Average commute?
 

Just wondering what people call an average commute to work each day, i travel into Joondalup for my work. It takes about 15 minutes by car, O/H is looking at a 45 minute commute via car (road conditions in his favour:unsure:)
Anyone?

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I commute 11km and it takes 45 minutes. That's the big smoke for you.

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35Ks and 45 minutes each way.

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Average 45 minutes in the morning and maybe a bit more in the evening.

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I take less than ten steps from my bed to my desk, same for the husband.

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About an hour on the train......was 1hr 15 by car when I worked on the Gold Coast.

Few of the people I work with drive 1.5 or 2hrs each way!

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45-60 mins there 45-1hr30 home but as soon as stupid frigging Telstra release some more ports in my area I can work from home again!

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I don't work, so my commute is nil :)

OH has a 3 hour round trip each day, on the train.

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Isn't life too short? :ohmy:

I used to do 50 kms in 30 min each way.

I now do 50 yards 10 min walk :thumbsup:

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45 mins by bus, 10 mins by car

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I travel approx 70 Kms each way to work. This journey includes, 6 kms of dirt, 50 kms of highway and approx 15 kms of city. It takes me approx 50 minutes if I am on the road before 7am.

barney:thumbup:

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Used to be between 1 and 1.5 hours each way to the CBD by car (door to door) during the peak ... hence the reason I am looking at other options.

I knew a couple of people who were similar but the majority seemed around 45 minutes.

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I used to do a 45 min commute on a regular basis but now seek not to travel too far for any day to day activity. Tend to agree, life is too short to commute.

OH does 45 mins, and always has, and doesn't seemed bothered. Different strokes...

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About 30 mins door to door - train cancellations / overcrowding permitting.

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28kms - Kalamunda to the city centre
30mins in the morning (leave before 6:30)
40mins home

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Dear god, my 12-14 minute commute irritates the hell out of me! Anything over an hour and I'd be getting the shotgun out.

(Probably more to do with the standard of the other drivers on the road rather than the actual time taken).

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My commute [8.5km] takes me 12 minutes in good weather (10 if I get an exceptional run on the lights) or 25+ if its raining.

(Bike [and transit lanes] if dry - car [and traffic] if wet).

Others at work commute for between 5 minutes and 90 minutes each way... I have a slightly better than average commute - but there are a few who live walking distance so have a better deal.

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7 minutes by car (on a good day with all the lights in my favour) 40 minutes walking to the centre of Canberra

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Seven minute drive for me and 30 minute drive for him. He complains constantly but seems to forgotten that he used to do an hour drive in the UK.

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7 km
7 minutes

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20-30 minutes for me (10-20 min ferry plus a to min walk to the office). OH cycles and his journey is about 20 mins.

Less than 1km as the crow flies but about 6km by road

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34 seconds, assuming I don't stop for a pee en-route.

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Approx 30 mins by bike (pushie). It's about 10km and that's the same for both of us. It's the best way to get to work!

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20 minutes :thumbup:

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Hubby's commute is about an hour depending on traffic. He doesn't complain about the traveling like he use to in the UK but then the freeway doesn't jam up like the M1 & M25.

Alison x

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Mine is less than 5 minutes - husbands is horrific - he works from cairns to melbourne so if hes "local" its just over an hour to brisbane and usually 2.5+ hours back because of traffic.

He was away 260 days last year with regular drives of 8+ hours. he has more than once driven 8 hours to watch kids in something or other and back the next day. We did our 10k service on a new car within the first month and the car is less than a year old and over 150k

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Zero if I use the iPad wherever I am at the time to answer emails etc. Possibly up to 20 seconds if I have to go into my office for paperwork or video call on Skype.

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60Ks each way. Tapping to Canning Vale. About 50 mins each way.

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Wow, 150K per year. That makes my 40K pale into insignificance.

Barney:thumbup:

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For us, the trade off is that we get to live in a reasonably sized house, on a reasonably sized plot of land, in a beautiful place where we can do what we want on a weekend without a long drive :)

It works well for me :D

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When I worked in Sydney it was a 1hr 45min drive into work and a 2 hr drive home. On real bad days if there was an incident on the F3 it could take 3-4 hours.:frown:

I did that for 7 years but now I have a 15 minute drive each way. However it's not really made a huge difference to my day cos I now spend an extra 2 hours at work ! Bugger.:blink:

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Mines anywhere between 35-45 minutes depending on how the legs are feeling (push bike).