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    Xing Columbus Wants to Know about Your Commute

    John Wirtz has posted up a question on the local transportation blog Xing Columbus, and he wants to know if your commute sucks, and if so… why does it suck? The question has been recently posed nationally with a new online campaign rolled out by the Transportation for America group, which as John notes, seems to mostly be an outlet for people to vent frustrations in a system that they’ve been subscribing to for years.

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    Instead of spending all of your energy trying to affect policy and legislation, what John is asking via Xing is for people to attempt to vote with your feet. Try to make life choices with transportation options in mind. It’s easier said than done, but living closer to work, or working closer to home is the number one way to make that commute suck a little bit less.

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    Walker Evans is the co-founder of Columbus Underground, along with his wife and business partner Anne Evans. Walker has turned local media into a full time career over the past decade and serves on multiple boards and committees throughout the community.
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