{"id":236,"date":"2008-02-13T08:57:37","date_gmt":"2008-02-13T15:57:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.hotpepper.ca\/archives\/2008\/02\/7-reasons-why-i-take-the-bus-to-work\/"},"modified":"2008-02-13T08:57:37","modified_gmt":"2008-02-13T15:57:37","slug":"7-reasons-why-i-take-the-bus-to-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siever.ca\/kim\/2008\/02\/13\/7-reasons-why-i-take-the-bus-to-work\/","title":{"rendered":"7 reasons why I take the bus to work"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s blowing wet snow in Lethbridge right now and temperatures are below freezing. It made me think about why I take public transit to work even though I have a car. Here are some reasons I came up with:<\/p>\n

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  1. I don’t have to clean off my windshield.<\/li>\n
  2. I don’t have to wait for the vehicle to warm up.<\/li>\n
  3. I don’t have to drive carefully.<\/li>\n
  4. I don’t have to worry about other drivers or their driving habits.<\/li>\n
  5. I can read or play solitaire (on my PDA).<\/li>\n
  6. I get dropped off closer to the front doors than if I drove and parked.<\/li>\n
  7. It’s cheaper.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    It’s blowing wet snow in Lethbridge right now and temperatures are below freezing. It made me think about why I take public transit to work even though I have a car. Here are some reasons I came up with: I don’t have to clean off my windshield. I don’t have to wait for the vehicle […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4NkW7-3O","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4126,"url":"https:\/\/siever.ca\/kim\/2020\/02\/01\/the-problem-with-performance-based-funding\/","url_meta":{"origin":236,"position":0},"title":"The problem with performance-based funding","author":"Kim Siever","date":"1 February 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"In January, the provincial government announced that they would be moving towards performance-based funding for post-secondary institutions.","rel":"","context":"In "Education"","block_context":{"text":"Education","link":"https:\/\/siever.ca\/kim\/category\/education\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/01\/birger-kollmeier-910261_1920.jpg?fit=1200%2C798&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/01\/birger-kollmeier-910261_1920.jpg?fit=1200%2C798&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/01\/birger-kollmeier-910261_1920.jpg?fit=1200%2C798&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/01\/birger-kollmeier-910261_1920.jpg?fit=1200%2C798&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/siever.ca\/kim\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/01\/birger-kollmeier-910261_1920.jpg?fit=1200%2C798&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":244,"url":"https:\/\/siever.ca\/kim\/2008\/02\/25\/workout-day-17\/","url_meta":{"origin":236,"position":1},"title":"Workout, Day 17","author":"Kim Siever","date":"25 February 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"I worked out my arms and shoulders today. 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