September 19, 200717 yr What is the average distance traveled per commute in each city? If a car has to travel farther because of sprawling land use patterns, then that's one-half of the equation (vehicle-miles traveled) for measuring the extent of traffic. If the number of cars aren't increasing but their distance per commuting trip is, then that causes the same pressures on roadway capacity as if more cars are on the road. The Cleveland area had an annual delay per traveler of 13 hours, which ranked 75th in the study. Cleveland has more public transit than Columbus and a "fairly good arterial system," Lawler said. I recall that the average commuting distance in Greater Cleveland is just eight miles. That also has a significant impact on our low congestion numbers. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
September 19, 200717 yr One would think that the least-congested cities would have lower transportation costs. In the case of Cleveland, is it because the jobs are further away that the costs are so high? If only 13 hours a year are spent in delays (thats about one week in S. FL.), why are the costs so high? I don't see how with an average commute of just 8 miles. Nation's most expensive commutes siphon 20% of income Getting to work costs the most in Houston, Cleveland and Detroit. But the numbers change when you factor in the price of housing. By Matt Woolsey, Forbes.com It's often said that the trip to work can kill you. But if you live in Houston, what really takes a beating is your wallet. [for more: http://realestate.msn.com/Buying/Article_forbes.aspx?cp-documentid=5289041>1=10341)
September 19, 200717 yr FHWA Press Release: DOT 99-07 Contact: Ian Grossman Tuesday, September 18, 2007 Tel.: (202) 366-0660 Statement of U.S. Transportation Secretary Mary E. Peters on the Texas Transportation Institute's 2007 Urban Mobility Report “The daily frustration of drivers on our roadways is ample evidence that our current transportation model is broken, and that bold thinking and leadership are needed. We’re never going to solve congestion with higher federal gas taxes or additional earmarks; instead, we need fresh approaches like new technology, congestion pricing and greater private sector investment to get American moving again.” # # #
September 19, 200717 yr Perhaps blood pressure cuffs on the steering wheel? Hmmmm... *scratches chin* Well that would make an interesting anti-road rage measure. Have to put a blood pressure cuff on to drive if you have been in trouble with the law due to road rage. When it builds to high you are warned!
September 19, 200717 yr One would think that the least-congested cities would have lower transportation costs. In the case of Cleveland, is it because the jobs are further away that the costs are so high? If only 13 hours a year are spent in delays (thats about one week in S. FL.), why are the costs so high? I don't see how with an average commute of just 8 miles. That's assuming my memory is correct, with regard to the 8 miles. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
September 19, 200717 yr Translation of Sec. Peter's remarks: "Let somebody else pay for it." God forbid somebody in Washington should step up and speak about what we really need: a true national transportation policy with both funding and development authority behind it. But I won't hold my breath waiting for Sec. "Bicycles aren't transportation" Peters to make that call.
September 19, 200717 yr I wasn't far off.... According to this analysis, by the Center for Neighborhood Technology and the University of Virginia (the same folks that found Cleveland had excessively high transportation costs as a percent of total household expenditures), says the average commuting distance is 8.7 miles. See: http://www.nhc.org/pdf/chp-pub-hl06-cleveland.pdf You may also find this information interesting. Here's a couple of commuting-related stats from CNN and Money Magazine... http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/bplive/2006/snapshots/PL3916000.html Cleveland (city proper) Best places City stats average Air quality index (% of days AQI ranked as good) 62.2% 71.9% Median commute time (in minutes) 21.6 20.8 % population with commute 45 mins. or longer 12.3% 13.4% So what are CNN's/Money's Best Places? 1 Fort Collins, CO 2 Naperville, IL 3 Sugar Land, TX 4 Columbia/Ellicott City, MD 5 Cary, NC 6 Overland Park, KS 7 Scottsdale, AZ 8 Boise, ID 9 Fairfield, CT 10 Eden Prairie, MN Too bad only three of those cities interest me (Naperville, Fairfield, Columbia/Ellicott City). Then there's this list.... http://www.bestplaces.net/docs/studies/gasprices.aspx Sperling's Best Places High Gas Prices - Which Cities are Hit the Hardest? September 29, 2005 Annual increase Increase as pct Gallons per Incr in gas in gas cost - 2 of family net day per price - last Urban Area driver family income driver 12 mos. Cincinnati OH-KY-IN $1,596 3.44% 2.57 54.6% Columbus OH $1,536 3.13% 2.42 56.1% US AVERAGE $1,529 3.34% 2.29 57.8% Toledo OH-MI $1,462 3.44% 2.27 57.6% Dayton OH $1,444 3.16% 2.53 49.6% Akron OH $1,406 3.19% 2.23 56.3% Cleveland OH $984 2.28% 1.54 56.5% "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
September 20, 200717 yr what the heck? "Other interesting findings of the study include: * The average 2-driver household now spends $4,132 on gas yearly. Last year, this figure was $2,620. " geez our 2 person- 1 car- 2 scooter- walking household spends about $500 a year (but my travel mileage check for work far exceeds that). I am so out of touch I had no idea...it PAYS to live in the city.
