The Metropolis

Science: Long commutes fuck you up

Mike Pollitt | Tuesday 12 June, 2012 12:29

Slate’s brilliant Moneybox blog reports on a recent study which breaks down to saying that:

“…a long commute is definitely bad for your blood pressure but it’s positively disastrous if it ends up eating into your physical activity time.”

In other words cycling/walking/running to work are not so bad. Anything that involves being stationary and slipping in and out of a depressive catatonia (looking at you, Tube) is very bad.

There’s now a significant body of evidence connecting long commutes with fatness, poor diet, higher divorce rates, loneliness, and sorrow.

The less time you spend getting to work, the better for your life.

Slate – Long commutes make you fat, give you high blood pressure
Slate – Your commute is killing you

See also:
How London’s tube map tricks you into taking longer routes
Most annoying habits on London public transport
Most annoying bits of bad English on the tube network

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