She said she would be willing to trade her 50- to- 60-minute drive for the hour-and-a-half it took her to get to work in DuPage County on transit in the mornings, "because it included walking time and reading time.'' But she doesn't always work 9-to-5, and the transit schedule home offers no flexibility. If she misses a bus or a train, it's at least an hourlong wait for the next one, she said.