After a month of taking public transportaion I have this to say about it: Rock.
Seriously, I’ve had hour and a half commutes and I know how much they suck. But, 1.5 hours in a bus/subway/train isn’t that bad. 1.5 hours on the 101 in a car fucking blows. It’s less than 25 miles to work, but that’s at least an hour on the 101 on a good morning.
Here’s all the things I can do on the way work now that I couldn’t do when I drove:
- Read a book.
- Sleep (!)
- Listen to music
- Screw around the Internet with my iPhone
Choice #2 is seriously the best. I realized that if I don’t get a car, 5 hours a sleep isn’t that bad. It was the drive in/out that always killed me when I am tired.
Since commuting this way is the best thing ever, I’ll be sure to write more about and convince everyone how great it is.
