View Poll Results: Daily commute (total)
I work from home / don't work
14
19.72%
less than 30 minutes total
28
39.44%
30 to 60 minutes
14
19.72%
60 to 90 minutes
8
11.27%
90 to 120 minutes
5
7.04%
over 120 minutes
2
2.82%
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How long is your commute to work ?
Aug 22nd 2007, 6:09 pm
#31
Former Floridian
Joined: Mar 2006
Location: Back where I belong
Posts: 574
Re: How long is your commute to work ?
Before I moved closer to work:
30 mins when school's out
45 during school term
$80.00 per month for tolls
$40-$60 per week gas
After moving:
10-15 mins whether school's in or out
Big fat $0 on tolls
$30 per week gas
Spending more quality time with puppy
No stress before I even get to work
Woo hoo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
30 mins when school's out
45 during school term
$80.00 per month for tolls
$40-$60 per week gas
After moving:
10-15 mins whether school's in or out
Big fat $0 on tolls
$30 per week gas
Spending more quality time with puppy
No stress before I even get to work
Woo hoo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Aug 22nd 2007, 7:03 pm
#32
BE Enthusiast
Joined: Apr 2006
Location: Tucson, AZ
Posts: 387
Re: How long is your commute to work ?
10 minutes by bike.
If I were to drive it would take longer than this because of the 5 minute walk from the closest car park to my office...
If I were to drive it would take longer than this because of the 5 minute walk from the closest car park to my office...
Aug 23rd 2007, 11:03 pm
#33
You're all mugs!
Joined: Feb 2007
Location: San Antonio, USA
Posts: 442
Re: How long is your commute to work ?
5 min walk!
Which in this heat is about my walking limit at 8.30am!
Which in this heat is about my walking limit at 8.30am!
Aug 24th 2007, 1:58 am
#34
Powder Maggot
Joined: Nov 2004
Location: Nuevo Mexico
Posts: 4,452
Re: How long is your commute to work ?
35 min in the car, or 1 hr 45 min on the bus. Each way. Guess which one I do! 
Aug 24th 2007, 2:08 am
#35
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Joined: Aug 2003
Location: Baltimore, MD
Posts: 409
Re: How long is your commute to work ?
a 35 minute drive in the car, as their's no public transportation option. It's pretty much Interstate the whole way.
Which is roughly the same amount of time as my Northern Line commute in London....
Which is roughly the same amount of time as my Northern Line commute in London....
Aug 24th 2007, 2:18 am
#36
Lapine Member
Joined: Nov 2004
Location: Austin, Texas in my own little world
Posts: 21,691
Re: How long is your commute to work ?
currently 25 miles, in the same number of minutes or 1.5 hours depending on traffic.
I hate it.
I hate it.
Aug 24th 2007, 4:46 am
#37
Account Closed
Joined: Mar 2004
Posts: 2
Re: How long is your commute to work ?
10 block walk
3 minute drive
3 minute drive
Aug 24th 2007, 11:26 am
#38
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Joined: Feb 2006
Posts: 4,820
Re: How long is your commute to work ?
My comute to work has to be one of the shortest 
I step out of my house, cross the road and get in my truck .... BINGO ! I am at work
I step out of my house, cross the road and get in my truck .... BINGO ! I am at work
Aug 24th 2007, 11:39 am
#39
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Joined: Mar 2004
Location: Chicago, Il
Posts: 1,320
Aug 24th 2007, 11:59 am
#40
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Posts: 4,820
Re: How long is your commute to work ?
I don't consider a car with only front seats and a luggage bed a truck, it has to have a gross of 40 tons to be a truck
This is my truck !
http://britishexpats.com/photopost/d...ust_washed.jpg
Last edited by Patrick Hasler; Aug 24th 2007 at 12:03 pm.
Aug 24th 2007, 12:07 pm
#41
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Joined: Mar 2004
Location: Chicago, Il
Posts: 1,320
Re: How long is your commute to work ?
ahh... thats an HGV or Artic.
Aug 24th 2007, 5:42 pm
#42
now I know my J,C,B's
Joined: Feb 2005
Location: NE Ohio
Posts: 2,215
Re: How long is your commute to work ?
It's rubbish, 90 just stops for no reason and if there is an accident, forget about it. I'm kind of stuck because I work at Euclid and E14th so I either take 90 and all the crap that comes with it or take the shoreway which takes ages for me to get to and can be just as backed up. Now with the road being torn up it really sucks. Then I have to get into downtown. If it's snowing I mostly don't even bother going in, it can take over 3 hours to get in during snow. It sucks when it snows once you are already in. The annoying thing is I can do door to door in 20-25 minutes if I haul it and it's after 7pm. That is if I don't encounter a cop along the way.
I liked working in Elyria so much better, it was the easiest drive I've had!
I liked working in Elyria so much better, it was the easiest drive I've had!
I have the joys of living and working on the east side of Cleveland. By my best guess I reckon home to work would be about 20/30 mins on the bicycle..... just need to get my fat arse onto one and find out
Aug 25th 2007, 11:53 am
#43
Ping-ponger
Joined: Jul 2002
Location: Dreich Alba
Posts: 12,006
Re: How long is your commute to work ?
Houston, Texas
Percent of expenses spent on transportation: 20.9%
Annual delay per traveler: 63 hours
Gasoline is cheaper in Houston than just about everywhere else in the country, but the dollars still add up for the 94% of Houstonians who drive to work on a daily basis. They are forced to deal with congestion that lengthens their commute by almost half of what it should be.
http://www.forbes.com/realestate/200...artner=yahoore
So how long is your commute to work?
Percent of expenses spent on transportation: 20.9%
Annual delay per traveler: 63 hours
Gasoline is cheaper in Houston than just about everywhere else in the country, but the dollars still add up for the 94% of Houstonians who drive to work on a daily basis. They are forced to deal with congestion that lengthens their commute by almost half of what it should be.
http://www.forbes.com/realestate/200...artner=yahoore
So how long is your commute to work?
In NC and TN, I lived a 5-minute walk from my office (lived in a neighborhood next to the university). Here in Glasgow I drive for 30-75 minutes each way depending on traffic and road works (how can one hole in the road cause a 4-mile near-stationary traffic queue?) The loss of 5-8 hours (on average) per week on non-productive time has made a surprisingly huge difference to my lifestyle.
Aug 25th 2007, 12:16 pm
#44
Lapine Member
Joined: Nov 2004
Location: Austin, Texas in my own little world
Posts: 21,691
Re: How long is your commute to work ?
I hear you....I *really* need those hours as a working mum. I can work from home as well if not better than if I'm actually at work, but this is frowned upon because some people abuse the privilege. I could be saving money, time, wear on my car, and creating less pollution, but ....
Aug 25th 2007, 12:40 pm
#45
Ping-ponger
Joined: Jul 2002
Location: Dreich Alba
Posts: 12,006
Re: How long is your commute to work ?
I hear you....I *really* need those hours as a working mum. I can work from home as well if not better than if I'm actually at work, but this is frowned upon because some people abuse the privilege. I could be saving money, time, wear on my car, and creating less pollution, but ....
Sometimes I will sit at home late in the evening, surrounded by a pile of research articles I'm using to help me write my paper, then in the morning I scoop up the pile of articles, shove them in a bag and drive them to work just so I can then re-organize them on my office floor and re-start writing. That's when the light bulb goes on and I think "What the heck am I thinking?"