Not many people take public transport in England and Wales or even bike or walk to work. It is peculiar that biking and walking to work are added together in this data from the Office of National Statistics.
Majority of people commute to work by car (64%) while 13.6% walk/cycle ow.ly/QzM95 http://t.co/O12HNCmmbH—
(@ONS) August 06, 2015
I am not surprised only 7% of Auckland’s take public transport to work considering it takes much longer than any other form of commuting.
The average commute by public transport is 40 minutes as compared to less than 25 in a car. 74% of Aucklanders drive to work and another 9% are a passenger in a car.
No information was available on those who bike to work because only 1% of Aucklanders bike to work. Only 2% of all New Zealanders take a bike to work. The sample size was therefore too small. Yet another reason to ban bikes at night. Few commute on this mode of transport in Auckland.
The near identical commuting distances irrespective of the mode of transport except walking is further evidence that people are quite discerning…
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Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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