September 22, 200717 yr i work construction so as far as carrying my tool box, lunch pail, and other assorted power tools, aside from moving from different job sites sometimes throughout the day or week. theres no possible way public transit could meet my needs. not so. guys like you are on the ny subway/busses commuting all the time. yes with all your power tools, belts and gear. i see it everyday at rush hours -- think of all the constant construction going on. i have to carry a heavily weighted down backpack all around town myself. it aint always easy, in fact its crazy sometimes, but it would surprize you that we all do it. speaking of some weird commutes i have the extremes of several of my co-workers who commute daily from deep in the freakin poconos in pennsylvania to work in nyc. and on the other extreme is my spouse who walks one block to work!
April 25, 200817 yr I wasn't far off.... According to this analysis, by the Center for Neighborhood Technology and the University of Virginia (the same folks that found Cleveland had excessively high transportation costs as a percent of total household expenditures), says the average commuting distance is 8.7 miles. See: http://www.nhc.org/pdf/chp-pub-hl06-cleveland.pdf You may also find this information interesting. Here's a couple of commuting-related stats from CNN and Money Magazine... http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/bplive/2006/snapshots/PL3916000.html Cleveland (city proper) Best places City stats average Air quality index (% of days AQI ranked as good) 62.2% 71.9% Median commute time (in minutes) 21.6 20.8 % population with commute 45 mins. or longer 12.3% 13.4% So what are CNN's/Money's Best Places? 1 Fort Collins, CO 2 Naperville, IL 3 Sugar Land, TX 4 Columbia/Ellicott City, MD 5 Cary, NC 6 Overland Park, KS 7 Scottsdale, AZ 8 Boise, ID 9 Fairfield, CT 10 Eden Prairie, MN Too bad only three of those cities interest me (Naperville, Fairfield, Columbia/Ellicott City). Then there's this list.... http://www.bestplaces.net/docs/studies/gasprices.aspx Sperling's Best Places High Gas Prices - Which Cities are Hit the Hardest? September 29, 2005 Annual increase Increase as pct Gallons per Incr in gas in gas cost - 2 of family net day per price - last Urban Area driver family income driver 12 mos. Cincinnati OH-KY-IN $1,596 3.44% 2.57 54.6% Columbus OH $1,536 3.13% 2.42 56.1% US AVERAGE $1,529 3.34% 2.29 57.8% Toledo OH-MI $1,462 3.44% 2.27 57.6% Dayton OH $1,444 3.16% 2.53 49.6% Akron OH $1,406 3.19% 2.23 56.3% Cleveland OH $984 2.28% 1.54 56.5% I would like to see this update for todays cost. Wow things can change in such a short time.
April 26, 200817 yr i work construction so as far as carrying my tool box, lunch pail, and other assorted power tools, aside from moving from different job sites sometimes throughout the day or week. theres no possible way public transit could meet my needs. not so. guys like you are on the ny subway/buses commuting all the time. yes with all your power tools, belts and gear. i see it everyday at rush hours -- maybe in a place with great transit. I can explain a little bit about jobs that sadly require a car. I work fieldwork where an appointment can go 5 min(no show) to 3 hours. You cannot work appointments or leave a client hanging b/c of a bus schedule. One could never manage all the schedules and get from one house to another with out taking a ridiculous amount of time. Even on a well traveled route the system fails. Rather than drive DT, I took the bus from the near west side the other day to a court hearing near tower city. When I left I had a number of options running on Superior . Nothing came that goes over the superior bridge for over 25 minutes-and this was the middle of the day. then 3 rollled up behind each other. I would have taken the rapid, but knew (thought) one of the many scheduled buses would be quicker. wrong. If you go make one round trip a day the transit around here is fine, but otherwise too unreliable for business purposes. On my own time I can tolerate this to some degree, but professionally I cannot. I curse the fact that I need car for work, but there will always be some instances where cars are needed around here.
