Poll
Question:
How long does it take you to travel from home to work (one way)?
Option 1: I work from home
votes: 2
Option 2: Less than 15 minutes
votes: 13
Option 3: 16 - 30 minutes
votes: 12
Option 4: 31 - 45 minutes
votes: 6
Option 5: 45 minutes - 1 hour
votes: 6
Option 6: 1 hour to 1.5 hours
votes: 0
Option 7: 1.5 hours to 2 hours
votes: 3
Option 8: More than 2 hours (sucker)
votes: 0
Option 9: I don't work
votes: 3
Option 10: It varies, I work on client sites etc.
votes: 2
Option 11: My regular commute is short but I travel a lot
votes: 2
Feeling hard done by as it takes me one hour 40 minutes door-to-door to get in to work, and as I have to change three times and stand up a lot of the way, I can't even use my time usefully. How long do you lot commute for?
Depends on the traffic, but usually 10-15 minutes.
Last job I had about an hour door-to-door.
10-15 minutes with my car ^_^
Varies from job to job, but usually under 30 mins.
Those of you who drive 10-15 minutes - couldn't you walk? :P
1 hour by train (and a short bicycle trip)
30 minutes door to door. DISTRICT LINE FTW
It varies.
Sometimes I work from one of our branch offices, 15 to 25 minutes door to door; sometimes, usually a couple days a week, I have to go to our company's main offices, it means 1h 40 minutes; when this happens, I usually stay away for the night.
It can take up to 2 3/4 hours to reach our farthest branches, that's why I go there no more than once every three months :P
I usually drive around 50.000 Kms per year, yes this sucks. A lot. A very big, sausagy lot.
L.
30-45, depending on mode of transport and client
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10 minutes' walk. :yeah:
Eh...about 30 minutes.
Quote from: Brazen on December 02, 2009, 05:49:06 AM
Those of you who drive 10-15 minutes - couldn't you walk? :P
Not in the morning, those precious minutes are way too worthy. :lol: When going back home in the summer, I've done that often.
About 20 minutes in the morning, and anywhere from 25-40 minutes at night depending on traffic, as there are accidents on the two interstates I take home nearly every day. :frusty:
It's about 1 mile, so 15 minutes by walking, 10-20 minutes by bus depending on traffic.
Had to vote between 16 to 35 minutes but it's around 15 minutes. ;) I can also do it on foot in 20-25 minutes when the weather is good. Lots of traffics jam due to works so the bus is not that fast anymore.
45-50 min. in my car if I'm going to the office. I spend the time listening to music. I work from home usually once a week and also have flexible work hours
10 min bicycle ride...
About 25-30 mins in the morning. 15 min returning home. And no I couldn't walk, according to google it would take 2h30.
Quote from: Brazen on December 02, 2009, 05:49:06 AM
Those of you who drive 10-15 minutes - couldn't you walk? :P
Walk 10 kilometers? No way
30 minutes or so.
Quote from: Brazen on December 02, 2009, 05:49:06 AM
Those of you who drive 10-15 minutes - couldn't you walk? :P
Why would anyone do that?
Quote from: Tamas on December 02, 2009, 07:22:05 AM
Quote from: Brazen on December 02, 2009, 05:49:06 AM
Those of you who drive 10-15 minutes - couldn't you walk? :P
Walk 10 kilometers? No way
And you do that in 10-15 minutes? You really enjoy speeding, eh?
Quote from: The Larch on December 02, 2009, 07:47:17 AM
Quote from: Tamas on December 02, 2009, 07:22:05 AM
Quote from: Brazen on December 02, 2009, 05:49:06 AM
Those of you who drive 10-15 minutes - couldn't you walk? :P
Walk 10 kilometers? No way
And you do that in 10-15 minutes? You really enjoy speeding, eh?
60 kilometres per hour is hardly speeding.
