I was going to suggest the half commute as well. My husband also has a 30 mile commute by highway, but he finally found a small park about half way between us and his work. He drives there, leaves his car, and bikes back roads into work. It's taken him about 6 months to refine his route to where he's happy with it, but he loves it now.

He does get jealous that I can leave my car in the garage, but at least he's getting to ride (and cutting the car distance in half). I'm jealous that his route is 90% country roads, where I have no choice but to commute through town/traffic. There are benefits to both ways!

Oh, and congrats on the new job!