I'll admit it: I drove my car today. Tuesday is grocery day for me, and I hadn't been getting very much the past few weeks so I needed to do a big run (ended up with 3 reusable bags full...def too much for a bike). Not that this makes it better, but I did feel really guilty about it. Also, I haven't driven for the past three days.
I am lucky enough to live close enough that I can walk to campus. However, transportation is an interesting issue for me because it is so wrapped up in safety. I don't live in a particularly safe part of town and several of my friends report being help up at gun point outside of my house. Therefore, I don't feel safe walking home at night by myself, but often have meetings on campus late at night. My solution is to bike when I know I will be on campus late. I love this - the feel of the wind against my face, zipping past pedestrians, flying down the hill by my house - except when it is rainy or really cold. This isn't totally safe or completely comfortable all of the time, but it is the solution I have come to.
I do own a car (a big white mini-van we fondly refer to as the flying marshmallow), but I only drive her about once a week (usually somewhere within a mile for safety reasons). I don't use her very much, but I have trouble eliminating the times when I really do need to use her.
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