Quote from: Martinus on December 02, 2009, 07:50:47 AM
Quote from: The Larch on December 02, 2009, 07:47:17 AM
Quote from: Tamas on December 02, 2009, 07:22:05 AM
Quote from: Brazen on December 02, 2009, 05:49:06 AM
Those of you who drive 10-15 minutes - couldn't you walk? :P
Walk 10 kilometers? No way
And you do that in 10-15 minutes? You really enjoy speeding, eh?
60 kilometres per hour is hardly speeding.
Well, I guess than in the barren Hungarian prairie urban speed limits are not a problem. -_-
Quote from: Martinus on December 02, 2009, 07:50:47 AM
60 kilometres per hour is hardly speeding.
If traffic is light or nonexistent I typically drive 135 kph :blush:
Usually around 35 minutes. Corporative bus, which allows us to sleep like so many logs...
An interesting addendum may be asking if people have to travel to a different city or not in order to work. For instance, my commute takes me, like Tamas', around 10-15 minutes depending on the traffic and if I take a bus or my own car, but it's barely 2 km long, all of them urban.
With the exception of one job I had that was five minutes away by car and not accessible by bus, about 20 minutes by bus, 10 minutes by car.
The school's about 7 minutes by car, 15 minutes by bus.
Quote from: Caliga on December 02, 2009, 08:12:15 AM
Quote from: Martinus on December 02, 2009, 07:50:47 AM
60 kilometres per hour is hardly speeding.
If traffic is light or nonexistent I typically drive 135 kph :blush:
:cheers:
I use to drive fast, then I got the mother of all tickets, so I slowed down.
:(
Quote from: The Larch on December 02, 2009, 08:27:40 AM
An interesting addendum may be asking if people have to travel to a different city or not in order to work. For instance, my commute takes me, like Tamas', around 10-15 minutes depending on the traffic and if I take a bus or my own car, but it's barely 2 km long, all of them urban.
2 Cities, 2 Highway, 2 Boulevards, 3 street, 1 outdoor parking.
Quote from: Warspite on December 02, 2009, 05:52:28 AM
30 minutes door to door. DISTRICT LINE FTW
You have got to be joking. That's the single most unreliable bit of my journey, which involves one other Tube line and rail.
Why do you live so far away Brazen? Actually that question is good for all of you 1h+ commuters.
Quote from: Grey Fox on December 02, 2009, 08:44:30 AM
Why do you live so far away Brazen? Actually that question is good for all of you 1h+ commuters.
Maybe because they already lived there before getting their jobs? :P
Quote from: The Larch on December 02, 2009, 08:45:40 AM
Quote from: Grey Fox on December 02, 2009, 08:44:30 AM
Why do you live so far away Brazen? Actually that question is good for all of you 1h+ commuters.
Maybe because they already lived there before getting their jobs? :P
1. Change Jobs
2. Crazy people who look for jobs hours away from their home.
@GF There are like three cops in my county and their asses aren't out of bed at 7 am. :smoke:
Quote from: Grey Fox on December 02, 2009, 08:44:30 AM
Why do you live so far away Brazen? Actually that question is good for all of you 1h+ commuters.
Actually, I live close. My work is just far away.
Quote from: Caliga on December 02, 2009, 08:50:43 AM
@GF There are like three cops in my county and their asses aren't out of bed at 7 am. :smoke:
And 2 of them are constantly harassing those Duke boys.
I dunno. It is about 18 blocks.
Quote from: Ed Anger on December 02, 2009, 09:02:39 AM
And 2 of them are constantly harassing those Duke boys.
guurhw guurhw guurhw Flash!
Quote from: The Larch on December 02, 2009, 07:47:17 AM
Quote from: Tamas on December 02, 2009, 07:22:05 AM
Quote from: Brazen on December 02, 2009, 05:49:06 AM
Those of you who drive 10-15 minutes - couldn't you walk? :P
Walk 10 kilometers? No way
And you do that in 10-15 minutes? You really enjoy speeding, eh?
