Superstorm Sandy hit the Northeast more than a week ago, but this week commuters still found themselves grappling with the consequences of the storm: Crowded public transportation and lines at the gas pump made getting to work a far greater hassle than usual.
At least one man, however, managed to avoid post-Sandy commuting woes. He just did what he'd done long before the storm -- commute by kayak.
Zach Schwitzky lives in Hoboken, N.J., a city that sits just across the Hudson River from Manhattan. While most Hoboken residents get to their New York-based jobs by bus, ferry or PATH train -- an interstate subway line -- Schwitzky, 29, prefers to paddle his way to work across the Hudson on a 15-foot kayak.
He's been doing it for most of the past year, after getting fed up with other transit options.
"It's probably the most relaxing part of my day," he said.
But when he gets ashore, the commute isn't over. He spends the next 20 minutes on foot, hauling the kayak on a hand cart down city blocks to his office in the Manhattan neighborhood of Chelsea.
"It's funny to see people's reactions when you are dragging a 15-foot-boat through the streets of Manhattan," he said.
The founder of the tech start-up Newlio, Schwitzky can leave the boat in the foyer of the company's office. He's the boss, so no one objects.
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