Super commuters have an intense trip to work

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Permalink Reply by Julie Aberman (Hochstadter) on September 24, 2009 at 11:18pm

good point h3

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Permalink Reply by Natalie on September 25, 2009 at 12:04pm

Not to mention the fact that the guy at IIT and the Lakeview-to-suburbs guy could shorten their commutes significantly by throwing a bike into the mix.

My sister lives in Humboldt Park and works in Arlington Heights. She moved here a couple of years ago from Louisville, Ky., where she was car-dependent. She got her apartment before she got her job, so she couldn't pick a place that was close to the right public transportation option. On job day one she started biking to the Metra, putting her bike on the train, then riding from the station the couple of miles to her office. It has worked out pretty well. She bought a cheap beater that she can leave out there for the bikes-on-trains blackout dates.

I'm always amazed that someone would be willing to spend hours on the bus when bicycling often is a viable faster alternative. But to each his own!

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Permalink Reply by Julie Aberman (Hochstadter) on September 25, 2009 at 1:38pm

There is a place to comment on the site, fyi. We could refer them over to this thread as well.

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