Commute Experiment Update #1
I won't provide daily updates, but I wanted to provide one after the first day.
First some variations on the experiment. For the Blue and Red routes, as I drive down Oregon towards Middlefield, I am giving myself discretion to turn left just prior to Middlefield (on Ross) or just after (Cowper) depending on the light situation. It's like having discretion over lane changes. I am not going to add those left turn variations to the experiment, because I will not pin myself to any one of them anyway. I will always choose the one that best fits the situation.
This week is devoted to the Blue route, and today I used the Ross left turn, which worked out well. One other thing of note: there was a car pulled over by a cop on the highway, but it didn't seem to have a material impact on traffic flow. Even if it did, I suppose that's part of the risk of taking the highway, right?
Total Time: 8' 31" 52
First some variations on the experiment. For the Blue and Red routes, as I drive down Oregon towards Middlefield, I am giving myself discretion to turn left just prior to Middlefield (on Ross) or just after (Cowper) depending on the light situation. It's like having discretion over lane changes. I am not going to add those left turn variations to the experiment, because I will not pin myself to any one of them anyway. I will always choose the one that best fits the situation.
This week is devoted to the Blue route, and today I used the Ross left turn, which worked out well. One other thing of note: there was a car pulled over by a cop on the highway, but it didn't seem to have a material impact on traffic flow. Even if it did, I suppose that's part of the risk of taking the highway, right?
Total Time: 8' 31" 52
posted by Chang Kim at Monday, October 09, 2006
7 Comments:
Dang, I miss sub 10 minute commutes
LOL, as if your commute were that much longer. :)
Speaking of experiments, when are we gonna see your gas tank experiment?
Is that 52/100 of a second or 52/60 of a second? Not that it makes a difference.
Hundredths of seconds.
Listen to some Offspring on your commute. That should speed things up.
Gina, you must be proud. There you are studying and working your ass off and there's Chang, honing his commute and working on his golf swing.
Hey, all things considered, I would think Gina would be very happy with my hobbies. :)
I played way too much Crazy Taxi to risk playing The Offspring while I drive. The Pavlovian response would be potentially disastrous (but high scoring).
i dont think i could handle my gas tank experiment... such slow acceleration would drive me insane :(
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