How long is your commute to work?

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  • dfranch
    dfranch Posts: 207 Member
    25-30 minutes in the summer when traffic is good. 40-50 minutes once the kids return to school and traffic is exponentially worse.
  • The_Enginerd
    The_Enginerd Posts: 3,982 Member
    20 minutes. It was 5 by car or 10-15 by bike previously, and I miss that.
  • Ang108
    Ang108 Posts: 1,706 Member
    90 minutes by public transport one way. In the evening it's usually more. Until recently I needed a minimum of two hour in the morning and more at night.
    I now work half the time in an office and the other half at home, where it takes me 6 seconds to get from pouring coffee in the kitchen to the office....:o).
  • rml_16
    rml_16 Posts: 16,414 Member
    Depends on time of day (traffic), but no more than 10 minutes. In the morning, around five minutes.
  • WandaWoman41
    WandaWoman41 Posts: 153 Member
    My commute to work is an hour until 9/9/14. I'm getting laid off:sad: :ohwell: Such is life
  • hbrittingham
    hbrittingham Posts: 2,518 Member
    7 minutes/ 3.5 miles. That was after we moved offices. Before that it was 3 minutes/ 1.5 miles. I would have loved to have walked it, but the roads I drive on are extremely dangerous for pedestrians. There have been at least 5 fatalities in the last 5 years where cars ran over people. Around here, nobody stops at stop signs or yields for pedestrians, so it's just not safe.
  • aliciagetshealthy
    aliciagetshealthy Posts: 946 Member
    Oh, Houston how I love/loathe thee.

    No HOV, leaving after 6am - 45-1hr.
    With HOV, leaving after 6:30 - same as above.

    With/without HOV leaving between 5:30-5:45 - 30-45 minutes.

    Add 10-15 for rain.

    Subtract 5-7 for summer vacation months.

    Add 10 for M-Th School in/College days.

    same for me, but add an hour. It seems worse than ever this year...once schools started, most days are 2+ hours each way
  • kjm3579
    kjm3579 Posts: 3,974 Member
    My commute is about 25 miles each way. It used to take 45 min. to 1 hour. Then it became 1:15. Now, due to extensive road destruction and speed line repairs it can take close to 2 hours each way. I try to leave the house by 6 am to be at work before 8 am. This helps me beat a lot of bad traffic getting to the train and lets me take an earlier and less jammed train. I usually get something to eat and some coffee once I get into the city each day. I try to combine a few errands with my trips home in the PM but am usually home from 5:20 to 5:45 having left work at 4 PM.
  • Anahita_Swims
    Anahita_Swims Posts: 4,127 Member
    15-20 mins by car ... i wanted to get a bike and cycling it but no one seemed to think its a good idea.... worrying for my safety and whatnot
  • angf0679
    angf0679 Posts: 1,120 Member
    I just moved over the weekend. With traffic my new bus route is about 40 minutes. That's counting from the time I leave my place until I get to work (which includes a bus transfer). Yesterday was longer as my first bus was late and I missed my connecting bus. Took my just over an hour to get to work as I had to wait and I was late as a result. Today I took the earlier bus and got here early.
  • Pipsg1rl
    Pipsg1rl Posts: 1,414 Member
    Oh, Houston how I love/loathe thee.

    No HOV, leaving after 6am - 45-1hr.
    With HOV, leaving after 6:30 - same as above.

    With/without HOV leaving between 5:30-5:45 - 30-45 minutes.

    Add 10-15 for rain.

    Subtract 5-7 for summer vacation months.

    Add 10 for M-Th School in/College days.

    same for me, but add an hour. It seems worse than ever this year...once schools started, most days are 2+ hours each way

    I live in the NASA area and my husband and I both work downtown. A few years ago he was downtown and I was working in Cypress. I would drop him downtown and continue north. That was rough!!
  • misstweedy
    misstweedy Posts: 45 Member
    20 minutes by bike. For me that's the perfect commute. It used to be 55 min each way on the tube, and I grew to loathe that, wouldn't want to go back to it again.
  • silver_arrow3
    silver_arrow3 Posts: 1,373 Member
    Oh, Houston how I love/loathe thee.

