# How many miles a day to you commute? Roundtrip **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 19, 2003, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-miles-a-day-to-you-commute-roundtrip/162421 "2003-03-19T01:25:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Anamorphic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/anamorphic/32/3057_2.png) [@Anamorphic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anamorphic)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2003, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-miles-a-day-to-you-commute-roundtrip/162421/61 "2003-03-19T20:44:27Z")
I walk to my writing partner’s place. He lives across the street, so it’s about a 20 second walk. Maybe 30 seconds if I have to wait for traffic to cross the street (it’s not really a busy street). So, about a minute, roundtrip. Do I win for shortest commute? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Manatee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/50afbb/32.png) [@Manatee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manatee)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2003, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-miles-a-day-to-you-commute-roundtrip/162421/62 "2003-03-19T21:07:59Z")
150 miles per day, M-F. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2003, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-miles-a-day-to-you-commute-roundtrip/162421/63 "2003-03-19T21:10:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Anamorphic \* > Do I win for shortest commute? 😃 \*\* Until we hear from somebody who lives over the shop. ---
**Author:** ![Belrix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed655f/32.png) [@Belrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Belrix)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2003, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-miles-a-day-to-you-commute-roundtrip/162421/64 "2003-03-19T22:55:31Z")
My car goes 4 miles round-trip per day, my body does about 25 miles (I use public transit). Before working downtown Denver, I used to commute to Colorado Springs every day. 150 miles RT. ---
**Author:** ![Howard\_Juneau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/bb73d2/32.png) [@Howard\_Juneau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Howard_Juneau)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2003, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-miles-a-day-to-you-commute-roundtrip/162421/65 "2003-03-19T23:18:11Z")
130 mi RT, 5 days/week. In a 5-speed Saturn that gets 41 mpg. ---
**Author:** ![monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monster)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2003, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-miles-a-day-to-you-commute-roundtrip/162421/66 "2003-03-19T23:30:00Z")
According to Mapquest, it is about 65 miles RT. But, I take the train to work so I’m not driving it. I live about 2 miles from the train station, and then walk about .75 miles to work after arriving at Union Station. ---
**Author:** ![Lodrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@Lodrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lodrain)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2003, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-miles-a-day-to-you-commute-roundtrip/162421/67 "2003-03-20T01:27:46Z")
About a thousand feet. I live just a few blocks from school. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d26b3c/32.png) [@UncleBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBill)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2003, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-miles-a-day-to-you-commute-roundtrip/162421/68 "2003-03-20T01:54:07Z")
14 blocks. 1.1 miles (plus 65 yards), according to Streets & Trips. I sometimes hear only ads on the radio. I COULD walk, but it is dangerous enough to DRIVE here, I wouldn’t last a week walking. ---
**Author:** ![lightingtool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/57b2e6/32.png) [@lightingtool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lightingtool)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2003, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-miles-a-day-to-you-commute-roundtrip/162421/69 "2003-03-20T02:09:30Z")
Hey, Johnny LA, we should switch jobs. I go about 85 miles from Orange to LA. > [@](#): > > _posted by Johnny L.A._ > Approximately 85 miles round trip, from West L.A. to Orange and back. By driving carefully, I can get 22 mpg in the Cherokee. When I get the bike fixed, I’ll get 50 mpg. My Corrola gets 35 to 40mpg, though 😃 ---
**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2003, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-miles-a-day-to-you-commute-roundtrip/162421/70 "2003-03-20T02:24:46Z")
Probably 8 miles round trip. But it takes about 40 minutes one way, if I don’t have to wait for a train/street car. It’s a ten minute walk to the subway, a 15-20 minute train ride, and a ten minute walk to the office. Driving would take about 20 minutes one way with all the traffic. Then I’d have to find a parking space. And who knows how long that would take. I miss my last job. A 20 minute walk each way. ---
**Author:** ![blinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a5b964/32.png) [@blinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blinx)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2003, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-miles-a-day-to-you-commute-roundtrip/162421/71 "2003-03-20T10:31:28Z")
250KM round trip every single darn weekday, by train. Takes about 1.5-2 hours each way. ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2003, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-miles-a-day-to-you-commute-roundtrip/162421/72 "2003-03-20T11:20:52Z")
About five or six minutes, roundtrip, by foot. It has increased by about a minute each way since they started building a house on what used to be a parking lot that was very handy for cutting across. ---
**Author:** ![elfje](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19b73/32.png) [@elfje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfje)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2003, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-miles-a-day-to-you-commute-roundtrip/162421/73 "2003-03-20T13:16:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SlowMindThinking \* > \*\*5 miles, one way by car, maybe 3.5 by bike or foot. It still takes me as long as elfje on a bike, but then, I have significant hills and a very difficult park to ride through. \*\* same here, SlowMindThinking, some very nasty up-hill stretches… yuck! It’s given me nice thighs, though 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Who\_me\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/958977/32.png) [@Who\_me\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Who_me_1)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2003, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-miles-a-day-to-you-commute-roundtrip/162421/74 "2003-03-20T14:06:10Z")
115 miles round-trip. From Middle River MD, north east of Baltimore to Rockville MD, north west of DC. ---
**Author:** ![magog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/fbc32d/32.png) [@magog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/magog)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2003, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-miles-a-day-to-you-commute-roundtrip/162421/75 "2003-03-20T14:30:24Z")
According to Mapquest, 35 miles, round trip. Most of it is highway, but it seems farther. I envy those who can walk/bike to work. ---
**Author:** ![meathead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f07891/32.png) [@meathead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meathead)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2003, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-miles-a-day-to-you-commute-roundtrip/162421/76 "2003-03-20T14:49:12Z")
Depends on which entrance to the plant I use. Usually about 0.7 miles round trip (1.5 miles if I want to use the main entrance). If the weather is nice I walk. ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2003, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-miles-a-day-to-you-commute-roundtrip/162421/77 "2003-03-20T15:03:38Z")
40 miles each way. Depending on where I go instead of home, ad another fifteen. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2003, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-miles-a-day-to-you-commute-roundtrip/162421/78 "2003-03-20T15:08:25Z")
Two blocks. I usually take an hour walk in the morning, then a 5 minute walk home in the evening. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2003, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-miles-a-day-to-you-commute-roundtrip/162421/79 "2003-03-20T15:55:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Tapioca Dextrin \* > \*\* > Maybe I should start one of those annoying “Ask the guy… threads” \*\* Absolutely you should start a “Ask The Guy Who Works On An Offshore Oil Rig” thread. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2003, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-miles-a-day-to-you-commute-roundtrip/162421/80 "2003-03-20T16:39:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by kevja \* > \*\*Probably 8 miles round trip. > > But it takes about 40 minutes one way, if I don’t have to wait for a train/street car. It’s a ten minute walk to the subway, a 15-20 minute train ride, and a ten minute walk to the office. > > Driving would take about 20 minutes one way with all the traffic. Then I’d have to find a parking space. And who knows how long that would take. > > I miss my last job. A 20 minute walk each way. \*\* I have no choice but to drive to work and back. But recently I’ve had a few doctor appointments in downtown L.A., so I’ve been taking the train from El Segundo where my job is, a distance of about 15 miles as the crow flies. The trains don’t go from El Segundo to downtown L.A. in a direct line, so that’s a considerably longer distance. However, the whole thing takes only an hour, and that’s on two trains and a bus. Yeah, it’s a lot longer than it would take to drive, but I love taking a break and bringing along a couple of books to read. It’s also nice to save on gas and parking. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-miles-a-day-to-you-commute-roundtrip/162421.md?page=3)