[niky]

Originally Posted by SentraSE-R

Before I retired, my time was worth $60/hr. I could have driven (an 80 mile RT), at a round trip time of about 1.7 hrs/day. Instead, I took bus, BART, & bus for a total daily commute time of ~4 hours. Driving speed wouldn't have mattered much, as rush hour congestion slowed everyone to an average speed of 60 mph on the morning commute, and 40 mph on the afternoon commute.

Rather than drive a SOV, I took public transportation. I read my newspapers, magazines, and books, and did the daily Sudoku and crossword puzzles - luxuries I obviously couldn't do safely while commuting. Driving would have actually left me with less available daily quality time to do my reading.

I love taking the bus or train...l plenty of time to read... write articles on my netbook or sleep.