My employer pays a portion of the transit pass, which is generous. I'm only six miles away, so I cycle through the seasons along mostly quiet neighbourhood streets. I'll have a bus pass for January / February for truly hazardous winter days.

The majority of my colleagues live in the distant suburbs or way out of town in the middle of nowhere. I can't imagine driving an hour to work and then an hour home each day. I'd rather have a leisurely breakfast and read or have time for errands without feeling rushed.
Being able to walk to groceries, hardware stores, library, and the LBS and just downtown amenities is fantastic. 'We' really screwed up the development of the continent's city transport networks since the 1950s. Imagine if we hadn't all torn up our tram lines and replaced them with GM buses...