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August 12, 2005
3:02:50
That's a slightly low estimate, probably by about 5 minutes, of how much time I spent riding during my commute this week, over 4 days. Yesterday I didn't ride, but instead took the car, as I had to collect Nath and the children from the train station at 10 pm.
Three hours is also roughly the time it would take me to commute in the car, barring any traffic jams. (There wouldn't be any traffic jams here during the week in August.) I probably also spent about only slightly less than 3 hours in the train, however. In addition, I loose a few minutes each time I catch the train because I'm uncomfortable cutting it too close.
So taking the train roughly doubles my commute time, though it costs less than half as much.
My impression is that if we could catch the train at the station in Domene or Lancey, neither of which is currently open to the public, my costs and time would both drop. I was talking about that with a woman also doing the bike/train combination, but coming from Chapareillan and going to Meylan, though she sometimes works in Montbonnot. She felt Montbonnot was really too far from Gières, and that was preventing more people from taking the train.
She probably has a point there. Other than Serge, I know of no colleagues at Sun who take the train in from Pontcharra. Despite the traffic in the valley and the high costs of running a car in France it's more convenient for most to drive.
Posted by Mark at August 12, 2005 09:12 PM