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Old 11-22-2012, 09:36 AM   #19 (permalink)
AndrzejM
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I'm just wondering why to get into the car to drive 2 miles or less? I live about 2 miles from train station, and my work is another 2 miles from train station in Warsaw (20 miles on a train). And it's less than 10 minutes to get to the train station or to work with a bicycle or 20 minutes on foot. If we're talking of 2 miles trip with 15 stop lights, I'm sure I would go faster with a bicycle. And I'm passing many of my neighbours in their shiny cars, with my crappy bicycle on the way to the train station, even if there are just two stop lights on the way. Faster, healthier and definitely more FE friendly

Just a thought ;-)
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