It's funny that when I decided to find alternatives to driving to work it started out with one set of expectations and morphed into another. And it had nothing to do with finances I just hate urban driving. And another thing that's kind of funny is the more I bike to work the more I hate the drive and all the road rage and inconsiderate driving habits that typify the morning/evening communte. Particularly this year I really noticed a significant jump in blantant illegal traffic maneuvers to avoid waiting at stop signs and red lights. Unfortunately my job and sometimes family life prevent from being 100% bike commuter. Initially I thought I would train/bus, but the bus schedules are too stretched out. Then I thought I would mostly train bike, but the bike capacity too small for the number of users. Now I ride just one short train segment closest to my house that coincidently has the least bike user and gets me through a nasty traffic corridor. I started off thinking it would only be practical if I could do in under 1.5h. In reality it's closer to 2h. If I forgo the train in the evening which causes me to take a longer more traffic friendly route it takes close to 3h. I've been averaging 2 days a week so far since Feb. and 3h on bike still goes by faster than 40min in car and I feel much better at the end.