Comment by jjk166
12 hours ago
No one is arguing the working poor exclusively fly, the point is there are plenty of people who do fly for whom the fee is significant.
12 hours ago
No one is arguing the working poor exclusively fly, the point is there are plenty of people who do fly for whom the fee is significant.
I know. I was simply disputing the idea that ~600+ mile flights are cheaper than driving. They only are in very specific circumstances.
I would not describe travelling alone as "very specific circumstances." It is extremely common. 70% of all car trips are solo, and the average number of occupants for all car trips is 1.5. That you can get more bang for your buck driving if you have enough passengers and luggage doesn't change the fact plenty of people don't.
You are entirely right, because 98%+ trips in a car are commutes or errands that average 6 miles in distance.
But, that is not the topic of conversation above -- we were talking about trips 600+ miles in distance. These are almost exclusively not commutes.
Averages don't necessarily describe your whole data set. Just like how the average person has around 1 testicle, this data is also multimodal :) ... People commute alone, but they go on vacation with friends/family.