The simple answer: 28mm is a great commuting tire for a road bike.
The details?
The first issue is your weight and what pressure you are
running. Divide the weight of you and your bike by your tire
pressure, and you will have about how much tire meets the
road. Heavy weight and low pressure mean big tires.
Wider tires will reduce pinch or snakebite flats, from
hitting sharp objects such as curbs and grates.
While you could get very wide hybrid tires, such as 45s or
so, I wouldn't advise it unless you want to run lower
pressure and go slower.
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> What's the widest tire possible for a 700c rim, one inch
> wide? I don't want the tire to blow off but I need
> something wider than the 22mm I'm using.
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