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Afternoon traffic in Portland slowing to its predictable crawl. This is part of SW & NW Portland looking from the West Hills past PSU and the Pearl District to the Fremont bridge.
Further in the distance are North Portland and Vancouver, Wa. The mountains are the Cascade Foothills near Mt. St. Helens.
Having done her part at the Berkeley Yacht Club Halloween kids party, Lauren gets ready to commute home.
St Albans to the City of London is reputed to be Britain's "most expensive commute".
Rather than take the train, I decided to travel overland and see what I could see...
Since the Commute was designed for the Apple Powerbook, some users were concerned whether it's be too tight for the MacBook Pro which is wider by design. From my experience, it fits snugly, not crazy-tight. It's totally worth getting if you're thinking about it!
Like countless other Londoners, I had to find an alternative mode of transport to work today thanks to another tube strike. I am not mad about it. I enjoyed a civilzed commute on the Thames Clipper. It's not often enough I can say I took a boat to work!
St Albans to the City of London is reputed to be Britain's "most expensive commute".
Rather than take the train, I decided to travel overland and see what I could see...
Detail of my commuting from the very first day I began working in Montgomery County to present (as of the date of upload). This shows transit in cooler colors and car travel in warmer colors.
By and large transit has been a longer trip (not least because I still need a car for part of it), but quite reliable and pleasant. Whereas driving the whole way has the capability of being faster (particularly in the morning) but can be maddening in the evenings.
A few specific events...
I was walking to/from Dupont North up until about Oct/Nov 2012, when the south escalators reopened & cut about 5 min off my walk. I later began using Metro Center in the AM, cutting an additional 5 min walk but at the cost of an extra couple minutes on Metro... I mostly switched just to vary my walk up a bit; I liked seeing all the construction each day.
There were two days in 2012 when I tried 100% to my job on the outskirts of Gaithersburg... as you can see from their status as clear outliers: that did not work well. The 56 bus was horrible... it meanders so much, and on that second day I missed it by a few seconds -- had to wait 30 minutes for the next one.
Over Summer 2013 I began testing out I-395 as a driving option... it's worked pretty well in both AM and PM, cutting my DC car time significantly but increasing my VA car time slightly. One perk is I don't have to deal with the K Street slalom, and I also get lovely skyline views along the Potomac.
In the last few days -- on the far-right of the chart -- I switched to a different office which I can travel to entirely by transit... this is why the last few data points which are 100% transit.
On my commute this morning I spotted this darling caught in a fence. He looks like he's patiently waiting, but he was pretty irritated at the situation and let me know that, loudly. I helped him slip those tiny horns past the wire. (I do wish people with goats would use different fencing. Most do.)
He's the second goat I've assisted with this problem. This time, I knew to take the photo first, since once the first one was free he took off post-haste.
this afternoon. traffic. every afternoon. traffic. i'm starting to recognize the cars that travel along side me day after day.
do you see that hump of granite sticking out of the tree line? that's stone mountain. that's where i live. it almost makes the commute worse...to be able to stare at my destination off in the distance.
St Albans to the City of London is reputed to be Britain's "most expensive commute".
Rather than take the train, I decided to travel overland and see what I could see...
St Albans to the City of London is reputed to be Britain's "most expensive commute".
Rather than take the train, I decided to travel overland and see what I could see...
Students from The University of Texas at Austin and Technische Universitaet Muenchen arrive back from a test drive in their electric car for the Commuting Contest as part of the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon at the Orange County Great Park, Irvine, California. (Credit: Thomas Kelsey/U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon)
Number of people commuting to major city from every commune is divided by number of people working in that commune and that ratio is presented on the maps.
Unfortunately, Polish Statistical Office provides data of working population only for companies and institutions that employ more than 9 people so the real ratio might be different. This is a fair approximation though.
Bird's eye view of the Massachusetts Turnpike at night from the observation deck of the Prudential Center.
Fuji Professional Color ISO 160
~40s exposure
Nikon N2000
Tamron 28-200 Telephoto
Famous sights of London
St Albans to the City of London is reputed to be Britain's "most expensive commute".
Rather than take the train, I decided to travel overland and see what I could see...
Considering the frequency and duration of my commute getting wet is strangely rare.
This is one of those rare occasions - it was on the way home.
My Rapha cap keeps most of the rain off my glasses.