A Misnomer

Why is it called Rush Hour? If you think about it I don’t know many places where “Rush Hour” is only an hour long. Around here it usually last from 5am to 10 am; not quite a ‘rush HOUR’. Ok, what about the rush part? For me I only have to travel 12 miles, door to door to get to work and average 5 mph. Now considering the average walking speed is 3 mph, I wouldn’t consider that ‘rushing’.

I guess the Hour part could actually be true in my case, yep it takes me one hour each morning to travel 12 miles. What is even more amazing is that prior to a recent two year construction project being completed it only took 40 – 45 minutes. The Road Improvement actually increased my commute time by 15 to 20 minutes; another misnomer.