Uploaded on 2019-08-08 by ILIOPOULOU

The advantage of living in a small city is that one can cycle to almost anywhere. My most frequent route is to work and even though there are many alternatives from walking to public transportation and private car, using the bicycle is by far the most efficient, pleasant, healthy and sustainable option. It only takes me 17 minutes to reach my destination on my bicycle and the time is only second to using a car. However it is much less affected by traffic, as there are bicycle lanes and traffic lights dedicates to cyclists. This destination is well connected to public transportation and correspondence between the different means is very good, but it doesn’t have a good frequency (20-30 minutes), making it a less attractive option. Walking is not a real alternative as it takes almost an hour to cover the 4 km, due to traffic. Still on spring days it becomes an attractive option as the route goes through a couple of parks and open areas. All in all, biking to any destination is my preferable choice as it is the less time consuming and allows me at the same time to exercise and be in the open air.