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how you ride in training will develop that type of riding
so short 50 yard sprints between traffic lights will make you good at short 50 yard sprints, but given an urban environment its a fairly foolish thing to do
if you are doing distance training where maintaining a controlled heart rate and cadence is what is required then the stop start of commuting will not be helping you
if looking to lose weight you need to go into fat burning energy pathway, which is generally triggered by constant moderately raised heart rate activity
so, does the variable load involved in commuting contribute to my training goals - probably not at all
the suggestion is to use commuting as recovery ride time, go slowly, use it as part of a structured training program