DAY ONE: Commuters looking for action as traffic continues to increase on Highway 101 between Santa Barbara and Ventura

• More local support for six lanes than in 1995
• Commuting can turn into a tiring lifestyle
• A long road from missionaries' route to crowded freeway

DAY TWO: If you don't want to drive your car, how do you get here from there? You can always form a vanpool or take the bus. On man cycles 45 miles from Ventura.

• Man rides 45 miles to work at UCSB
• Costal Express is the stress-free route
• Colleagues make the commute together

Do you want to know the true cost of your commute? Log on to: http://onelesscarbellevue.org/sub/com_costcalc.shtml.

DAY THREE: Is anyone ever going to do anything about the gridlock? A look at the potential solutions, along with a list of tax breaks that encourage alternative transportation.

• Some favor widening freeway, but that plan not yet approved
• 'Financing is the major hurdle' for train commuting
• Commuter Incentives