Shorter work commutes are one way to reduce gasoline consumption, but a new study finds that not all cities are equal in how easy it would be to achieve that goal. Research suggests that Atlanta and Minneapolis may be the U.S. metropolitan areas that would find it most difficult to reduce the miles that workers commute each day. Meanwhile, Las Vegas and Miami may be the metro areas where it would be easiest to reduce commuting miles. The research aimed to see how difficult it would be to reduce the average commuting trip lengths by a realistic amount —...






