For the commuters: how long?

[mhambi]

How long is your commute?

Just for fun I videoed mine the other day... too bad it isn't always that short!

 

[Frozen Canuck]

200 - 700 km one way. Depends on which lease I am driving to.

 

[bmblank]

Just shy of an hour one way for me. I carpool with my bro so it's not bad, and the gas is split.

 

[firefighterjake]

33 miles one way ... takes about 45 minutes give or take 5 minutes depending on traffic and my speed.

 

[tigger]

8 miles

 

[woodgeek]

13 miles there and back. 25 minutes, on a train.

 

[jharkin]

17 miles each way.. 30 to 45min depending on traffic.. But I tellocomute from home about half time.

 

[ironpony]

30 mins

 

[stoveguy2esw]

6.3 miles to my office, 2.2 miles to the south plant where my shop is located

 

[Jags]

Less than 20 min each way. Including my driveway and works driveway I have 4 turns.

 

[johneh]

2 min give or take a min.
The walk between house and cabinet shop

 

[btuser]

5 miles or zero depending on whether I work from home or have to drag myself ton the office. Its the only thing that keeps me where I am.

Two weeks ago I was asked to apply for a job by someone who knew of me via a common employee. I said I'd like to interview just to introduce myself and see if I was a good fit, but maintaining I was happy where I was. Still I was tempted. I headed to their office and was twenty minutes into what would be an hour commute (in good weather) and it was a struggle not to call and cancel right then. Having done it (8yrs of 1.5hrs each way) and get out of it it would take an act of God or a natural disaster to put me back on I93 for a living.

 

[bassJAM]

31 miles, about 40 mins to an hour depending on the time of day and the phase of the moon. Or rain. I swear drivers in Cinci wreck more in the rain than they do when it snows.

 

[Warm_in_NH]

I don't take any jobs more than 30 minutes from home.

 

[hossthehermit]

5 miles each way, unless the bridge is closed. Happened twice this winter, had a choice between 50 miles each way, or 0 miles and a phone call. Chose the phone.

 

[Ktm300]

Having just completed my taxes I spent 7500.00 on gas.

 

[Flatbedford]

You folks in Utah drive fast! I'd llike to have a 1:43 commute!

40 miles for me. From 50 minutes to 2 hours plus depending on traffic and weather.

 

[razerface]

47 each way, country roads about half of the way.

 

[Bobbin]

Depends. If I'm working in my shop, 75' (tops) and 2 flights of stairs. If I'm meeting a customer at a marina or pin fitting in a home it's as faraway as I've agreed to travel. When I was "workin' for the man" it was 13 miles each way.

 

[flyingcow]

9 1/2 hours a day, if the weather is good.. I don't know if the word commute is correct. But I Drive 10,000 miles a month. And I am home every night.

 

[BrotherBart]

Ah. Commutes. I remember those things. Rain, sleet, ice and snow for 40 years. 99.9% of them an hour and a half each way. In one snow storm, 11 hours from office to home and had to tramp up the 900 foot driveway. Now it is 14 feet down the stairs and 14 feet back up them. And a yearly average on the vehicle of nine miles a week.

Sometimes I miss it. Not often, sometimes. Short times.

 

[fossil]

Bedroom to the bathroom, to the computer room to power up, to the utility room to feed the cat, to the kitchen for a cup of coffee, back to the computer room. I can make it in 5 minutes if I'm in a hurry. But I haven't been in a hurry for nearly 14 years.

 

[peakbagger]

10 steps from first floor to office

 

[Beer Belly]

About 14 miles each way....split even between 3 lane interstate (I84), and back roads loaded with critters.....on a clear night, 18 minutes, when there's an issue, I get there when I get there, could be anywhere between 45 minutes to 2 hours.

 

[Swedishchef]

200 - 700 km one way. Depends on which lease I am driving to.

Going to Ft McMurray or Ft McKay doesn't count!

12 miles for me, 13 minutes. No traffic light, sometimes a school bus.