How long is your commute to work?

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  • _SantaClause
    _SantaClause Posts: 335 Member
    20 min each way
  • BerryH
    BerryH Posts: 4,698 Member
    About an hour and a quarter each way - walk, train, tube and sometimes bus. There's a dozen different combinations to get to my workplace but they all seem to work out about the same!
  • jennaworksout
    jennaworksout Posts: 1,739 Member
    8 minutes
  • MelsAuntie
    MelsAuntie Posts: 2,833 Member
    A couple of minutes' walk from the house to the stable / garden / or barn. A little longer if driving to the hayfields.
  • ILoveGingerNut
    ILoveGingerNut Posts: 367 Member
    anything between an hour and an hour and a half when trains are running fine. When there are trains held, no trains on that line, delays, strikes etc way, way more....
  • Cheekies_
    Cheekies_ Posts: 319 Member
    No commute. Just walk down the hall to my office. :wink:
  • asdowe13
    asdowe13 Posts: 1,951 Member
    Depending on traffic, 25-35 minutes each way.

    The furthest I as willing to travel for work.
    I couldn't handle a 60 min commute each way.
  • TAMayorga
    TAMayorga Posts: 341 Member
    It used to be 60 minutes door to door. I've been slowed down significantly due to having to drive through 4 different road construction sites. And they are getting ready to build a new bridge that I have to drive over, so who knows how THAT will affect things...
  • TrainingToBePerfect
    TrainingToBePerfect Posts: 1,418 Member
    1 hour :(:(:(
  • cubiclecurmudgeon
    cubiclecurmudgeon Posts: 5 Member
    Mine used to be 28 minutes or so each way. I switched jobs and now it is between 55-80 minutes, depending on traffic and how many people ran into each other. (I also learned after hiring that I now had a mandatory 1 hour lunch, so the day is even longer.)

    It has made a tremendous impact on my life. A tremendously bad one. Less time for shopping, preparing meals, getting tasks done that require daylight. I feel like I work from the time I wake up until I get into bed. I'd take a job closer to home for less pay right this second.

    Just a thought. Do the math and see what you really gain.
  • JojoW8183
    JojoW8183 Posts: 540 Member
    Anywhere between 1 hr to 1.5 hrs depends on traffic. I take a bus to the subway station and then the train. It's a pain in the butt, but it's the easiest way to get into DC.
  • Slacker16
    Slacker16 Posts: 1,184 Member
    4 kms, roughly a 40 min walk at a normal pace.

    It's actually not much faster using public transportation. I'm over in NY one day a week and it's faster to get there using public transport.

    Such is life when you're too cheap to get an apartment near work.
  • JustSomeEm
    JustSomeEm Posts: 20,282 MFP Moderator
    Anywhere between 1 hr to 1.5 hrs depends on traffic. I take a bus to the subway station and then the train. It's a pain in the butt, but it's the easiest way to get into DC.

    Another DC commuter here. I never know where my actual work site will be, so I tend to drive versus take the metro. When I take the metro its nearly 2 hours. When I drive its anywhere from 1 to 2 hours.
  • _SantaClause
    _SantaClause Posts: 335 Member
    Anywhere between 1 hr to 1.5 hrs depends on traffic. I take a bus to the subway station and then the train. It's a pain in the butt, but it's the easiest way to get into DC.

    Another DC commuter here. I never know where my actual work site will be, so I tend to drive versus take the metro. When I take the metro its nearly 2 hours. When I drive its anywhere from 1 to 2 hours.

    I would cry.
  • liftingbro
    liftingbro Posts: 2,029 Member
    90 minutes one way.
  • MityMax96
    MityMax96 Posts: 5,778 Member
    Used to be 20 - 30 min, depending on traffic or road construction.

    Now <10min
    Usually 8 min
  • MikeCrazy
    MikeCrazy Posts: 2,716 Member
    30 mins one way
  • WW_Jude_V2
    WW_Jude_V2 Posts: 209 Member
    Until September 20th it's about 3 minutes to drive, 4 minutes if I hit the light and 15 minutes to walk (but I don't). I moved here to regain the minimum two hours a day I spent on the road for the seven years prior.

    After the 20th, it'll be about 10 minutes in the morning and anywhere from 20 to 30 on the way home. My only return routes put me smack dab into waiting-to-get-onto-the-bridge traffic during rush hour, but it's worth it to be living in my new gorgeous home! :)


    Edited for clarity
  • AydensMom37
    AydensMom37 Posts: 44
    :happy: 45 minutes each way! I don't mind unless I hit traffic. It's my time to have car dance parties
  • activeinmysixties
    activeinmysixties Posts: 25 Member
    too long to bike. Plus, I cover two sites - can't bike between them.
  • marhattap
    marhattap Posts: 149 Member
    Ok, so when I first started at East Carolina University, my commute was 5 minutes, MAX! Then, we moved and my commute became 1 hour and 25 minutes (each way, which was EXHAUSTING). I have since left that position, and my new position is only 35-45 minutes away from my house (depending on the time of year, and traffic). I think 20 minutes would be an optimal commute.
  • bloodofareptile
    bloodofareptile Posts: 47 Member
    It's just over an hour. I live in London, everything takes an hour to get to.

    I work from home most of the time now, but I spent years doing it every single day...

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