"Joe Mallahan admits to 43rd district Dems he drives six blocks to work, loses endorsement."


That's an actual headline in the Seattle Times News Paper today. I don't care if its a Prius. It's six blocks! Seriously the average person can easily ride a bike at 12mph. That's actually pretty slow. You'll likely have roller bladers passing you up.


At 12mph (providing you don't have to stop) it will take you 2.5 minutes to get to work on a bike. Last winter I caught an express bus in downtown Minneapolis for work. My bike ride down Hennepin Avenue to get there in the morning was about 2 miles and it took me about 12 minutes. It's one of the busiest roads in all of Minneapolis.


There is the possibility that he needs to drive during the day though. So the jury is out on this. If he doesn't have to drive anywhere? You'd have to be seriously lazy to drive that far.


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