Getting to Pearson

[plam]

To be honest, I find that an ironic statement.  For me, traveling to Pearson, the mode is irrelevant so long as I'm on the 401.  The singular source of anxiety I have getting to my flight is whether there will be an accident on the 401.  If there is, it doesn't matter if I'm in a car or bus I will probably miss my flight.  The ONLY solution to that is getting frequent GO train service.

Ironically, I actually find that traveling by bus is less stressful in this regard because a) I'm not stressing during the ride, because eventually I can accept there is nothing I can do about sitting in traffic, b) GO Transit seems to be fairly effective at bypassing traffic jams....usually....   and c) I have an option to recoup a little time, upon arriving at Square One or Bramalea by hopping in a taxi and asking to be whisked to the airport.

Yes. An additional source of stress is potentially crashing the car that one is trying to drive. I left for Pearson this morning at 5am and it was extremely dark and stormy. In retrospect, a taxi might have been a better idea.

I'm impressed by the hoops that some seem willing to go through to get to the airport. I've had the experience of using Airways Transit when the 401 was bunged up - the dispatch alerted the driver and we took detours (twice!) to get around the problems. I think we lost perhaps ten to fifteen minutes on the trip.

I often overcomplicate my life...