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My "portable vehicle" of choice is a unicycle (26" wheel in my case). It cuts the time in half compared to walking, and gets you mind off your troubles. Pretty much the same benefits as a scooter (good for ~1 mile trips, easy to stash) for about the same price (unicycles go much further on the high end, but a $150 one-wheeler is a nice ride). Requires a higher skill level and tolerance for odd looks, which is a benefit or drawback depending.
I throw mine in the back of a small hatchback and park a half mile from work in a super-cheep lot, then get out and one-wheel it to the office. Started off riding it back and forth to school, because hauling my bike up and down from a third floor apartment sucked, not to mention concerns over bike theft. Nobody steals a unicycle...
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On my first visit to the Fog Creek Software offices in 2008, I was surprised to see programmers zooming around the office on scooters. I didn't realize that scooters were something geeks would be into, but it sure looked like fun, albeit borderline dangerous fun, on the 25th floor of an office ...
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