http://www.blog.thesietch.org/2007/09/26/americans-waste-78-billion-dollars-a-year-stuck-in-traffic/ The voice of The Sietch community Sat, 20 Mar 2010 17:13:25 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.blog.thesietch.org/2007/09/26/americans-waste-78-billion-dollars-a-year-stuck-in-traffic/comment-page-1/#comment-76860 atablarasa Sat, 06 Oct 2007 04:31:30 +0000 http://www.blog.thesietch.org/2007/09/26/americans-waste-78-billion-dollars-a-year-stuck-in-traffic/#comment-76860 My commute sucks - 1:15 or more each way - Phoenix metro, so snowbirds and winter vacationers make it much, much worse, come January. Don't even think of trying to get home reasonably on holiday eves (or Holloween). Frustrating part is that for 90% of my job, I could telework no problem. Can't afford to move closer, nor to change jobs right now, though that last is my goal. Insanity includes express buses that only run into downtown PHX mornings and out in the afternoon. I could bus that far, and would, but it would take me another two hours to get to the job on the far side of downtown... Waiting for light rail and loop bus/bike combos in the meantime. My commute sucks – 1:15 or more each way – Phoenix metro, so snowbirds and winter vacationers make it much, much worse, come January. Don’t even think of trying to get home reasonably on holiday eves (or Holloween). Frustrating part is that for 90% of my job, I could telework no problem. Can’t afford to move closer, nor to change jobs right now, though that last is my goal. Insanity includes express buses that only run into downtown PHX mornings and out in the afternoon. I could bus that far, and would, but it would take me another two hours to get to the job on the far side of downtown… Waiting for light rail and loop bus/bike combos in the meantime.

]]> http://www.blog.thesietch.org/2007/09/26/americans-waste-78-billion-dollars-a-year-stuck-in-traffic/comment-page-1/#comment-76253 Saskboy Thu, 27 Sep 2007 02:52:23 +0000 http://www.blog.thesietch.org/2007/09/26/americans-waste-78-billion-dollars-a-year-stuck-in-traffic/#comment-76253 My commute is fantastic now. I work across the street from where I bought a condo, so I just walk to work now. I biked the 2.5km before this job, and before then I biked the 3km or car pooled in Winter. I can't imagine fighting traffic every day and commuting more than ~20minutes one way while keeping my long term sanity and energy. My commute is fantastic now. I work across the street from where I bought a condo, so I just walk to work now. I biked the 2.5km before this job, and before then I biked the 3km or car pooled in Winter. I can’t imagine fighting traffic every day and commuting more than ~20minutes one way while keeping my long term sanity and energy.

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