I am consulting for a company across Los Angeles and depending on the time of day, it can take 1.5 hours or more to get across, one-way. For a while, I got in the habit of getting up before the sun to make the commute before everyone else (35 minutes) but coming back it still took about an hour and a half.

Then I started using Uber -- now I get extra time to catch up on my emails and promote my business.