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Since 2000, commuting to work by car has increased only in Louisiana, North Dakota and South Dakota, three states where oil and gas workers travel long distances. Elsewhere, car commuting continued to decline. Nationwide, it dropped from 88 percent in 2000 to 86 percent in 2013, according to a Stateline analysis of U.S. Census numbers. In D.C., car commuting fell 11 percent, and Colorado, Oregon and Washington saw drops of up to 4...