LI to NYC
20 minute drive to train station + 1:05 minute train ride + 20 minute walk or subway. Just about two hours, door to door, including waiting around time.
The hard part is getting out of the house at 5:15 in the morning.
I once figured out I spent 21 days a year commuting, which was totally depressing. Luckily I forgot all abou…oh, crap!
13 Miles, from the Norcross/Tucker area to Buckhead in Atlanta. If I get on the freeway I can make it in as little as 20 minutes (I-285 to GA400 – my office is within a quarter mile of the Lenox Rd. exit off 400), or 25 minutes on the other freeway route (I-85 down to GA400, then up to Lenox). However, on most days during rush hour, it’s more like 45 minutes to an hour on either of those routes, thanks to accidents and other delays. So I usually take a secondary road route that gets me to the office in about 35 minutes with a high degree of consistency – at least I can predict with some certainty what time I’ll arrive based on my time of departure (though the last two days have been hellish).
In the morning, my wife and I drive up the Inner Loop of the Capital Beltway about 20 miles to Gallows Rd., where she drops me at the Dunn Loring Metro station and continues on to work. Drive time is about 45-50 minutes, on average (it’s been as long as 90 minutes), followed by a 25-minute Metro ride. Total time: about 1 hr., 15 min. for me.
On the way home, she picks me up at the office, so I get to miss half the commute. 
We go from Arlington down VA110 to US1, straight to our apartment. Takes about 40 minutes, with the traffic on US1 through Old Town Alexandria.
From bedroom to bathroom to bedroom to office: about seventy-five feet.
Marcie commutes seventy-six miles round trip.
Two minutes, on foot, from my door to the entrance of the bank I work at - if I dawdle. 
Sandy Springs/Dunwoody area to downtown. When I did drive into work that 15(ish) miles could take me anywhere from 15 minutes to an hour. Straight shot down GA400 to I-85.
Now I take Marta, drive the 2.5 miles morning and afternoon to the station and ride from there. Takes about 45 minutes door to door in the morning.
Afternoons, it can vary widely. In the rain, like yesterday(though not today, even though it was raining again) or if there is an accident on 400 backing things up onto Abernathy, it can take as long as an hour to an hour and a half to go that 2.5 miles, and that’s taking all “shortcuts” -including parking lots and private roads. Yesterday was a classic at 1 1/4 hours. Today, 10 minutes.
Waiting for the new stations to open in December is becoming painful…one will be within walking distance, so I really cannot wait. No commute(by auto) at all. wow…sounds wonderful.
Live in LA area and commute 22 miles one-way on I405 which is a VERY busy freeway. If I leave home between 6am to 8am it takes over an hour. If I leave at 8:30 it takes 45 minutes. If I leave after 9am it takes about 35 minutes. Fortunately, we have flex times for the company I work for. Going home is the same way, so I usually don’t leave work until after 7pm. Tonight as a Friday it will take me over an hour to get home. That does not take into account if there is a stall in one of the lanes or, the ultimate show stopper, a SigAlert. Oh before someone asks, a SigAlert is when one or more traffic lane is closed for more than 30 minutes.
“happiness is going over 55 on Friday afternoon on the 405.”
15-20 minutes with light traffic traffic.
25-30 minutes in medium traffic (normal).
The sky’s the limit if traffic is blocked off due to accidents or contruction. Worse if there’s both.
45 min- morning, 1 hr- evening.
West Plano -> Arlington.
Morning route: North Dallas Tollway south to I-20, I-20 West to 360, 360 south to Arkansas.
Evening- 360 north to 121, 121 NE to FM544, FM544 to Plano Parkway, Plano Parkway to Midway, Midway to Parker, & go across the tollway.
Not too bad really- 75% of the 40 miles either way is at 70+ mph, but when I sit in traffic, man, I SIT in traffic.
About ten seconds… yep, another self-employed person!
But I occasionally sell my work at shows up to 100 miles away. I s’pose that could be considered a commute for me.
When I worked I lived two counties away from my job. I drove just under 39 miles each way and it usually took between 45 minutes and an hour, depending on the time of day and the traffic. (I worked 4 p.m. to midnight, so there was almost no one on the road on the way home.)
It takes me about twenty minutes to get to school, but that’s because I walk. It’s just about a mile away from my apartment.
10 minutes to the train station, 24 minutes by express train to Chicago Union Station, 15 minutes walk to my office.
BTW, Omniscient, nine words for you: drive to Metra, Metra to CTA, CTA to Wrigleyville. It’s better than the Stevenson* or the Tri-State** Tollway.
*named fittingly after an UNSUCCESSFUL presidential candidate.
**Contrary to popular belief, the name of the Tri-State has nothing to do with the three states of the Union that it connects. No, it has to do with the emotional states of confusion (when will I get there?), fear (will I ever get there?), and anger (G*ddamn it, I’ll NEVER get there!) that one goes through driving in its INEVITABLE traffic jams.
Believe me I’ve considered it. But its 40 minutes to the nearest train station that time of morning (traffic eats dick by me too). An hour-fifteen to LaSalle Station, a 5-10 minute walk to the L, and another 30 to ride to the North side, topped by a 5 minute walk to the office.
Between paying those fares, and the extra time, I’ll sit in gridlock anyday.
I’m on my third job in two years here in Vancouver, BC. First job involved over an hour on transit (bus and subway kind of thing) each way. Got tired of that REAL fast.
Second job involved a 20 minute drive - if I was lucky enough to have survived a very selective nuclear bomb that dropped the previous evening and took out every car but mine. This involved crossing a bridge where it seemed all the morons in a 100 mile radius decided to meet for a block party midspan…no accidents, just those mysterious “volume delays”. Got to do this twice a day in rush hour. Sometimes took an hour and a half to get home.
I’m on job #3 now, 10 minutes worth of driving through residential/light industrial areas, no bridges!!! Best commute situation yet! Calgary was getting pretty bad by the time I left.
Greater Vancouver, too. Burnaby to Surrey or Richmond depending which campus I’m working at, about an hour each way by transit, barring accidents on the bridge. And I get to sit back and read a book, or chat, or stare out the window! I’m glad I don’t have a car!
Travelling from Waipahu, HI to UH in Honolulu (about 25 miles):
5 minutes to walk to bus stop
5-30 minutes waiting for &@%^%! bus
10 minute ride to UH express transfer stop
5-15 minutes waiting for &@%^%! express bus
1 hour ride to UH
So, at the very most, my commute takes just over two hours. Suits me fine-- I use the time to sleep, read, or prepare for my classes.
My commute is 17 miles but that is by choice. I chose the place I wanted to work and applied there. In there case though there could be 2 points of view. That is the job they chose and it is part of the job that they may have to make a long commute if this is the type of work they seek. On the other hand, The company is the one placing them in these motels right? Could they not find a closer place for them to reside while working? If they are just being cheap and putting them in a cheap motel farther from there work site then if I was them I would be complaining too.
20 minutes if I walk (which I do most days), about 8 minutes by bus.
The thought of driving for two hours or more every day just gives me the shudders. How do you do it?
My commute is 12 miles and takes around twenty minutes, depending upon whether or not I make the traffic lights. My work shift is 10am to 7pm, so I’m commuting during non rush hours. Since I have to use I-695, the Baltimore Beltway, this is crucial.