I can ride my bicycle, drive the car, catch a train or ride my motorbike. I have walked to work but it takes over 2 hours (I was in training for a 100 kilometre charity walk).

my current workplace has bus service - in the same kind of sense that hitler had a heart. i could probably walk the 6 miles without losing much time. car or bike are the viable ones.

We have 3 (almost 4 drivers) and 2 cars in my family. If I can't ride, someone usually drops me off at work via car. I don't usually take the car myself. It just sits there in the parking lot all day doing no good.

Edit: When I lived in Japan, several of my neighbors worked for General Motors. GM paid for their cars and gas, but wouldn't pay for the bus/train. I worked near them, but worked for IBM instead. IBM paid for the bus/train. It took me about the same time to get to work as them if we left at normal times. We each chose the subsidized method. IBM -> bus/train. GM -> car. In their defense, they were test driving new models of cars, so there was some rationale to their choosing the more expensive and hassle filled commuting method.

For the past couple of months I have been working what is called a "slide shift" (where do they get these stupid names?): 9:30am-6:00pm. The bus gets me there at 9:32 to 9:35 which is cutting it really too close. I would be late everyday if my company didn't have a five minute grace period. I usually bike to work unless it's under 20 degrees F outside.

Our bus service in Raleigh (CAT) has mounted bike carriers on the fronts of their buses. I haven't tried it yet, but I see bikes on these carriers frequently. They appear to hold 2 bikes although I rarely see more than one at a time. The bus fare is $.75 with free transfers and no extra charge for the bike. It's going up to $1.00 next year, but it will still be a bargain. My 7 mile commute into the government complex downtown takes about 35 minutes by bus or bike. The bike route is more convoluted in order to avoid traffic and it's a lot more enjoyable unless the weather is really bad.

Telecommuting is tolerated by management on occasion, but I wouldn't want to push it more than once a week or so. The bus system in Portland Maine consists of a half-dozen routes in a star pattern with downtown Portland at the hub, so to get from 'burb to 'burb as I do, I'd have to take one bus downtown and another back out, turning a 10-minute car trip and 20-minute bike trip into a 45-minute bus trip. Needless to say, never done that.

I don't know if I should have checked "Own car"; technically, that's not an option for me anymore since I got rid of my car last year. But I could buy one again if I had to, I guess, and there is still the "Wife's car" option. :)

I can't walk, it's too far unless I have a spare couple hours. I've no access to a car. Though I can sometimes telecommute, I don't like to work from home unless absolutely necessary. Other options are all public transit, subway/GO Train/bus/tram.

Bike: fun. Takes a while to travel 28 miles each way.
Mass transit: bus and light rail. Very very easy. Catch the bus 1000 feet from my house and arrive at work a little over an hr later.
Telecommute: boring. No socializing and working with a 3 year old is not easy. I reserve this option for a sick kid or bad weather.
Car: I would rather visit the dentist.

My only sensible option is driving. :eek:
Taking the bus or train would require at least two changes making my bus or train commute 2 to 2.5 hours. I can drive in 30-40 minutes and ride in 40-50 minutes.

It wasn't that there was a bus/bike link, (I've used the bus only twice since I bought the bike), it was that after six years of using the bus exclusively, I sort of forgot that other roads existed. I've lived in this city all my life and suddenly had to rely on maps again.

You know how we joke about being asked by cagers for directions, then replying with, "You cut through that plaza, turn left through the parking lot, then go down to the MUP and..."? Well, I used to give directions by bus route. I have a history of confusing lost cagers.

There is help. See: How to give up cycling

:roflmao: Right-click -> "Bookmark This Page..."

I take the car once a week to give my legs a break. but I could take the bus and they are building light rail now but that won't be done until next year.

I can drive, but have only done so recently due to a really bad deal with the flu. I normally take the light-rail when I don't ride but I didn't even have the energy to walk/ride in the cold the 3-5 blocks on each end. Light rail is my prefered way to get to work because I can work or read. After that, I choose the bike. Then my Vespa. My car is a distant 4th place. I could take the bus, but there's no reason to when the lightrail works so much better.

I assume you mean if they accept the subidy and then drive?

Zero of the options apply to me, but it won't let me vote as such.

Drive my car: 10 minutes in in the morning and 25+ home at night.
Bus: about 20 min in, and 30+ home
Bike: roughly 27 min each way.

no brainer

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I'm not sure whether that's possible... I guess I didn't consider the idea that there could be no other alternative for folks. Sorry for the oversight.

Driving: 8 miles one way, driving time 15-20 minutes (99 Corolla with 118k miles and still gets 30mpg)

Bus: 25-30 minutes one way (including riding the bus and walking to/from bus stops)

Bike: 10.7 miles riding the safest route, takes 50 minutes at my current pace (91 Raleigh + 40 year old engine)

TTA buses have bike racks and conveniently there are bus stops 1/4 mile from my house and office. I currently bus to work and bike ride home 2 days per week. I hope to increase that to 4 days per week in 2007.

That's a short time for around here.

I've always assumed mine would be 1.5 hours. I just checked and it looks like it's right at an hour. Connector to main to office. I thought I'd have to transfer at Moore. I need to check it out some morning and figure out if the connector has a bike rack. They didn't use to, but that was a long time ago. I'm 1.5 miles from the stop so walking would be a pain.

green line
 

You must be talking about the B branch of the green line. Yes, I tend to ride for a few weeks, then switch to the T, thinking it might be nice to sit and read on my commute, but after a few days the frustration builds and I end up back on the bike. Usually I start riding the T in January after a big storm, but by February I'm back on the bike, blizzard or not, due to frustration with the B train.

which college has the bike room?
 

Where is this bike room of which you speak?

JeffS, yes you are correct I have a short TTA commute. There is a TTA stop 1/4 mile from my house and a TTA stop 1/4 mile from my office. TTA route 310 goes directly between these 2 stops (Cary Parkway, High House, Davis Dr).

I moved to Cary from Garner last year and bought a house near the Cary Parkway. I really got lucky. I did not plan to buy a house near a TTA stop but I could not have planned it any better if I had tried. I don't think TTA is convenient for most people around here.

The TTA web site says all of their buses except the airport shuttles now have bike racks. The racks I have seen only hold 2 bikes. http://www.ridetta.org

I can either take the T, walk (slightly long), or bike (10 min), and I bike 99% of the time unless I'm going to the bus station or something.

Yeah, I agree that the green line can be pretty dismal at times. Especially the B line. Fortunately I live on the C line, and when going to school/work I just walk 10 min from Hynes convention center instead of going all the way to Arlington and transferring. I've only done that twice this year though. The implementation of the Charlie card is pretty terrible as well. It sucks, because the system has so much potential to be better.

Do you live in an urban environment or perhaps outside the US?