A commute is a commute, at least in your car you are not jammed in with a bunch of people. You can also throw in a podcast, your own music, climate controlled to your liking. I would rather commute in a car than on a bus or train.
I worked in downtown Boston for a bit over a year. Taking the train in was better than driving assuming I was going in and out during commuting hours when trains were fairly frequent. But it was still driving 10 minutes to catch a 6:30AM train and taking 90 minutes to get to my office including a short walk. 4 hours of commuting, even if very little of it was driving, was not something I could have sustained longer term even given that I traveled or worked from home a decent chunk of the time.
