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Originally Posted by chephy
Pff, I wouldn't think twice about doing 15 miles, and I'm not even such an enthusiast! Sure I teach cycling courses and spend several hours on cycling websites every day and my Christmas list has nothing but cycling accessories on it and my idea of dressing up is donning on my expensive Cannondale jersey and... ahem, never mind... I didn't realize the addition has gone this far. :D
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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.
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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.
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Originally Posted by CommuterRun
The company he works for subsidizes employee's mass transit expenses. Because they do, driving to work is grounds for dismissal.
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Zero of the options apply to me, but it won't let me vote as such.
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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. |
Originally Posted by Chuck G
Bus: 25-30 minutes one way (including riding the bus and walking to/from bus stops)
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. 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.
Originally Posted by newbojeff
I can take the T, which I did for the first time in about 6 months because of this disaster. It didn't take me long to want to get my bike up and running again after the slow down because of a new farecard system, one of the doors on the train failing to close, being packed in like sardines, having to change trains because the one I was on was being "expressed" beyond my stop, and a 10 minute wait between stations for God knows what.
It's usually not that bad and a not bad worse option than riding. |
which college has the bike room?
Where is this bike room of which you speak?
Originally Posted by buzzman
...The college has a gorgeous brand new "bike room" available with my own marked bicycle parking space for $5/year and it sits right under the building I teach in and where my office is....
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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.
Originally Posted by mazugrin
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.
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Originally Posted by jyossarian
Of the 7 choices, 5 are available to me besides riding.
Do you live in an urban environment or perhaps outside the US? |
Originally Posted by tsl
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.
So When it comes to the main roads I am like huh? Even though I have a gird system. Lol just the other day I told some one to use a Ped bridge in their car LOL oops. |
Walking or taxi. But since taxi wasn't an option, I chose "carpool".
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