I don't speed THAT much :P
On the shorter rural part I do 120-130 instead of 90, assuming traffic lets me, and in the city I do 60-80 instead of 50/30
Quote from: Grey Fox on December 02, 2009, 08:44:30 AM
Why do you live so far away Brazen? Actually that question is good for all of you 1h+ commuters.
I own my own flat. To afford to buy, most Londoners live in the suburbs and commute into town. The average commute is 50 mins. Citation here:
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3927/is_199903/ai_n8841047/
My last job was centrally based and about that, but when I got made redundant, jobs were few and far between, so now I have to commute into central London and back out to west London. The drive would be about the same, as it's around one of the most congested roads in London, the North Circular. It used to take me 2 hours to drive 16 miles round that sometimes...
Quote from: Brazen on December 02, 2009, 09:08:26 AM
the North Circular. It used to take me 2 hours to drive 16 miles round that sometimes...
I think that's the road I was on the time our Punjabi cab driver got into two separate accidents while giving us a lift. :lol:
Depends on how the traffic is. Usually 20 or so minutes, mostly on the interstate.
Quote from: Brazen on December 02, 2009, 05:49:06 AM
Those of you who drive 10-15 minutes - couldn't you walk? :P
No. First because I have a retarded 2-and-a-half-hour lunch break, which would make me lose 3 hours each day commuting. And second because I might have to go fix stuff somewhere (usually a badly communicated industrial park not necessarily in this city) without notice - and I have to carry a computer, safety equipment and clothes, tools and so on to do so.
Around 30 minutes.
I'm 15 miles from work, some highway and some slower back roads, traffic lights, minor traffic congestion. Takes me a half hour or a bit more to get to and from work. Doing the commute in non rush hour it can take well under a half hour. I drive, even though my work place is in the city outskirts with public transit. But for me public transit isn't convenient or efficient, so it's just much faster and easier to drive. I have parking at work, which I do pay a small fee for.
Quote from: Iormlund on December 02, 2009, 09:12:23 AM
Quote from: Brazen on December 02, 2009, 05:49:06 AM
Those of you who drive 10-15 minutes - couldn't you walk? :P
No. First because I have a retarded 2-and-a-half-hour lunch break, which would make me lose 3 hours each day commuting. And second because I might have to go fix stuff somewhere (usually a badly communicated industrial park not necessarily in this city) without notice - and I have to carry a computer, safety equipment and clothes, tools and so on to do so.
2 and a half hours? that what some people get in one week lol
At the moment I am working in a different place than usual. It's a 30-35 minute drive at normal speed (100-130 kph for most of the distance).
If the road is free and I drive fast (200+ kph where legal), I can do it in about 20 minutes. But I rarely do that as it costs so much fuel. :(
Quote from: HVC on December 02, 2009, 11:18:51 AM
Quote from: Iormlund on December 02, 2009, 09:12:23 AM
Quote from: Brazen on December 02, 2009, 05:49:06 AM
Those of you who drive 10-15 minutes - couldn't you walk? :P
No. First because I have a retarded 2-and-a-half-hour lunch break, which would make me lose 3 hours each day commuting. And second because I might have to go fix stuff somewhere (usually a badly communicated industrial park not necessarily in this city) without notice - and I have to carry a computer, safety equipment and clothes, tools and so on to do so.
2 and a half hours? that what some people get in one week lol
Welcome to the world of crazy long Spanish lunchtimes. :lol:
Do they sleep in that time?
I take 30mins to eat lunch & half of it is spent reading.
Quote from: Grey Fox on December 02, 2009, 11:44:59 AM
Do they sleep in that time?
I take 30mins to eat lunch & half of it is spent reading.
The rationale for such long hours, I guess, is that they expect people to go back home for lunch and then back to work. If you do that, you kinda need that much time.
Quote from: The Larch on December 02, 2009, 11:42:09 AM
Welcome to the world of crazy long Spanish lunchtimes. :lol:
How do you guys get anything done?
Quote from: The Larch on December 02, 2009, 11:48:41 AM
Quote from: Grey Fox on December 02, 2009, 11:44:59 AM
Do they sleep in that time?
