I usually feel more comfortable on my morning commute if it is before daylight - less likely to have headlights-off ninjacars sneak up on me when I need to turn or dodge a bit into the lane to cross the angled RR tracks. And in the morning, it seems that the traffic is a bit more stretched out - not as dense, and not so big a hurry as evening.

I live an hour south of Portland, so our area doesn't have the amount of traffic, percentage of cyclists, or infrastructure. But, I have the ability to get off the main roads and ride through less traveled residential or industrial areas. But at night, I do everything I can do to be off the heavier-trafficked roads, as I believe my red flashies on the back can get lost in the sea of tail and brake lights.

I have started wearing reflective bands on my ankles. The up and down motion of the reflectors does key a driver in to the fact that there is a cyclist up there, I think more than blinking or solid red lights do. But I still run one solid and two or three blinkers on the back. My front setup is two MagicShines, one on flash unless it is pitch dark - once I can see, I use the strobe to make me seen.