The Census Bureau’s just released American Community Survey includes Work Access data (also referred to as “journey to work”) confirming that mass transit is an antiquated and expensive boondoggle.

As has been the case since the pandemic years, US commuters are using cars or working at home for more than 90% of their work days (91.7%). Driving alone was by far the most popular means of commuting, with a 69.2% share, following working from home (13.3%) and car pooling (9.0%).

Transit carried only 3.7% of commuters, still below its pre-pandemic level. Transit has been hit hard by the exodus to working from home, which is now more than double its pre-pandemic level. Working from home is now more popular than transit in 56 of the 57 major metropolitan areas. The New York metropolitan area is the clear outlier, where transit’s share is more than double that of working at home.

Given that within the next five years automated cars will take Americans of all incomes where they want, when they want at very low prices, the government should stop wasting billions of taxpayer dollars building transit systems that will soon be totally obsolete.