by P.D. Lesko

THE 1990 CENSUS estimated that 3.90 percent of American workers over the age of 16 walked to work. A decade later, the 2000 United States Census estimates that only 2.68 percent of American workers over the age of 16 walk to work. In the last decade, slightly more than a million people stopped walking to work. That automobile use has increased substantially since 1990 is no shock to part-time faculty -- particularly those part-timers who piece together full-time work by teaching at multiple institutions. Alex Alixopulos teaches nine courses at three colleges, and he puts 200 miles a day on his car.

According to an article written by Paula Harris for a California Bay area newspaper, "The longtime Sonoma County adjunct instructor and Santa Rosa resident [Alixopulos] spends tedious hours on Highway 101 shuttling between college campuses. He teaches morning classes in Pleasant Hill, beyond Vallejo, then drives back to Santa Rosa to teach afternoon and evening courses at Santa Rosa Junior College."

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