Lonely road: The counties in North Dakota where people drive to work alone the most

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Lonely road: The counties in North Dakota where people drive to work alone the most

NORTH DAKOTA (KXNET) — Rush hours are infamous for densely packed streets, seas of brake lights, and raging commuters — all products of a population that mostly drives alone. About 7 in 10 Americans drive alone to work. That marks a new standard for the U.S. in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, which caused drive-alone commutes to drop as remote work became more widespread. Even so, driving alone remains the primary commuting method in the nati…