April 26, 200817 yr You should post that experience, about waiting for 25 minutes for three buses to show up, at the RTA thread. Masek needs to read that stuff. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
April 26, 200817 yr I know...for some reason that route can be terrible -it is not the first time. I did complain offically a couple years ago.
April 27, 200817 yr Which route is that? The 26? If so, it shouldn't see buses bunching up like that anymore since the 326 was split into the two shorter routes, the 3 and the 26. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
April 27, 200817 yr Which route is that? The 26? If so, it shouldn't see buses bunching up like that anymore since the 326 was split into the two shorter routes, the 3 and the 26. no, i did not want the 26 b/c I was going over to Lorain. Only one 26 passed anyway-which was bad given the time period that elapsed.I was looking for a 20,22, ,79,35 or even 25 would have been fine.
April 27, 200817 yr Yep. You suck Pope. no, i did not want the 26 b/c I was going over to Lorain. Only one 26 passed anyway-which was bad given the time period that elapsed.I was looking for a 20,22, ,79,35 or even 25 would have been fine. Amazing that, among all those busy routes, nothing showed up for 25 minutes! "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
April 27, 200817 yr ^I KNOW...I was livid and belive me I was counting every minute. If I had walking shoes on and no brief case, I would have just walked of course.
April 28, 200817 yr I know...for some reason that route can be terrible -it is not the first time. I did complain offically a couple years ago. Things change substantially in a couple of years... we'd love to know some more specifics about when and where this took place. While our Service Quality Department constantly monitors the state of our service, there is not nearly enough staffing available to cover everywhere, so we rely on customer feedback to determine where to concentrate our efforts. Reporting problems like this in a close timeframe to when they occur allows us to do the best research on what happened, and if the cause was a preventable error, to take steps to reduce the chances of it happening again. KJP is correct, posting this in the "official" RTA thread will get a better response (I just happened to stop by and see this). Feedback can also be given to us directly online at http://www.riderta.com/feedback/, and following that approach will net you a trackable reference number for your submission. Our goal is to have a response to any feedback received within ten business days.
April 28, 200817 yr Ok from here on out I will post on the rta thread, but since it is here: the date of the "incident" :-) was 4/17, the time about 1230 pm ish. Tower City/Superior area stop. I will customer service next time seeing as they document these things. Edit: I should add, I never expect a bus to show up on an exact time on a schedule. Where I do have expectations is that is it runs, say every 12 minutes, that it come roughly every 25....
April 28, 200817 yr Ok from here on out I will post on the rta thread, but since it is here: the date of the "incident" :-) was 4/17, the time about 1230 pm ish. Tower City/Superior area stop. I will customer service next time seeing as they document these things. Edit: I should add, I never expect a bus to show up on an exact time on a schedule. Where I do have expectations is that is it runs, say every 12 minutes, that it come roughly every 25.... and that is a more than reasonable expectation... I do also appreciate that you acknowledge that delays do sometimes occur the buses you indicated (20A, 22, 25, 26, 35, 79), at that time of day, run every 30, 15, 60, 15, 30, and 30 minutes, repectively, so seeing only one bus in 25 minutes is somewhat abnormal; the specific times those routes pass in the neighborhood of Public Square around 12:30 are: 20A 12:26, 12:56 22 12:25, 12:40, 12:55 25 12:12, 1:12 26 12:20, 12:35, 12:50 35 12:11, 12:41 79 12:10, 12:40 if you arrived at 12:27 (which would be just about "worst case"), you would have missed 3 buses (12:20, 12:25, and 12:26), but should have had 4 buses arrive within 14 minutes (12:35, 12:40x2, 12:41) -- in a nutshell, something ain't right I'll pass this by the folks I know and see what they can tell me...
