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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When it’s this hot I often skip the 1/2 mile walk to the metro in favor of taking the bus to the metro. Feels a little silly taking the bus for 1-2 stops but that’s better than getting super sweaty.[/quote]
You still have to wait outside in the heat for the bus, not to mention walk to the bus stop.  In some cases, the nearest bus stop can be half a mile.[/quote]

Guess what - it’s possible to be outside for 30 minuted even in the heat. [/quote]
If you stand completely still in the shade, maybe. But unless you live like 3 doors down from the bus stop, it's pretty dang hot to walk half a mile in 80+ degree heat with your work clothes on.

If you have to take work clothes with you and shower once you get to the office, you are adding more commute time.  I guess if you have all the time in the world in the morning that works for you.    But, a lot of parents are crunched for time in the morning trying to get their kids to summer camps/daycare and get to work on time.[/quote]

DP. There are definitely a lot of people for whom commuting in bad weather is especially difficult, for many reasons. But definitely for the average D.C. office type — and especially if you're a man who doesn't have to worry about makeup or doing your hair — walking a half-mile in your work clothes in the heat is just not a problem. (Especially if your work clothes are just "business casual.") I was a little sweaty when I arrived at the office yesterday morning after a .6-mile walk from Metro. Within 30 minutes of arriving, you wouldn't have known. I was significantly sweatier when I got to Metro on the return trip, because it was hotter out when I left the office, but by then, who cared? I was just going home.

I could have driven — we have two cars — but it didn't seem remotely necessary to me. I did drive to pick my kid up at camp in the afternoon (my wife did the drop-off in the morning because she was working from home yesterday), because camp isn't anywhere near Metro this week.

Both the advocates for driving less and the die-hard drivers ought to do a better job of realizing that their own situations and needs are not at all universal. Some people think they have to drive all the time, or especially when it's 101 degrees. Great! Drive. That doesn't mean it's inconceivable for other people not to drive. Same thing with people who only bike to work all the time. Great! Bike to work. A lot of other people aren't going to be able to. [/quote]

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