10 Cities Where Americans Can't Get To Work: 24/7 Wall St.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/22/10-cities-where-americans-cant-get-to-work_n_933277.html#s335524&title=3_PoughkeepsieNewburghMiddletown_NY

3. Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY

Job access rate: 9.1 percent
Public transportation coverage: 78.6 percent (34th lowest)
Zero-vehicle households: 7.7 percent
Zero-vehicle households with low-income: 67.3 percent

Although Poughkeepsie has one of the lowest job access rates in the country, the city is working to solve the problem in an intelligent way. According to to the Mid-Hudson News Network, city officials are planning to create a "Transit Oriented Development in and around the Poughkeepsie Metro-North train station." This development would increase density of homes and businesses around the train station, making it easier for residents to reach jobs.