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How long is your commute?

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October 26, 2017, 04:49 AM
LastCubScout
How long is your commute?
11 minutes by car.
22 minutes by bike (my usual form of transportation to work).
20 minutes walking to the BART station and then catching the train.
October 26, 2017, 04:58 AM
PHPaul
Last job before retiring was 25 minutes each way.

Two jobs prior to that were under a mile. Took longer to clear the windshield than to drive to work.

Longest ever was when I was stationed in Charleston, SC. Don't remember how far it was (I lived out in the swamps, Monck's Corner) but with me and about 5000 other people all trying to get on the Naval Base at the same time, it ws a bit of a challenge. I worked at the back of the base in the old hospital complex so it wasn't as bad as trying to get in the main gate with all the sandcrabs.




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October 26, 2017, 05:59 AM
Palm
It was an hour then I moved closer. Now about 15 minutes. That extra hour and a half each day really makes a difference, and I can't imagine going back to a long commute.
October 26, 2017, 06:21 AM
Patrick-SP2022
Funny this poll came up.

Today is my first day at a new job.
After 16+ years with the same company and working from home for the last 10, I will be going into an office again.

40 minute drive; almost all of it at highway speeds.




October 26, 2017, 06:22 AM
scsigs
2 previous jobs the commute was 25-35 minutes.
Currently my commute is 10-12 minutes.
October 26, 2017, 06:48 AM
Shaql
Currently...? about 3 feet from my bedroom door to my office. Big Grin

But if I'm traveling, it's a plane flight there, usually about a 10 min commute each way to the client site from the hotel, and then a flight home. Frown





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October 26, 2017, 07:13 AM
architect
A "bad commute" for me is when I have to step over the dog, my office is down the hall from my bedroom.

OTOH, this means I am "at work" 24x7, plus I have to visit client sites on average three times a week, and this can be 30 min. to two hours each way (5-10 miles, and completely unpredictable at any time of the day or night in DC traffic). I try to specify "portal-to-portal" in my consulting contracts, but most clients won't accept this. Many days, I am in traffic more hours than I am billing.
October 26, 2017, 07:22 AM
MagicHorse
My old commute was always during rush hour traffic. It usually took me an hour to get to work. Usually took me 30 min to get home. A couple times I got to make the trip when traffic was "good" & I made the same trip in 12 min. That's how bad the traffic was. I loved the job, but it was physically hard & mandatory 6 days a week.
Now my job takes me usually 12 min either way. I don't even get on any highways. It's a scenic commute. I really like this job as well, but I do miss my other "work" from time to time. Much less stress from the morning drive & fewer near-hit, close calls with other drivers.
October 26, 2017, 07:26 AM
kx90
18 mile drive, 25-30min typical, sometimes as long as 45min, have made it in 20min.

The kicker is that in a straight line from my house to work is about 7 miles.
October 26, 2017, 07:46 AM
95flhr
About 60 seconds or so. Quick walk from one side of the house to the other.




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October 26, 2017, 07:49 AM
roberth
Mine is short, around 20 mins, sometimes just walking down the stairs to my office in a minute will suffice.




October 26, 2017, 07:52 AM
navyshooter
70 miles each way, with no traffic it takes 1 1/2 hours....with traffic I think my record is 4 1/2 hours




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October 26, 2017, 08:04 AM
JJexp
Two hours, each way. Fortunately I only have to do it once or twice a week. Sometimes, it's no times a week.
October 26, 2017, 08:07 AM
rsbolo
7/10 of a mile to my place of business. I drive most of the time. Sometimes the dog lobbies for a walk in to work. Walk days make the pup pretty happy.


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October 26, 2017, 08:07 AM
braillediver
20 miles= 20 minutes door to door at 4am and 1 hour returning at the end of the day.


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October 26, 2017, 08:46 AM
610
12 blocks. 3 minutes if the traffic is heavy.....


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October 26, 2017, 08:48 AM
Loaded Round
If I go to the office, it's 5 1/8th miles. I can work from home, so sometimes much shorter.

The longest drive to a client's location is about an hour.

I don't log a bunch of mile anymore Smile
October 26, 2017, 08:50 AM
PossibleZombie
I live quite a ways from where I am currently stationed. My drive is about an hour in the morning (at 0500) and anywhere from 1.5 to 2 hours in the evening (leaving between 1700 and 1800). I leave for Afghanistan in a few months and can't wait to stop driving 600 miles a week.
October 26, 2017, 08:52 AM
cmr076
quote:
Originally posted by Micropterus:
An hour and 5 minutes to work, and an hour and a half home - on average.

I've gotten to work in as little as 45 minutes, and as much as 3 hours when there was a major crash in one of the tunnels I go through.

Have gotten home in as little as an hour, and once, during a particularly light dusting of snow that paralyzed all the shitty drivers in our area, I left work at 5:30 and didn't get home until 11:00 PM.


minus the tunnels, this is my exact commute, except if there's even a dusting of snow I tell everyone coming in is optional. I don't have the patience to deal with shitty drivers.


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October 26, 2017, 09:23 AM
vinnybass
Fifteen minutes to, and eighteen minutes fro. It's 9.9 miles one way.



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