9% of working Baton Rouge residents commuted by driving alone, 8.5% carpooled, 3% used public transportation, and 2.4% walked. About 1.2% used all other forms of transportation, including taxi, bicycle, and motorcycle. About 3.1% worked at home.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Census Reporter|access-date=May 17, 2018|title=Means of Transportation to Work by Age|url=https://censusreporter.org/data/table/?table=B08101&geo_ids=16000US2205000&primary_geo_id=16000US2205000|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180518054747/https://censusreporter.org/data/table/?table=B08101&geo_ids=16000US2205000&primary_geo_id=16000US2205000|archive-date=May 18, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2015, 10.4 percent of Baton Rouge households lacked a car, and increased slightly to 11.4 percent in 2016; higher than average for a city of its size. The national average was 8.7 percent in 2016. Baton Rouge averaged 1.55 cars per household in 2016, compared to a national average of 1.8.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Car Ownership in U.S. Cities Data and Map|journal=Governing|date=December 9, 2014 |url=http://www.governing.com/gov-data/car-ownership-numbers-of-vehicles-by-city-map.html|access-date=May 3, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180511162014/http://www.governing.com/gov-data/car-ownership-numbers-of-vehicles-by-city-map.html|archive-date=May 11, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
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