# The Perfect Commute! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 9, 2023, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-perfect-commute/980925 "2023-03-09T12:12:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2023, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-perfect-commute/980925/41 "2023-04-29T03:29:52Z")
Awww. Dogs are my family. They sleep with my wife and I when ever they want. They are home more than us, so its their house. Two Border Collie mixes, they usually just snuggle, but if they take over the couch, well, I will sit somewhere else. We adopted them, from a bad life. They deserve a good life. They have one. They are protective, and very loving. We give what they give to us. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2023, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-perfect-commute/980925/42 "2023-04-29T15:54:56Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > Like those last few days going in to the office during peak COVID. I was one of the last people going in and more than a few times I was on the Beltway and there were literally no other cars in sight, in front or behind me. I cannot imagine the beltway like that. ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2023, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-perfect-commute/980925/43 "2023-05-01T00:20:14Z")
My 2.6 mile commute takes 4 minutes unless I hit the one traffic signal at a school driveway when it’s red, very rarely. ---
**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:** [May 1, 2023, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-perfect-commute/980925/44 "2023-05-01T02:12:09Z")
On Saturday I left for work about 3:45am; yes “AM”. I did not make every one of the dozen traffic lights on the way to the freeway, but it was close. I was on the priority street the whole way, so the red I hit was real short. I saw about 4 cars total before I hit the freeway. We have a reasonable number of cars on I-95 at that hour; nowhere near crowded but also far from deserted. But what is unique about Miami is the speed of traffic when traffic is light. From my onramp I have a 45+ mile drive to the parking structure at work, all of it freeway except the last 1/4 mile. Suffice it to say it was quick. Much quicker than it would be at 10am, much less 7am on a weekday. Then I got a parking space about 3 spaces away from _the_ optimal space in a ~1500 space parking structure. That commute may not have been perfect, but it was probably my career best ever. At least for any job that wasn’t WFH. ---
**Author:** ![Author\_Balk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Author\_Balk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Author_Balk)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2023, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-perfect-commute/980925/45 "2023-05-01T14:04:13Z")
Since covid my commute went from over an hour to across the hall. Once upon a time I lived a city block from work. I did have to cross an intersection kitty-corner/catty-corner/cater-corner/whatever. I guess the perfect commute was not needing to wait for the light to turn after my first crossing. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-perfect-commute/980925.md?page=2)