Dallas Traffic

I take the TRE commuter train everyday that I go into the office. People often ask, how long does it take to get to work. My response is a little under two hours each way. To drive if the traffic is perfect is right at an hour. On an average day it is about an hour and fifteen minutes. Then folks ask why do you bother taking the train. My standard reply is I have to be somewhere and the train is as good a somewhere as I can get.

Here is the traffic that runs along the TRE tracks on I-35e going north. It is raining. Lights are reflecting. (Alright I did enhance the car lights a little.) Why should I choose to sit in this traffic when I can be reading my Nook, taking a bit of a nap, or just staring out the window.