Scott Sheppard says that although it's less convenient to have a small car, he uses it for daily commuting.

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Average daily commuting times in Beijing -- which boasts one of the country's larger subway networks -- are 79 minutes, roughly double the OECD average.

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Rudy returned to Brooklyn in high school as a scholarship day student at Bishop Loughlin Memorial High, commuting daily on the Long Island Rail Road.

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Recently, the autonomous fleet passed a significant milestone by logging over 300, 000 miles, and employees would now start commuting with the cars on their daily routes.

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The average adult in the U.S. and U.K. watches three to four hours of TV daily, Stamatakis says, and many of us also spend our working lives sitting at a desk and commuting behind the wheel of a car.

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