Re:Cycling Is Key to Safer, Healthier, More Vital Cities
by KozmoNau7 on Friday September 14, 2018 @11:41AM
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>"Either way, I walk to work. There are few better ways to commute, IMHO."
The bicycle is one of those ways. It's faster and significantly more efficient.
Re:Cycling Is Key to Safer, Healthier, More Vital Cities
by village-idiot on Friday September 14, 2018 @11:48AM
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Bicycling also requires more concentration. I regularly read a book while commuting, which is nice.
Personally, my commute would be too short with a bike. I like a good 20-30 minutes between home and work to clear my head and get in/out of the zone. But that's just me.
There have been a bunch of studies trying to measure the relationship between commuting time and (subjective) quality of life. Most of them find exactly what you'd suspect: longer commutes reduce quality of life.
The weird thing is that they found a small uptick at the absolute extreme edges of commuting, like in the 5+ hour a day range. It's still shittier than a 30 minute commute, but it was better than a 4 hour commute. Nobody really seems to know why this is, but it's there.
Either way, I walk to work. There are few better ways to commute, IMHO.