My commute is just over 15 miles each way. When I'm feeling lazy, there are 2 drive options - one leaves 12 miles to ride without the scary 1-lane road without a shoulder section and the other leaves 8 miles. The first is an official park and ride parking lot, the second next to a neighborhood park.
Any chance you could drive part of the way? Still saves gas/the environment and gets you out on your bike.
The other thing I've done is to ride 1 way and drive the other. Drive your bike to school, the next day drive in and ride home, then ride in and drive home. I don't like this as much, because I worry about A) not having a car and B) leaving my car in my work parkinglot. But, it's a great way to do it if you have bike/car storage at both ends.
Sue.



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