not for every one. i am US born, driving forty years now, entire decades with long commutes during which my various skills improved a lot, but its just not that

not for every one. i am US born, driving forty years now, entire decades with long commutes during which my various skills improved a lot, but its just not that fun. i am not free to direct my attention as i wish, even for the outside scenes one can't let your eyes deeply take in the fog rolling over the mountain like you can on a bike or from a train seat, much less stop to pick up some oxious trash or take that half formed intuition into a good software idea or parenting plan. even light rail with a window seat and wifi is infinitely more enjoyable, for me. biking will have times like that, and you can't read while biking, but there are always big periods of safety and silence while biking, and you can stop and stretch and take a pic and and sip your water so much more easily than from a car. and you can't avoid the touch of the breeze on your cheek or the smells of the tree sap and the meals being prepared and the garbage. So alive.