Occasionally I take the Metro to work. Though it increases my commuting time, it saves me some stress from driving (which is terrible here), allows me to catch up on reading, and is good for the environment. Gas is currently $3.05/gal here. I live about 23 miles away and use two gallons per day commuting to work. One-way Metro fare is $3.95 because I ride the train to the end. Door-to-door, driving takes about an hour and the train about 1.5 hours one-way. I would like to live closer to work, but that would mean vacating the city and living in suburban Virginia, which is a red state!
p.s. The train is nearly empty because I ride from the city to the end of the line, whereas most people are doing the opposite.
4 comments:
Nearly empty? Try completely empty!
You can't really consider NoVa a part of the red state... :-)
I think the train is empty due to veggie gas.
VA is really a purple state... Dem governor, Dem Lt Gov, Rep Attorney General, Dem Senator, Rep Senator, congressman are split 3dem 8 rep. State Senate will probably go Dem and House stay rep this fall... But NoVA is blue blue blue!
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