Talk:Commuting

Western bias

I wonder if this article has an unintended Western bias. I think I remember hearing that worldwide walking is still the most common method of commuting, with many people traveling over five miles each way. -- Chris Q 11:48, 30 Nov 2004 (UTC)

I agree with Chris Q about the bias in the article. Not just a western bias but a distinctly Anglospheric western bias. In some Western countries like Netherland, Sweden anbd Switzerland, a minority of commuting trips are by car, so active commuting or public transit represent the main methods of commuting and this should be highlighted. I am currently researching this and will try to find the time to write a few paras for this soon. --AWalsh28 (talk) 06:50, 5 February 2018 (UTC)

Muters

"Commuters are often referred to as 'Muters in colleges by students who dislike the idea of commuting."

Wait, what? I've never in my life heard that term.Kendall 18:01, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

Neither have I, and I've been both a student and a commuter. I've removed it. – Tivedshambo (talk) 08:39, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

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Commuting in other languages and other cultures

I noticed some links to other languages usually are referring to "migration" phenomenon (see french or portuguese), which actually differs from the essence of commuting. I was wondering if it wouldn't be better to remove these links, or link those pages to their corresponding context. I could not find it in english. In portuguese, for instance, we have the word "comutar" that is the verb for "to commute". --Bruno Braga (talk) 23:05, 31 March 2012 (UTC)

I'd like to see a section on Commuting in literature and the arts - if you put a title I will add content: TS Eliot, Betjeman, TV shows etc.... UK has strong heritage on this

Add Health Section

I'd like to add a health section to the article in light of the studies in recent years linking long (defined as over 45 min in some studies) commutes with health issues such as obesity and high blood pressure. There are many studies about the health problems associated with sitting for extended periods, but commuting seems to be worse than general sitting. --User:k00kykelly —Preceding undated comment added 18:01, 9 August 2012 (UTC)

I agree this would a worthwhile addition, As well as the impact of commuting on obesity and blood pressure there is also some recent evidence about psychological impact of long commutes plus it would be useful to add some of the recent research findings coming out of the UK and Europe about the health benefits of active commuting (using active travel for the commute journey). I have researched this literature recently for my PhD thesis and will try to find some time to write some paragraphs to go in here.--AWalsh28 (talk) 06:45, 5 February 2018 (UTC)

Air pollution

Shouldn't there be a source cited for the statement, "The suburbs in the United States and elsewhere tend to have less air pollution than their neighboring inner cities, even though more workers in the inner cities use public transport."? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Secondwire (talk • contribs) 17:53, 29 November 2012 (UTC)

Tele-Commuting

I would like to see here a section on _tele-commuting_ through the increasing use of tele-presence technology (internet in general, chat, video conferencing, remote access) and its influence on physical communiting. This will include some reference to recent and influential literature (e.g. the book "Remote" by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson). Oschettler (talk) 08:53, 26 March 2015 (UTC)

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"journey to work"

The second sentence of this article reads "Regarding occupation, it is also colloquially called the journey to work." The source given is a Census web page that uses is as an alternative term. I don't think that does much to establish that "journey to work" is a colloquial term, and some cursory Googling shows that it only seems to be used in government or academic settings that use data from the US Census. Given that, I think it's more Census jargon than a commonly-used term. If there are no objections, I plan to remove that sentence. Sjedits (talk) 03:01, 11 June 2024 (UTC)

I've removed it. Sjedits (talk) 09:34, 8 July 2024 (UTC)