I remember in Caroll Spinney's book, he said that in the old days when the show was taped at the TeleTape Studios, it was close enough to where he lived that he would ride his bike to and from work everyday (one day around the holidays he was in high spirits, so he walked); but when the set was moved to the Kaufman Studios in Queens, that was too far for him to ride his bike, so he's had to drive to work ever since.