How far is your commute? (one way)

[shecky]

Depends on the day. Some days at home. Some days in the office 7 miles away. Most days at the campus, which is 60 miles from my house. Good part there is that I use a company vehicle and that requires only going to the garage at the office to grab one.

Then again, some days the commute is a plane to some lovely place like Morgantown, W.Va. It is quite nice there, actually.

 

[CBBaron]

8 mile bicycle ride to work.
Perfect distance to get in a nice ride without taking up too much time.

I had about 1 year where my commute was about a 1 hour drive. I do not know how you can put up with wasting even more of your time than that. If my commute was that far I would be either looking for a new job or a new place to live. I'm not going to waste 3 hours of my time a day even if it didn't cost me $30-$40 a day to do it.

Craig

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

14 Miles. Or around 15 minutes if I leave the house before 7:20am but, if I leave the house just 2 minutes late (7:22am) it becomes a 30 to 45 minute commute.

 

[zoebisch01]

12 miles one way roughly. It's a beautiful drive though.

 

[wildwest450]

234 miles. Of course I drive in a giant circle so that's half way.

 

[EdWort]

15.2 miles one way. Costs me about a gallon of gas each day to commute.

 

[Evan!]

1.1 miles each way.

 

[flyangler18]

1.1 miles each way.

Near perfect. :rockin:

 

[Brewer3401]

29 miles each way - until the end of this year.

Becoming self employed 01-01-09

Then will be 0 miles each way.

Which is nice.

 

[Lost Pirate]

10 miles each way.

 

[MA_Brewer]

30 Miles each way. 290 to 495 to the Pike. It sucks.

 

[Yunus]

60 miles each way. About 1.25 hours to get to work and 1.5 hours to get home. But I work from home on thursday's

 

[ohiobrewtus]

I'm about 12 miles round trip.

 

[quixotic]

3 miles, on a free bus.

 

[John_Peters]

About 19 miles one way. I take public transport, so its 1.5 hours each trip...I spend 3 hous of my life, each day, traveling to and from work.

If I drove it would take about 35-40 minutes, but I can't afford the exhorbitant prices DC garages charge.

 

[RiverSwillBeer]

65 miles one way. Cant find a Tech job in the sticks

 

[sflcowboy78]

i have to drive about 30 miles eachway

 

[Brett3rThanU]

I take the bus to work and it's about 4 miles each way. I LOVE living so close to downtown Houston, however housing costs are a lot higher than the suburbs.

 

[BarleyWater]

31.5 there and 30.5 home, the exit ramp sucks going to my building. I bet sflcowboy78 has a similar drive to mine (to and from the same cities).

Like someone else said, I really don't mind the ride, and it's when I get to listen to my podcasts (Sunday Session, Brew Strong, The Jamil Show, Basic Brewing Radio, and a couple from NPR)

 

[RC0032]

When i'm in the office 4.2 miles, ~ an hour door step to door step and $1.75 on the CTA El train. When i'm not in the office a plane is usually involved

 

[TheJadedDog]

My commute used to be 2 hours one-way but then we moved to the People's Republic of Cambridge and now it is 20 minutes or less.

 

[HarvInSTL]

Half the month my commute is about 13 feet each way. The other half of the month it is about 4197 miles each way.

 

[david_42]

About 20 feet and 46,000 miles.

 

[Elpiochnb4]

I have to go about 2 miles (one way) to work. I try and take the bus as often as possible because I drive Jeep Wrangler and they are not that great on gas. Sometimes the bus sucks so I just drive.

 

[Soulive]

My commute (one way) has never been more than 10.8 miles, but is now 29.6 miles. It takes me about 35-45 minutes depending on how I go. I have to say it is not as nice as 10.8 miles/15 minutes, but in this economy I'll take the paycheck...

 

[Damonic]

43 miles and takes me 1-1.25 hours. El sucko... but the money forces the issue.

 

[Beerthoven]

13 miles. That takes me about 25 minutes in the morning and 35 minutes in the afternoon rush hour. Just enough time to listen to a complete Jamil Podcast per day.

 

[quickerNu]

I quit my industry partly due to the commute. I was going 72 miles one way. Took 1 hour in the morning (4-5am) and 2 hours in Austin traffic to get home. Now I drive 25 miles 1 way, usually in less than 20 minutes. We are building a new location that will cut it to 18 by feb.

 

[Sherpa FE]

a terrible, and long 6.2 miles, 10 minutes on a heavy traffic day.

 

[jgln]

8 mile bicycle ride to work.
Perfect distance to get in a nice ride without taking up too much time.


Craig

I see where this method of getting to work is suggested when gas prices are high, etc. but I have to ask. Doesn't that work up a sweat and can that cause you smell a bit, especially toward the end of an 8 hour work day?

 

[jgln]

Oh, about 30 miles one way.

 

[TexLaw]

I only have 4.5 miles, but it takes about 20 minutes to get from my kitchen to my office. I am not complaining, though. It's a fairly pleasant and relaxed drive, and it takes me within about a quarter mile of my LHBS.


TL

 

[GroovePuppy]

10 miles. 25 mins to work, 15 mins home. Maybe that's due to traffic volume, maybe it's personal motivation.

Edit: Used to be 20 miles. Would take me 30 mins to get home by truck and about 45 by motorcycle 'cos I'd take the long way.

 

[michael88n]

'bout a mile an a half...

But I live on base. Something I won't do again...


When I'm off work, I like to thing that I'm off work.

 

[billtzk]

0 miles. I work at home.

 

[Arneba28]

Lot of people that work from home.

My drive just went from 1.2miles to 12.7 miles so it was a big adjustment , but it still only takes me about 20minutes now. It used to be 2-4 minutes

 

[billtzk]

About 20 feet and 46,000 miles.

The circumference of the earth is 24,902 miles at the equator. Where exactly do you work?

 

[MikeFlynn74]

about 12 miles. All the way across town

 

[BrianP]

35 miles, 45-60 minutes, one-way.

 

[jgln]

Quote:
Originally Posted by CBBaron
8 mile bicycle ride to work.
Perfect distance to get in a nice ride without taking up too much time.


Craig

I see where this method of getting to work is suggested when gas prices are high, etc. but I have to ask. Doesn't that work up a sweat and can that cause you smell a bit, especially toward the end of an 8 hour work day?
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I am still curious about this. How can you ride a bike 8 miles to work and not be all sweaty and stinky by the end of the day. Only thing I can think of you are in such good shape 8 miles is like walking from the parking lot to your desk.