> I think not. Spending an hour waiting for, or on, a train is not the equivalent of losing an hour of your life.

I think that this is closer than you think and would be debatable. If somebody told me that a 1.5-2 hour commute five days a week would go to zero for the rest of my life, and I just had to give up the last year of it, I'd probably take that deal.

edit: I have to agree that the commute is negative time for me, then. It's worse than nothing. Yes, I've gotten a lot of reading done, but people get a lot of reading done in prison, too.