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Dr Sarah-Jane O’Connor’s commute is about 70 kilometres each day, sometimes in Wellington’s peak highway traffic. That might sound like a nightmare to some people, But for O’Connor, it’s often the highlight of her day.
“I get to see the harbour every morning – it always looks different, it’s always beautiful. I’ll be watching the rowers out and the clouds rolling in,” she says.
It’s about a half hour from her home in Upper Hutt to her office at Victoria University in Kelburn, where she is a science teaching fellow – but the secret is doing the journey on two wheels, not four.
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https://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/wellington/128769594/mode-shift-happy-commuters-have-sense-of-control-and-two-wheels-not-four
