How do you travel to and from work? I live in Terenure. It is a three-mile commute to my office in Suffolk Street. I prefer to walk to work and I am able to do this on average four days a week.

How long does it take [to get there, to get home]? If I walk, it takes 50 minutes. If I take the bus, as I do when it's raining, it takes about 30 minutes. If I drive, I have to allow for an hour and 10 minutes to drive the three miles.

What time do you leave home? I generally leave home at 8 a.m. if I am not driving. However, I frequently have earlier meetings or have to go to the airport.

What time do you arrive back home? If I don't have an evening event and can have three to four times a week, I leave the office at 5.30 p.m. and walk home, getting there at about 6.30 p.m. Occasionally I will take a bus.

Do you travel the same route every day? Yes.

What do you enjoy about your commute? The best part of the walk in is listening to Morning Ireland and seeing how much faster it is for me to walk than to drive. By the time I get into the office, I have had the opportunity of planning the day in my head.

What bothers you most about your commute? The worst part of the commute if I am walking is the litter from Portobello Bridge to Upper Camden Street. If I am driving, the worst aspect is the kamikaze cyclists who lane-dodge consistently and the pathetic traffic flow systems.

Would you change your mode of transport if you could? No.

How could your journey be improved? If we had a one-way traffic flow system: e.g. into town through Harold's Cross and out through Rathmines, into town through Ranelagh and out through Leeson Street. And if there was a dedicated police traffic unit reporting to a traffic authority, such as a director of traffic. Traffic congestion is the second biggest - [the lack of] a dedicated conference centre is the first - downside in attracting high spending conference business to Dublin.

In conversation with Sylvia Thompson