Permanent daylight saving time could add at least two billion dark school commutes across US

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A study estimates that permanent daylight saving time could create at least two billion additional dark school commutes across the United States. The proposal would prevent clocks from being turned back in fall, but would require federal approval to take effect.

The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill this past summer that would make daylight saving time (DST) permanent in the United States—meaning there would be no turning back the clocks each fall. Nineteen states, including Washington, have already preapproved this change. If the bill is ultimately signed into law, the change would go into effect in those states.