April 28, 200817 yr A #26 did come, but I needed to get closer to Lorain Av. so did not get on it. I looked at the same schedules you posted, and you can see why I assumed the bus was a better bet than the redline. But when I see the schedules lined up like that I can see how I fell into a vortex so to speak and it is not quite so outrageous (just very unlucky). Really it is only suprising the 22 was not running 15 min apart as it should.
April 28, 200817 yr Next time, take the train! Or at least get on the 26 to get you to W.25th then you could have waited for the same buses you were waiting for downtown, and you add the circulator into the mix. "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
April 28, 200817 yr I quit riding buses a long time ago due to a few violent incidents that happened to me. I would however ride a light rail system possibly to go to festivals, Dragon's games n such. I would ask what scheduling problems have arisen to a few of you regarding rail transport, but since Dayton/Cincinnati do not currently have any in place I guess no one could really answer that. Out of towner's wanna answer this one? :| As for my current mode of transportation, my job involves driving around the Dayton region and servicing computers. So, unfortunately I average about 500-550 miles per week, and with today's gas dilemma, it has become a less attractive job. :-(
April 30, 200817 yr I wasn't far off.... According to this analysis, by the Center for Neighborhood Technology and the University of Virginia (the same folks that found Cleveland had excessively high transportation costs as a percent of total household expenditures), says the average commuting distance is 8.7 miles. See: http://www.nhc.org/pdf/chp-pub-hl06-cleveland.pdf You may also find this information interesting. Here's a couple of commuting-related stats from CNN and Money Magazine... http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/bplive/2006/snapshots/PL3916000.html Cleveland (city proper) Best places City stats average Air quality index (% of days AQI ranked as good) 62.2% 71.9% Median commute time (in minutes) 21.6 20.8 % population with commute 45 mins. or longer 12.3% 13.4% So what are CNN's/Money's Best Places? 1 Fort Collins, CO 2 Naperville, IL 3 Sugar Land, TX 4 Columbia/Ellicott City, MD 5 Cary, NC 6 Overland Park, KS 7 Scottsdale, AZ 8 Boise, ID 9 Fairfield, CT 10 Eden Prairie, MN Too bad only three of those cities interest me (Naperville, Fairfield, Columbia/Ellicott City). Then there's this list.... http://www.bestplaces.net/docs/studies/gasprices.aspx Sperling's Best Places High Gas Prices - Which Cities are Hit the Hardest? September 29, 2005 Annual increase Increase as pct Gallons per Incr in gas in gas cost - 2 of family net day per price - last Urban Area driver family income driver 12 mos. Cincinnati OH-KY-IN $1,596 3.44% 2.57 54.6% Columbus OH $1,536 3.13% 2.42 56.1% US AVERAGE $1,529 3.34% 2.29 57.8% Toledo OH-MI $1,462 3.44% 2.27 57.6% Dayton OH $1,444 3.16% 2.53 49.6% Akron OH $1,406 3.19% 2.23 56.3% Cleveland OH $984 2.28% 1.54 56.5% I would like to see this update for todays cost. Wow things can change in such a short time. Here's a look at today's gas prices compared the prices of one year ago, using the gallons per day average supplied in the 2005 chart. I don't have figures for further back in time, but if someone knows of a good spot to pull 2003 or 1998 prices, I can update to five years ago and 10 years ago. Annual increase Gallons per Incr in gas in gas cost - 2 day per price - last Urban Area driver family driver 12 mos. Cincinnati OH-KY-IN $1,350 2.57 24.6% Dayton OH $1,348 2.53 25.2% Columbus OH $1,272 2.42 24.6% Toledo OH-MI $1,176 2.27 24.3% Akron OH $1,140 2.23 24.0% US AVERAGE $1,070 2.29 21.5% Cleveland OH $764 1.54 23.3% EDITED: Fixing math
April 30, 200817 yr OK, I think I found data from five years ago. I'm assuming the gallons per day per driver are the same. How much more Gallons per Incr in gas 2 driver family day per price - last pays this year driver 5 years Urban Area over five years ago Cincinnati OH-KY-IN $4,071 2.57 146.6% Dayton OH $3,915 2.53 140.4% Columbus OH $3,763 2.42 140.1% US AVERAGE $3,544 2.29 141.3% Toledo OH-MI $3,496 2.27 138.8% Akron OH $3,435 2.23 140.6% Cleveland OH $2,327 1.54 135.3%
May 1, 200817 yr Next time, take the train! Or at least get on the 26 to get you to W.25th then you could have waited for the same buses you were waiting for downtown, and you add the circulator into the mix. I should have taken the train...which leads me to the question-are buses anywhere really on schedule?I think of a schedule as a guideline, ie use it to figure out a bus runs every say 15 minutes a certain time of day. I don't even think the rapid schedules do much more than that. Do people experience anything different? Do they actually arrive on schedule outside of conincidence?
