Now that I'm an American citizen, I feel a little bit more at ease revealing my decidedly un-American activities. Here's my first admission: today I rode public transit to work (but I promise it won't happen again)! Google Maps transit planner showed me that I could walk to the bus stop, pay $1.75, ride for 20 minutes, then walk to the office, all in less than 30 minutes, with no transfers needed.
Sadly, my office is moving in a couple of months to a new building just about 5-10 minutes further drive from my house. Google maps transit says I will need to take two buses, walk more, and have a total commute time of 70 minutes. If I ride my bike to the bus, then I can skip a transfer and have a slightly longer bicycle ride on the back end -- total time about 45 minutes. But I could also just ride directly to the office, and skip the bus for a total time of, well, about 45 minutes.
I'm fortunate enough to be able to ride my bicycle to work when I want to, but I seem to live in that all-too-common American "suburban grey zone" -- too short a commute to make public transport a good option, but too long to make walking or biking a no-brainer. Maybe I just need to change my brain to get on the bicycle more often. Hmm.. more un-American activities...
Sadly, my office is moving in a couple of months to a new building just about 5-10 minutes further drive from my house. Google maps transit says I will need to take two buses, walk more, and have a total commute time of 70 minutes. If I ride my bike to the bus, then I can skip a transfer and have a slightly longer bicycle ride on the back end -- total time about 45 minutes. But I could also just ride directly to the office, and skip the bus for a total time of, well, about 45 minutes.
I'm fortunate enough to be able to ride my bicycle to work when I want to, but I seem to live in that all-too-common American "suburban grey zone" -- too short a commute to make public transport a good option, but too long to make walking or biking a no-brainer. Maybe I just need to change my brain to get on the bicycle more often. Hmm.. more un-American activities...
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