From: "Ted White" <twhite8 at cox.net>
To: "WSFA members" <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: car time
Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2005 15:16:53 -0500
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

----- Original Message -----
From: "Neil Ottenstein" <nottenst at yahoo.com>
To: "WSFA members" <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
Sent: Sunday, March 13, 2005 3:08 PM
Subject: [WSFA] car time

> --- "Keith F. Lynch" <kfl at KeithLynch.net> wrote:
>
> > Users get
> > neither the exercise benefit of biking nor the
> > reading-time benefit of
> > riding a bus or train -- their time is a complete
> > waste.
>
> Actually, for many people the time they spend in the
> car is not a complete waste.  Many people listen to
> books (or some other entertainment) on tape or CD.
> They do this in a more pleasant environment than they
> would have in mass transit.

For four years (1994-98) I commuted from the City of Falls Church to
Columbia, Maryland -- a round trip of about 95 miles -- daily.   Not only
would this have been close to impossible without a car, I found myself
listening to a lot of CDs during those commutes.

--Ted White