I can only commute by bike one or two days a week because of my husband's work schedule (he works the night shift--gets home at 8 a.m., I have to be at work at 8:30 and even in my wildest dreams I couldn't cover 13+ miles in 30 minutes). But I work on a college campus and as of this morning I'm under orders to take the shuttle to off-site parking to ease parking congestion on campus. I've had bad luck with the shuttle in the past--I always seem to arrive two minutes after it has left, or it leaves campus early so I miss it, and then you have to wait a half an hour for the next one. So with that in mind, this morning I threw my bike in the back of my car, did indeed miss the shuttle by two minutes, so I got on the bike and made it to work before the shuttle that I missed. The trip from off site parking is about a mile and a half--very nice! What I don't get is why *anyone* would drive that distance when they could walk or cycle. I know at least two people in my office who live roughly that distance from work and they are actually driving past the campus to go to shuttle parking and then take the shuttle in. I don't get it.

Sarah