What used to be
a 30-minute commute from the office to my house--roughly 6.7 km--has now become
two hours. With light to moderate traffic, that distance is merely a 13-minute
drive. The road repairs that have started in April of this year continue to
exacerbate traffic congestion in the city. Commuters like me are left with two
choices: sight tight and wait for the jeep to move along inch by painful inch,
or go down and walk. Every day I’m
tempted to go for the latter.
6.7 km in two
hours is equivalent to around 2 miles per hour (mph). And 2 mph is like walking
at a slow pace. It means that if I start walking leisurely from work, I would
arrive home at the same time as when I ride a jeep. By walking at that speed
for two hours, I would also burn 200 calories. That sounds so much better than observing
my zombielike fellow passengers whose faces mirror the lifeless resignation
that must be on my face.
1 comments:
Wow, that's terrible. How long will these repairs go on? I hope they'll be done soon. Have you been walking? I think it's great exercise.
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