1. I hated the commute by car. I'd been doing it, on the same route for the last 20 years. I've seen the volume of traffic on this route go from being pretty light, to quite heavy in the first ten years, then construction hit and it was heavy for two years. After that it was great, but volume has been steadily increasing the past few years. Damn urban sprawl!

Not having to drive my car on that route is incentive enough for me to ride to work. I regularly ride 2x the minimum distance to work before getting to work.

2. The best part of the outbound trip is the last 2.5 km, which is a bike path through a hydro field. It is nice to get out of the traffic. The best part of the inbound trip is during onto my own street. I breathe a sigh of relief every time.