May 2, 200817 yr Next time, take the train! Or at least get on the 26 to get you to W.25th then you could have waited for the same buses you were waiting for downtown, and you add the circulator into the mix. I should have taken the train...which leads me to the question-are buses anywhere really on schedule?I think of a schedule as a guideline, ie use it to figure out a bus runs every say 15 minutes a certain time of day. I don't even think the rapid schedules do much more than that. Do people experience anything different? Do they actually arrive on schedule outside of conincidence? The 81 typically runs pretty close to schedule. A tad late at my stop M-Th. Early on Fridays. The weekends are almost always early. I'd put it generally within 5 minutes of schedule. I rarely look at the Rapid schedule unless I'm trying to catch a flight at the airport.
May 2, 200817 yr The rapid is pretty consistent and luckily I know that if I walk out of my door 3/4 min before the train is to reach SS, I'll be at the coventry station as soon as the train reaches coventry. If I miss it, I know by the time I walk to the square a Van Aken train will be there. The 48/48a, are excellent. They are extremely consistent.
May 12, 200817 yr Next time, take the train! Or at least get on the 26 to get you to W.25th then you could have waited for the same buses you were waiting for downtown, and you add the circulator into the mix. I should have taken the train...which leads me to the question-are buses anywhere really on schedule?I think of a schedule as a guideline, ie use it to figure out a bus runs every say 15 minutes a certain time of day. I don't even think the rapid schedules do much more than that. Do people experience anything different? Do they actually arrive on schedule outside of conincidence? Yes, many buses and rapids do operate on schedule, and all of them should. RTA's on-time performance (defined as runs operating 0 to 5 minutes past the scheduled arrival time, taken from a statistical sample of all runs) for calendar year 2007 was 78%. Our General Manager regards on-time performance very highly, as it is one of the most controllable aspects of the operation. Minimal lateness (up to five minutes) is understood and tolerated, due to conditions outside of our control, but early arrivals and departures are absolutely forbidden, due to the fact that it leads to uneven distribution of passenger loads and inefficient use of our resources. If you ever observe persistent lateness on a given run (i.e., the "5:15pm #26 eastbound at Detroit & W 25 is always 15 minutes late"), please let us know, as it could be cause for adjusting the running time, or otherwise examining the performance of the specific run more closely.
May 12, 200817 yr Next time, take the train! Or at least get on the 26 to get you to W.25th then you could have waited for the same buses you were waiting for downtown, and you add the circulator into the mix. I should have taken the train...which leads me to the question-are buses anywhere really on schedule?I think of a schedule as a guideline, ie use it to figure out a bus runs every say 15 minutes a certain time of day. I don't even think the rapid schedules do much more than that. Do people experience anything different? Do they actually arrive on schedule outside of conincidence? Yes, many buses and rapids do operate on schedule, and all of them should. RTA's on-time performance (defined as runs operating 0 to 5 minutes past the scheduled arrival time, taken from a statistical sample of all runs) for calendar year 2007 was 78%. I'm not trying to expose RTA to any more complaining, but do you have that statistic by Quarter? I'm assuming that 1Q or any calendar year may really bring that down (i.e. Snow) and the rest may bring that up.