I take 30mins to eat lunch & half of it is spent reading.
The rationale for such long hours, I guess, is that they expect people to go back home for lunch and then back to work. If you do that, you kinda need that much time.
is your work day 10 and a half hours to compensate? I'm thinking of moving to spain :D
Quote from: The Larch on December 02, 2009, 11:48:41 AM
Quote from: Grey Fox on December 02, 2009, 11:44:59 AM
Do they sleep in that time?
I take 30mins to eat lunch & half of it is spent reading.
The rationale for such long hours, I guess, is that they expect people to go back home for lunch and then back to work. If you do that, you kinda need that much time.
That's true.
About 15 minutes of driving, another 5-10 minutes of walking due to no parking in our building. <_<
Could I walk it? Given the big-ass hill involved, and the occasional -40 weather, hell no.
Quote from: HVC on December 02, 2009, 11:49:41 AM
Quote from: The Larch on December 02, 2009, 11:42:09 AM
Welcome to the world of crazy long Spanish lunchtimes. :lol:
How do you guys get anything done?
It's the old-fashioned way, it's not that common anymore.
Quote from: HVC on December 02, 2009, 11:50:50 AM
Quote from: The Larch on December 02, 2009, 11:48:41 AM
Quote from: Grey Fox on December 02, 2009, 11:44:59 AM
Do they sleep in that time?
I take 30mins to eat lunch & half of it is spent reading.
The rationale for such long hours, I guess, is that they expect people to go back home for lunch and then back to work. If you do that, you kinda need that much time.
is your work day 10 and a half hours to compensate? I'm thinking of moving to spain :D
Workdays of 9-10 hours, lunchtime included, are not unusual. My standard workday used to be from 9 to 19h, with a 1 hour lunch break.
Oh, that and lots of unpaid overtime hours.
Quote from: Zanza on December 02, 2009, 11:35:01 AM
If the road is free and I drive fast (200+ kph where legal), I can do it in about 20 minutes. But I rarely do that as it costs so much fuel. :(
Damn, how am I going to explain the stain on the front of my pants to co-workers?
Quote from: DGuller on December 02, 2009, 12:07:43 PM
Quote from: Zanza on December 02, 2009, 11:35:01 AM
If the road is free and I drive fast (200+ kph where legal), I can do it in about 20 minutes. But I rarely do that as it costs so much fuel. :(
Damn, how am I going to explain the stain on the front of my pants to co-workers?
Germany, it can be a wonderfull place.
5-10 mins to the base gate, 10 or so from the gate to work, as I have to loop around the flightline.
F-22s taking off/landing right over your head sometimes is pretty neat though.
Quote from: Grey Fox on December 02, 2009, 12:27:59 PM
Germany, it can be a wonderfull place.
:yes: Hitler had some good ideas.
Quote from: DGuller on December 02, 2009, 12:07:43 PM
Damn, how am I going to explain the stain on the front of my pants to co-workers?
Valmy's mission to save the species.
Assuming no transit strike and no one jumps in front of the train, 25-30 minutes; one bus and one subway.
31-45 with subway/tram, depending on if there's an issue on a line (like tonight) or if I catch connecting trains as they pull in.
Car would be as fast.
Quote from: Brazen on December 02, 2009, 05:33:44 AM
How long do you lot commute for?
Work from home. So I commute for about 30 sec. :D
Quote from: HVC on December 02, 2009, 11:50:50 AM
Quote from: The Larch on December 02, 2009, 11:48:41 AM
Quote from: Grey Fox on December 02, 2009, 11:44:59 AM
Do they sleep in that time?
I take 30mins to eat lunch & half of it is spent reading.
The rationale for such long hours, I guess, is that they expect people to go back home for lunch and then back to work. If you do that, you kinda need that much time.
is your work day 10 and a half hours to compensate? I'm thinking of moving to spain :D
In theory. In practice there's lots of unpaid overtime. My record, and it is fairly low, is 15 hours of non-stop working, which is normal during commissioning.