Yeah, when I was commuting to a nearby suburb (an 4.5 mile commute), it took 90 minutes each way by transit.
The most efficient route took two busses and a train; or one bus, bus, one train, and a .75 mile/20 minute walk up a steep hill, sometimes over black ice/unshoveled sidewalks or in -50F wind chill/+100F heat index. Unlit at night.
It was a 15 minute commute by car in bad traffic.
Commuting from the far Northside of Chicago to downtown (8 miles) was 45+ exceptionally stressful minutes by train each way, but it was also an exceptionally stressful and expensive 45+ minutes by car. (Including cab/ride share)
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I feel this so much.
Yeah, when I was commuting to a nearby suburb (an 4.5 mile commute), it took 90 minutes each way by transit.
The most efficient route took two busses and a train; or one bus, bus, one train, and a .75 mile/20 minute walk up a steep hill, sometimes over black ice/unshoveled sidewalks or in -50F wind chill/+100F heat index. Unlit at night.
It was a 15 minute commute by car in bad traffic.
Commuting from the far Northside of Chicago to downtown (8 miles) was 45+ exceptionally stressful minutes by train each way, but it was also an exceptionally stressful and expensive 45+ minutes by car. (Including cab/ride share)