Americans' average commute to work got shorter by 0.4 minutes from 2000 to 2005. Here are the 25 metropolitan areas with the longest commutes to work. Commutes are in average minutes, one way:

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New York Daily News - http://www.nydailynews.com
Thursday, August 31st, 2006

If you think it's taking longer than ever to get to work, you're right.
The Census Bureau says New York City now has the second-longest commute in the nation - 34.2 minutes - a slight increase over the past five years and only a little better than Baltimore.
The average commute for the rest of the country is 25.5 minutes - a 24-second drop since 2005.