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To be fair, 32 mins of walking every day is significantly more enjoyable than 32 minutes of car driving. In general given a similar duration, walking > biking

• WillPostForFood 10y ago
  Sometimes it is, maybe not in the snow or rain, or on the hottest days of summer. I think the value is in short commutes, regardless of mode.
• massysett 10y ago
  Not always. I used to walk 25 minutes to work from one part of DC to another. Walking along a busy commuter road, crossing several busy streets with turning vehicles and others that run red lights, passing the graffiti-tagged building and homeless people in a tunnel under the railroad track, too loud to listen to anything through most headphones, but you better not turn your headphones up too loud because you have to keep your wits about you. And that's when it's not raining or snowing--snow? Of course people don't shovel snow and the plows push it onto the sidewalk. I bought a full rain suit for wet days. I now have a longer drive and I am much happier. Having been to Manhattan I doubt walking there is much more pleasant either. Walking in a small town would be nice. Not in big cities.
• tracker1 10y ago
  speak for yourself... my own ideal is about a half hour commute in mostly freeway traffic. I live pretty centrally in Phoenix, and my commute is usually against traffic both ways. I enjoy driving so much that most of my vacations the past few years have been road trips. Been up the Pacific Coast a few times, straight up through AZ-UT-WY-ID and back, etc. I find driving relaxing, it's got just enough attention to be a distraction from the stray thoughts, and with music, enjoyable enough to work past any driving frustrations.