For almost two years I worked in Ann Arbor, Michigan while living in Saginaw, about 93 miles, and a two-hour drive most of the time due to traffic in some areas

For almost two years I worked in Ann Arbor, Michigan while living in Saginaw, about 93 miles, and a two-hour drive most of the time due to traffic in some areas. I managed this by doing a weekly commute instead of a daily commute, couch-surfing with friends living nearby for 2-3 nights, and working 1-2 days a week telecommuting. I just relocated to Ypsilanti MI, and now my commute is more like 20 minutes or less. But it is still kind of disturbing: I avoid surface streets due to traffic, but traffic on I-94 is very heavy and is often slowed or stopped, so it is a little harrowing, even trying to avoid peak commute hours. These corridors would be so much better if (1) we had a decent rail infrastructure and so the roads were not so heavily traversed by freight-carrying trucks, and (2) we had some kind of decent passenger rail. A mini-BART-like system that gets around Washtenaw county would be so great. For many years I worked different jobs at the University of Michigan and other companies in Ann Arbor and lived close enough to my jobs to walk or bike daily, which was great. That really isn't a possibility for me anymore.