As gas and insurance prices rise, car commuting is becoming more unaffordable to working Americans, leaving them reliant on their local transit systems.
More Americans say owning a car is becoming unaffordable, reports Trey Arline for Straight Arrow News. "In Las Vegas, where driving has long been viewed as a necessity, workers are now reimagining their daily commute."
According to Arline, Nevada has the nation's highest car insurance prices and the nation's fourth-highest gas prices. Even as it faces a budget deficit, the Southern Nevada Regional Transportation Commission is seeing more Nevadans relying on its transit services. According to agency officials, RTC operates one of the busiest paratransit services in the country, and two out of three riders that use the system don't own a car.
Local officials have been eyeing further investment in Elon Musk's Vegas Loop, a limited tunnel network under the Las Vegas Strip and Convention Center that critics argue does little to add to regional transportation options and leaves out the workers that make Vegas run but don't live right next to the Strip.
Read the full story: Have we reached the end of the affordable American car commute?
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