    No HOV, leaving after 6am - 45-1hr.
    With HOV, leaving after 6:30 - same as above.

    With/without HOV leaving between 5:30-5:45 - 30-45 minutes.

    Add 10-15 for rain.

    Subtract 5-7 for summer vacation months.

    Add 10 for M-Th School in/College days.

    This. Thankfully I'll be moving a lot closer to work. It will be my luck that I get a job farther into Houston once I move out of it and my commute will double the 45 minutes it is currently.
  • rosehips60
    rosehips60 Posts: 1,030 Member
    Less than 5 minutes, I am so lucky!
  • capnrus789
    capnrus789 Posts: 2,736 Member
    45 minutes in the morning. One hour in the afternoon.
  • __Bad_Leroy
    __Bad_Leroy Posts: 242
    PM commute is about 1:15 to go 16 miles. I tone my legs by constantly slamming the brakes then pressing the gas.
  • brayman1701
    brayman1701 Posts: 76 Member
    90 mins I have to get a bus, a train and the tube
  • TheRoadDog
    TheRoadDog Posts: 11,788 Member
    15 miles one way. Since it is mostly freeway and I am going in at 3:30am on my motorcycle the trip takes about 10 minutes.
  • EEfromJersey
    EEfromJersey Posts: 219 Member
    **** so jealous, I live 37 miles away I live in the country and at best I've done this journey 46mins a few times but it's also taken me over 3hrs a couple of time due to snow, flooding and what not. For me it's at least, least 2hrs a day.
  • nielsonfam
    nielsonfam Posts: 138 Member
    On a good day, 1 1/2 hours each way...a bad day, right about 2 hours each way! Crazy!!!
  • k8eekins
    k8eekins Posts: 2,264 Member
    erica0718: Currently 25 mins, considering a 60 min commute for a better position and pay

    1.3 km.
  • WhizGidget
    WhizGidget Posts: 62 Member
    Once upon a time, for about 4 years, I had a 10 minute commute (it wasn't something I could walk, unfortunately, due to major roads and freeway onramps near where I worked). I miss that commute.

    I took something else (after a layoff from short-commute place) that was about 45 minutes away, if traffic behaved. Sometimes it was an hour. Now I'm in a half hour max commute, driving. I'd love to take light rail, but that would mean at least an hour and a half in transit.
  • scrapalooza
    scrapalooza Posts: 335 Member
    2 rooms away, about 30 seconds
  • Train4Foodz
    Train4Foodz Posts: 4,298 Member
    I work around 7 hotels.. so.. anything from 3 miles to 25 miles :)
  • hbrittingham
    hbrittingham Posts: 2,518 Member
    Five minutes by car, 20 if I drive.

    :noway:
  • AusAshMommy
    AusAshMommy Posts: 845 Member
    Roughly 25 Mins
  • johnmurphymfp
    johnmurphymfp Posts: 2,590 Member
    About 30 minutes. Funny though, if I leave just 5 minutes late, I end up being about 15 minutes late to work.
  • Pipsg1rl
    Pipsg1rl Posts: 1,414 Member
    About 30 minutes. Funny though, if I leave just 5 minutes late, I end up being about 15 minutes late to work.

    my husband says a good trick for this is to leave on an "off time." Most people leave at the quarter hour, so if you leave at 5 after or 10 after, etc instead of :15, :30, :45, or :00 you miss the "groupings."

    ? worth a shot!
  • valkaree
    valkaree Posts: 519
    25 minutes of beautiful country driving.
  • Fat2Fit_imready
    Fat2Fit_imready Posts: 363 Member
    25 min of highways.. 30 min with traffic!

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