Uploaded on 2017-03-15 by Serena Zhao

These are 5 possible methods I can use to get from my house to work. I am lucky enough to be able to walk or bike to work. Many in the Bay Area must travel quite great distances by car. However, I still mainly use a car to get to work because of the following reasons: 1. need to drop off or pick up kids from school - this adds quite a bit of time to the daily commute 2. while there are bike lanes and trails, they are not protected, and I do not feel safe riding in traffic Taking the bus would take too much time - nearly an hour instead of 15 minutes by car. It also costs $4 per trip and buses come only every 20 minutes. I have been in downtowns where taking public transit would be a no brainer - the trams and buses were clean, speedy and reliable, and traffic for cars was highly congested.