I rode the bus today, too. I think I could haev made it in... but we have a perfectly good bus system, I really can afford two bucks, and it would have been a car out of control that would be the problem. (five or six inches of snow over night, trailing off this a.m.)
Plus, I'd kinda forgotten how warm and fuzzy bus trips can be. Everybody called the bus driver "Linda" and the guy at my stop made sure I got the right transfer... he said " the bus will be packed!" and yea, looked like about half the seats *were* taken - such is the Midwest