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| First_name |
Vanessa |
| Last_name |
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| Email_address |
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| Home_town |
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| State_orCountry |
NJ |
| Commute_distance |
15 |
| Trip_units |
Miles |
| Trip_type |
RoundTrip |
| Years_commute |
1 |
| Months_commute |
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| Commute_profile |
Four or Three Days a week, I am a bike commuter |
| When_commute |
Year Round |
| Date |
Sunday, December 21, 2008 |
| Commute_routes |
I live at the shore. Most of my commute is through shore towns and around the bays, which is a nice ride. The roads are quiet to one moderately busy road, but no highways. There are a couple of moderate inclines. |
| About_me |
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| Commute_story |
When I first started, I got two panniers for my bike, as I am an attorney and I carry files back and forth (I'm in the office everyday - no court anymore, so I dress really casually in the office). These panniers kind of just sat on top of the rack and had a small connection at the bottom. One day, I got to work and realized that one of them was missing. It had two or three files from work, my Ipod, my wallet in there. I was absolutely panicked. I called my husband, who came and picked me up and we retraced my route in the car. I found the pannier on the side of a railroad track that I cross. Everything was there. My husband said that I was lucky it didn't land on the tracks - NJ Transit probably would have called the bomb squad to detonate it, thinking it was a bomb left by a terrorist! I have since bungee corded the panniers and they aren't going anywhere now, no matter how big the bump! |
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