May 14, 200817 yr Because it was "sticky-ed" there by the forum moderators as a place that could/should be visited regularly. Notice in other sections that there are sticky threads, like the development sections have sticky threads for Cleveland general development, Columbus general development, etc. You know, if you visited more than just the transportation section at UrbanOhio, you might actually see some cool stuff here!! ;) "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
June 18, 200816 yr http://columbus.bizjournals.com/columbus/stories/2008/06/16/daily10.html Tuesday, June 17, 2008 - 2:59 PM EDT Study: Columbus traffic congestion among nation's 50 worst Business First of Columbus Columbus commuters staring at a sea of brake lights during rush hour can at least take comfort that their counterparts in 47 other cities are worse off when they drive in their communities, according to a new study... Link to Columbus ranking: http://scorecard.inrix.com/scorecard/Scorecard/INRIX%20National%20Traffic%20Scorecard%201-25%2048.pdf Link to entire traffic report card: http://scorecard.inrix.com/scorecard/default.aspx
June 18, 200816 yr Texas Transportation Institute's 2007 Mobility Study (2005 data) Unlinked Congested Annual Congestion Passenger Freeway, Arterials, System Excess Fuel Cost per Trips by Daily Vehicle Daily Vehicle (percent of Consumed Peak Hour Transit/year Miles of Travel Miles of Travel lane-miles) (gallons) Traveler_____ Greater Cleveland 67 million 18.1 million 12.2 million 27 percent 8.8 million $240 Greater Columbus 15 million 15 million 10.4 million 46 percent 15.5 million $620 Greater Cincinnati 30 million 18.6 million 12 million 51 percent 17.5 million $502 "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
July 28, 200816 yr Since about two months ago, I walk to school and walk to work. I drive maybe once a week to get groceries, once a week to get to band practice, and for occasional trips around the area.
July 28, 200816 yr I bike to the red line, take the train to public square, then bike down Euclid a couple miles to work. In a little less than a month I'll be moving and the train part will no longer be necessary.
August 9, 200816 yr I take the Laketran #12 bus into work on the weekdays. If I get stuck working on a Saturday I take the RTA #39 in. I only really drive on the weekend or for an occasional errand.
August 9, 200816 yr I've actually started taking advantage of COTA's on board bike racks and taking the #1 Cleveland Local all the way from Italian Village (okay, Milo-Grogan) up to work in Westerville. I pedal the mile or so to Fifth Ave. & Cleveland Ave., toss my bike on, ride to the end of the line at Cleveland Ave. and Main Street, unload the wheels and pedal the remaining two miles to work at Polaris. There can be a hassle factor; the local that goes all the way from Downtown to Westerville and back has a 28 minute headway, so if I miss my bus I'm better off pedaling and keeping an eye in my rear view mirror for the next bus. All in all, though, the pavement isn't bad on Cleveland Ave. The drivers are somewhat respectful. I covered 8 miles of it last week after missing my connection at Northern Lights and I have to say the only white knuckles occurred whilst crossing I-270. Yowza! I hear COTA's going to boost the number of buses on the #1 come September. The buses are quite packed. Not a lot of commuting professional-types like myself, thank heavens. Figure I can keep this up into early November before the weather starts to turn on me.
August 9, 200816 yr If I didn't have to go to meetings all over Cleveland on a daily basis, I would ride the bus 1.5 miles to my office each day.
August 16, 200816 yr If I didn't work as a waiter where my hours can run till 1 or 2 am, I would ride the red line more; it goes to within 2 blocks of my work and is about a mile from my house.
September 15, 200816 yr My commute is 7-8 minutes by foot through a nice, safe, wooded area. Couldn't be happier about it.
September 15, 200816 yr One stop on the Redline or my choice of 5 different busses to PS and a nice stroll to Playhouse Square. 99% of the time, it's great!
September 16, 200816 yr The only time I use my car is when I go to visit my friends in Akron or when I go home for the weekend. I walk to my classes and anywhere else I need to go on or off campus (I go to KSU). Sometimes I take the bus around campus or to the stadium.
October 11, 200816 yr Not my "Daily Commute," but it must be hell for someone. Traffic light tree, by Pierre Vivant, Canary Wharf. (found on Flickr)
October 14, 200816 yr I didn't see another thread this would fit into...Mods, please move at your pleasure. Here's a mention for Cincinnati and Columbus in a Washington Post "commuter graphic" http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/graphic/2008/10/11/GR2008101100211.html I don't like how the rankings work (e.g., three tied for second place but the next cities are ranked #3), but it certainly illustrates a point: a lot of time is wasted in traffic.
October 14, 200816 yr I have a five minute bike ride, through a rough part of Canton, at midnight. The good news is I have only been chased once.
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