{"id":3343,"date":"2013-10-16T22:41:21","date_gmt":"2013-10-16T11:41:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seawind-network.com\/?p=3343"},"modified":"2013-10-16T22:41:21","modified_gmt":"2013-10-16T11:41:21","slug":"ride-2-work-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rommelpascual.com\/index.php\/20131016\/ride-2-work-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Ride 2 Work 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"
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If the objective of the National Ride 2 Work Day is to somehow encourage me to ditch the car in favour of my two-wheel ride – I’m afraid my verdict is still – No. This is my third participation to the Ride 2 Work Day event, although my last one before today was when the M2 cycle lane was still open. I have never cycled to work following the M2 cycling lane closure in 2007 and the introduction of a detour which added at least 30 minutes into the ride.<\/p>\n

Next year, our office will transfer to a new building which has limited parking space. Everyone is currently considering alternative ways to commute to work. The Ride 2 Work Day is an opportunity to try cycling to work. As an added bonus, the company is shouting breakfast for the cyclists. I wasn’t keen on cycling back home in the afternoon, so I left my car at work the day before and took public transport going home. The train I was catching was cancelled. It took 2 hours to get to the Blacktown station where my daughter came to pick me up. The next day – it took me 2 hours 20 minutes to cycle from home to office. It could have taken me 2 hours to cycle back home too as there are no detours going back. Clearly, cycling is as fast – if not faster than public transport.<\/p>\n

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Alternate route from Pennant Hills Road, Pennant Hills to Delhi Rd. North Ryde<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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National Ride 2 Work Day – my commute today https:\/\/t.co\/hKX4LQ8Wcc<\/a><\/p>\n

— Rommel Pascual (@artipax) October 16, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n