How much time do you spend commuting and how does it affect you?
Commuting is boring. Sad but necessary. Researchers have even shown that long commutes can be downright harmful. Erika Sandow, cultural geographer at Umeå University and Kristoffer Mattisson, PhD in public health sciences at the department of occupational and environmental medicine at Lund University, have both done research in the area. They state that long-distance commuting takes important time away from other things and that all this often has social consequences.
Many commuters feel that they find it difficult to put the puzzle of life together, are less socially active and that they run a higher risk of suffering from stress and sleep difficulties. Both boring and in some cases harmful. Nothing new under the sun there perhaps and of course there are more sensible things to spend your time on. So how do you do it?
"We have looked closer at the journey Nacka – Hötorget. A distance that takes 15 minutes with a Vässla 2 compared to SL which takes a full 45 minutes."
You with a Vässla save on average one work week per year thanks to faster and smoother commuting. With a Vässla, you avoid traffic jams, stress, overcrowded buses, platforms, and subway cars. You gain time, important time (!), that you can spend on more enjoyable and useful things.
So, what do you do with your newfound hours? Gym? Hang out with family? Netflix? Cruise around and explore the city with your Vässla? The possibilities are endless!
