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by HeyLaughingBoy 3089 days ago
I'm not so sure.

I've been taking an express bus into the city center from a rural location for a few years now. The time on the bus is between 35-50 minutes each way. Initially, I figured the same thing: I could get an extra hour of work done, work on side projects, etc.

The reality is that although the buses have WiFi, there are not many people working on them beyond the occasional email check. One major issue I found is that it's a lot harder to use a keyboard on something that's travelling on a road surface vs. a railroad. I even joked with someone about this last month as he was sitting next to me trying to write Javascript.

Most people on the bus are either playing video games or listening to music and I suspect that being that the people in this area are older and have families to get home to, having a more pleasant commute isn't remotely as important as having a shorter one would be.