just a news reporter

In 2006, I was lifted from obscurity, as they say, when I got hired at a major market radio company to be a news and traffic reporter. In the process of moving, I’d found an old friend with a room to rent, and I’d found that my new workplace was literally across the street from Caltrain’s 4th and King station.

From then on, I’ve made Caltrain my choice for commute. Extra sleep, email on the iPhone, movies on the laptop… and skipping the $3-plus-per-gallon price of gas.

50 weeks a year.
12 trips a week.
600 trips a year.
4 years.
2400 plus Caltrain trips taken to work.
about 50 miles per trip

That’s 120 thousand miles travelled without getting into a car. Just by me. Just since 2006.

This post was submitted by Sebastian Kunz.