Last month, I re-joined thousands upon thousands of Chicagoans aboard the Chicago Public Transportation system. I’d been driving to work for the past year or so while in culinary school – it was much easier to throw my knife kit, cooking uniform, and gym bag into the trunk rather than lug it all over the city on my shoulder. In doing so, I also enjoyed a short 30 minute commute from my neighborhood to my desk and vice versa and was able to run errands as needed without worrying about what I could and couldn’t carry in my hands. Sure, I didn’t really have to stop driving once school was finished, but I chose to. I figured, why not cut my travel costs nearly in half and why not reduce my carbon footprint? Turns out my new, economical, green commute is fairly similar time-wise although it takes slightly longer to get home...
