My commute is 1 to 3.5 miles one way, depending on the train station I ride to, which depends on how late I'm running. It takes as long to bike to the closest station as it does to drive. I wear work clothes, because I don't sweat very much in the morning, and my office is pretty casual. A co-worker bikes about 6 miles each way to the office, a second about 9 (he's a triathlete).

The "vision" (as one of our project managers says, I usually say "fantasy") is for both my husband and I to bike one way to the train station and both to drive one way to the day care (near the station 3.5 miles from us). I'd bike in the morning, he'd drive and drop off our son; we'd reverse on the way home. Drivers are too angry to make using the bike trailer safe.

I love my commute. It's early enough that the traffic is pretty thin, and I feel energized when I get to the station.