01/03/2014
Tips For Commuting To Work
If you live in a big city and drive to work, you know how “fun” it is to commute to work. If you leave at the wrong time you can be stuck in traffic longer then you hoped causing you to be late for work. Being late for work probably means bad news for you. Filling up your gas tank to get to and from work is always joy with these current high gas prices. So what can you do to avoid getting stuck in traffic, and taking the sting off those high gas prices.
Find Out When You Need To Leave – Everyone needs to leave for work at a different time. It all depends on how far away you live from work, and how bad traffic gets (Check out what cities have the worst traffic here). It may take some trial and error to find out what time you need to leave. We recommend leaving earlier then you think you should at first; then cut down your time if you are too early. This way you are never late.
Get Enough Sleep – To be able to get up in the morning means you are going to need to get a good night sleep! Go to bed early so you can get up. We all know the less sleep we get, the harder it is to get up in the morning. You should know how much sleep you need, if you don’t know this will help!
Drive With Others – If you have coworker that you live by, consider driving to work with them. Car-pooling helps you in more ways then one! First, it will save you gas money. The more people who drive with you the less you will pay for gas. Second, most cities offer a car pool lane. This means cars with 2 or more passengers are only able to travel in them. Usually cities with 500K plus people with have a car pool lane. This will make your commute time go by much quicker. A downfall of car-pooling is that you are going to be with driving with this person every day to and from work. So make sure it is someone you get along with. If not you may be in for some awkward commutes.
Taking Public Transportation – If you have always driven a car to work, and you do not like paying for gas or fighting traffic, consider taking public transportation. Most cities offer trains, or rails, which go right through the downtown area. This can be very convenient! What are some pros and cons to public transportation?
PROS – Someone drives for you! All you have to do is kick back and relax until you arrive to your destination. Public transportation can be much faster depending on your city and where you live to work. Usually the cost is less of using public transportation is lower then driving a car to work.
CONS – Usually you have purchase some kind of a public transportation pass. They can last anywhere from a day, week, month or year depending on what kind of pass you get. You may have to fight the crowds while using public transportation. Many people use public transportation so you may be crowed busses and trains. Next, there are frequent stops. Depending on your city your public transportation may have frequent stops. Stops take up time, if there are too many stops it may take longer to get to work then you hoped for. Last, you may have to walk to work depending on where you get dropped off at. It will probably be a short walk, but a walk takes up time. The only way to find out is to give it a shot.
Hopefully these tips help you get to and from work in a timely fashion. The less time you spend commuting for work the better off you will be!