I was chatting the other day with a single friend of mine, who happens to live in the sprawling land of Phoenix, Ariz., when she told me she's been commuting via the bus?
Why? It's less stressful, she said.
That is something all transit companies should really start pounding into the public. Reading the paper, listening to an iPod or daydreaming is about a billion times less stressful than driving.
Gas prices means this might be a viable option for many more people. Check out this stat:
The U.S. Department of Transportation reports that Americans drove 3.6 percent fewer miles last year than the year before — a total of 3.003 trillion miles in 2007 compared to 3.014 trillion miles in 2006, according to preliminary measurements.
That would make 2007 one of the few years — if not the only year — in U.S. history during which total traffic volume decreased.
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