Maybe change jobs, or homes. Make employers know that you won't put up with subsidizing their cheap land with your gas and time (the latter is also known as "life"). Make builders know that we don't all want to live a zillion miles away from everything.

My LA commute was 12 miles one way (SM to El Segundo) and a pretty nice 50 minute bike ride. But it was nearly all along the beach, and even then I nearly got killed multiple times.