# \[B\]How far do you commute?\[/B\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 23, 2006, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/b-how-far-do-you-commute-b/373847 "2006-09-23T14:29:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2006, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/b-how-far-do-you-commute-b/373847/21 "2006-09-23T17:25:19Z")
My longest ever was 2 legs on an airliner, 2500 miles each way, plus driving 20-30 minutes on each end, plus waiting for parking lot shuttle busses. Good news was I only did one round trip a week. Shortest was walking 2 short blocks from my quarters to my squadron in the service. Or much the same deal in college. Current is 25 miles via freeway each way at 70mph average, which means slowing to 60 in spots & cruising 85 most of the way. Negligible traffic unless it’s snowing. it’s handy that my house & the office are both within 1/2 mile of the ramps, so I have all but zero slow surface driving. ---
**Author:** ![Noone\_Special](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noone_special/32/2863_2.png) [@Noone\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noone_Special)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2006, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/b-how-far-do-you-commute-b/373847/22 "2006-09-23T17:39:21Z")
About 15 km. 5 Km. neighborhood traffic, 10 km. freeway. About 20 minutes, unless I get tied up leaving the neighborhood at either end… I’m a bit unusual in that I live \*\*inside \*\*the city (Tel-Aviv) and work \*\*outside \*\*of it – hence I normally don’t run into traffic _en-route_ (but, like I said, sometimes a snarl-up at one of the two ends) ---
**Author:** ![Freelancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@Freelancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freelancer)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2006, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/b-how-far-do-you-commute-b/373847/23 "2006-09-23T17:40:11Z")
1. No idea 2&3 10 minutes walking, ~35 minutes with the train and 5 minutes walking to school. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2006, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/b-how-far-do-you-commute-b/373847/24 "2006-09-23T17:43:28Z")
**1. How many miles (km) from home to daily destination?** Not sure, exactly. Maybe 40 feet? **2. How long does it take (average)?** 30 seconds, unless I stop to pee on the way. **3. Travel mode(s)?** My feets. I heart telecommuting. ---
**Author:** ![Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bambi_Hassenpfeffer)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2006, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/b-how-far-do-you-commute-b/373847/25 "2006-09-23T17:49:12Z")
Was: 3 miles, 7 minutes. Is: 5 miles, 15 minutes. Mode: 98 Nissan Altima All surface streets, sub/urban style. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2006, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/b-how-far-do-you-commute-b/373847/26 "2006-09-23T17:49:56Z")
Since I got an internet connection at home, most days now it’s about 20 feet, from my bed to my home office computer; 3 seconds or so walking. 😃 If I actually go in to my office, which I do once or twice a week, it’s about 2 miles, or 15 minutes by car (10 if there’s no traffic). ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2006, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/b-how-far-do-you-commute-b/373847/27 "2006-09-23T18:06:49Z")
Fortunatley I not work pretty close to my home, so my “commute” is a scant 20 minutes each way. By bus. However, I did 90-minute commutes each way between 2001 and 2005. Also by bus, so books were my best friends on those trips. At least 'til I got an MP3 player. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![lawoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/35a633/32.png) [@lawoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawoot)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2006, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/b-how-far-do-you-commute-b/373847/28 "2006-09-23T18:09:07Z")
1. 4 miles to job one, another 4 to job 2, 8 back 2. 5 minutes to job one, 5 to job two, 20 home (much heavier traffic then) 3. [Toyota T-100](http://a248.e.akamai.net/7/248/1229/v134/imageonthefly.autodatadirect.com/images/?IMG=U5TTGEE1.jpg&WIDTH=200) (not my actual truck, but similar) ---
**Author:** ![brendon\_small](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brendon_small/32/17101_2.png) [@brendon\_small](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brendon_small)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2006, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/b-how-far-do-you-commute-b/373847/29 "2006-09-23T18:11:50Z")
**1. How many miles (km) from home to daily destination?** Just a couple miles. Since I work at the college, I go to the same place for classes as I do work. **2. How long does it take (average)?** In the mornings, about 20 minutes. It’s all downhill, pretty nice ride. On the way home, opposite, all uphill and about 30-40 minutes. If I’m driving the car, maybe 5-10 minutes. \*\* 3. Travel mode(s)?