Hi Guys,
I live 55 miles from work, my car takes me from the front of my house to th=
e front of my office in arround 1 1/4 hours to 1 1/2 hours. Because of the =
fact I hate driving I tried the public transport. I have a walk from home t=
o the train station of around 15 minutes, an average 3 hours jorney by trai=
n ( do to change overs and so on), and then have to walk another 15 minutes=
 to my office. That costs me =A325 a day, which is half what it costs me to=
 fill the tank on my car. On that tank my car even with the way I drive las=
ts roughly 3 1/2 days (it's a diesel).
I can not afford to move closer to work at this point as I live in a cheape=
r part of the country and work at one of the most expensive ones. I love my=
 job so I do not want to get another one.
Now, I can live with walking 30 minutes a day but what I can not live with =
is the money wasted and more importantly the 6 hours of my life that I woul=
d lose commuting.
I agree we should do what we can to stop polution, but unless the governmen=
ts come up with practical solutions, and the important word is practical, p=
eople will not do it.
Fully integrated transport that is not set up primarely for profit but to p=
rovide reliable transport solutions is the way forward.
Until then I will continue to use my car and have no problems with it.
Best regards
            Luis  =

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-----Original Message-----
From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On Behalf Of=
 Wouter van Ooijen
Sent: 01 September 2006 07:44
To: 'Microcontroller discussion list - Public.'
Subject: RE: [OT] On Commuting, and a survey...

> You could ride a bike to the train. This is quite common in Germany.

In the Netherlands too. My wife does so. I did so for some of years
(folding bike, free on the train, so the bike served at both ends of the
trip).

Wouter van Ooijen

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