I used to commute about 22 miles each way, my house was at 880ft elevation and my work was around 22ft so getting to work was easy in the morning, going back after a physical demanding job was tasking at best, and the sun in Hawaii is not forgiving. So I could wait out the sun and hang at work or get skin cancer and ride home early. The buses here offer maybe two, maybe three bike slots per rack and it's a crap shoot it they are full or not, I think they've upgraded to hold even more now, but I'm not interested in using the bus really. Driving takes about 2 hours to do 22 miles unless you beat the initial rush then it takes only 1 hour. Traffic and a host of new construction has caused many lanes to close and even bike paths to be detoured. I think the exercise and savings on gas help outweigh some of the time loss from the commute. I would say just bike on days you know you can handle and save the car ride for the days you can't. I would always ride the car home on Friday cause I wanted to extend my weekend as far as possible.

My biggest gripe for me starting to commute by bike again is that an ex-employee caused a change in regulations that made it impossible for me to stay at work late because he stole from the property. I was even going to bring my xbox in and set it up in the brake room to play after work cause I hardly play it at home.