\*\* Usually my bicycle, I enjoy riding it, but I’m lazy and often take my time on the way. If I drive, it’s either the 01 Hyundai (25-30 mpg) or the 95 Nissan (27 mpg avg.). Brendon ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2006, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/b-how-far-do-you-commute-b/373847/30 "2006-09-23T18:15:48Z")
1. 25 miles one way. Over the Continental Divide. 2. Usually takes about 35 minutes or so. Two lane mountain hi-way. And a bit of gravel road. No traffic up here. Sometimes I don’t see another car for the first 15 miles or so. But then, I leave at 6am. 3. I use 4x4 6 months out of the year in an SUV. Winter is here in September. We got 29 inches of snow in the last 2 days. Sometimes 4x4 is not enough. But I can be proud to say that I have only missed 2 days of work in the last 14 years due to weather. One was April 19th 1995 the day of the Murrah building bombing. Snowed like crazy that night. Couple of feet. The other just last year on October 10th. Columbus day I believe. I saw the snow, knew that I did not need to be at work, and it was sort of a holiday for me anyway (I work for the GOV [floating holidays]) and went back to bed. ---
**Author:** ![Improv\_Geek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b3f665/32.png) [@Improv\_Geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Improv_Geek)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2006, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/b-how-far-do-you-commute-b/373847/31 "2006-09-23T20:01:02Z")
Depends what hat I’m wearing: Day job (working for pops) I go about four feet from the bed to the computer, and when he needs me to make a run I drive. In the evening (Theatre manager) I drive fourteen-ish miles mostly on interstate. – IG ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2006, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/b-how-far-do-you-commute-b/373847/32 "2006-09-23T20:08:18Z")
8.5 miles 45 minutes ('07 Mazda3) L.A. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Hanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b3f665/32.png) [@Hanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hanna)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2006, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/b-how-far-do-you-commute-b/373847/33 "2006-09-23T20:25:19Z")
13 miles 15 minutes (if by car) 60 minutes (if by bicycle) ---
**Author:** ![Baffle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dec6dc/32.png) [@Baffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baffle)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2006, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/b-how-far-do-you-commute-b/373847/34 "2006-09-23T21:08:09Z")
4.9 km, 10 minutes by car, fifty minutes by feet. ---
**Author:** ![chrisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2006, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/b-how-far-do-you-commute-b/373847/35 "2006-09-23T21:12:00Z")
10 miles 55 minutes. public bus. ---
**Author:** ![jake1964](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/50afbb/32.png) [@jake1964](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jake1964)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2006, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/b-how-far-do-you-commute-b/373847/36 "2006-09-23T21:30:38Z")
60 miles 55 minutes Pickup truck ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2006, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/b-how-far-do-you-commute-b/373847/37 "2006-09-23T21:32:09Z")
10-15 minutes by foot, depending on how fast I’m walking. Less than a mile away. In undergrad, I had to take the subway and the bus AND walk for a total of 1 hour and 15 minutes just to get to school. The only upside was that I always had time to finish my reading on my way to class. ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2006, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/b-how-far-do-you-commute-b/373847/38 "2006-09-23T21:49:03Z")
1. About 8 miles 2. About 25 minutes going to work in the mornings, about 35-40 minutes back home in the afternoon (more traffic). 3. By car. It’d probably take 3 times as long to take the bus, because there’s no direct route. It’d take about the same amount of time if I took the new commuter train route, but the trains don’t start early enough. Seems everyone thinks the world doesn’t start until 8 am. ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2006, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/b-how-far-do-you-commute-b/373847/39 "2006-09-23T22:22:08Z")
**1. How many miles (km) from home to daily destination?** About 10 miles. **2. How long does it take (average)?** 20-25 minutes with the usual volume of traffic. **3. Travel mode(s)?** My own car. ---
**Author:** ![tremorviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e47774/32.png) [@tremorviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tremorviolet)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2006, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/b-how-far-do-you-commute-b/373847/40 "2006-09-23T22:37:48Z")
AS the crow flies, about half a mile. By car, around a mile and a half. Takes me maybe 10 minutes with the lights. Travel by car. I’d like to ride my bike or get a scooter but you can’t reach my office without using a very busy off ramp. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/b-how-far-do-you-commute-b/373847.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/b-how-far-do-you-commute-b/373847.md?page=3)