hack of the bus
February 21st, 2008So it has been almost two weeks now since my schedule changed. I’ve gone from getting up about nine-ish and being very loose with how I scheduled my time to getting up at 4:56 AM and catching the 6:30 bus with a brisk 1.2-mile walk from my house to the transit station.
The bus costs $1.5o each way, $3/day total and takes about an hour door-to-cube. Driving cost $4.50 in tolls, $2.75 in gas, and about 25 minutes if I take the Greenway, or $0.oo in tolls, $3.25 in gas, and about 50 minutes if I drove.
Of course, I can’t read, sleep, or (safely) hack while I’m driving. I have been known to participate in conference calls at 8o MPH, but listening to someone else talk is about as involved as I can get, from the driver’s seat.
On the LC Bus, on the other hand I can do any of those things or through the magic of EVDO get online and do a little work during the 25-minute ride. Of course, it was 19° at 6:22 this morning as I stood waiting, trying to make sure that my fingers weren’t exposed when I got a work call. That’s the trouble with roulette.
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