Culture
The Case for the Disconnected Commute
The best thing about biking to work has nothing to do with exercise, the environment, or saving money. It’s all about the chance to unplug.
Since moving to Washington, D.C., six years ago, there’s one question I know I’ll hear when I go home to sprawling suburban Phoenix: “So, you don’t have a car?”
For five years, I commuted almost exclusively by metro. More times than I can count, when I’ve said this to friends and family back home, they’d respond with some comment about how nice it must be to get some work done on my way into the office.