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Some studies say it takes 28 days to form a habit, others say 66 days. Rob Weidmann, 40, has been taking public transportation to work for 10 years. Doing so has become automatic, like brushing his teeth or looking both ways before he crosses a street.
His commute from Salt Lake to Lehi — bus to TRAX to FrontRunner — takes an hour and a half. On the way there, he catches up on email or writes in his journal. On the way home, he reads books.
Every now and then, he stops to answer questions about his mask.
It’s a black mouth and nose covering that he wears on bad air days, with an activated charcoal filter and one-way valves, so breath goes out and clean air comes in.
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