On commuting, the one stat that's remained fairly constant everywhere is that on average people's time budget for commuting is one hour per day. The commutes described above are all high outliers that tend to occur in a countryside<->London situation or in a small town where most jobs have been lost<->another town situation, but there are also a lot of low outliers, of course, including people who walk five minutes. This is not counting people 'working' from home.
On commuting, the one stat that's remained fairly constant everywhere is that on average people's time budget for commuting is one hour per day. The commutes described above are all high outliers that tend to occur in a countryside<->London situation or in a small town where most jobs have been lost<->another town situation, but there are also a lot of low outliers, of course, including people who walk five minutes. This is not counting people 'working' from home.