I’m the author of the article, and agree that this figure was poorly chosen. I think “commute distance” and “commute distance by automobile” in particular would

I’m the author of the article, and agree that this figure was poorly chosen. I think “commute distance” and “commute distance by automobile” in particular would be a much more compelling metric to explore. Otherwise, we get mired in red herrings about heavy traffic that leads to even slower average travel speeds in some other global metropolises, or long train commutes that aren’t apples-to-apples to long car commutes.