This depends entirely on your city, but it is a rare joy of mine that my 20km cycle commute into the CBD has a national park, a reserve, farm land and if I stretch my legs an extra kilometer, a ride next to a river.

I can resonate with many of the stated benfits from the canoe commute, but I will say that even just the city sections are a huge boon to my feeling of connection over taking a car.

Too many car commutes to an office can feel a bit surreal, like your world may as well be fictitious.