| User | Comment |
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| lisashea |
30 minutes right now. At my last two jobs it was 45. In St Louis it was under 10 minutes, and the longest was Worc - Cambridge or Prov - Cambridge, both which were maybe an hour and a half, all told. |
| doom |
We just moved and so now it is less than 5 minutes, it use to be about 25 minutes. |
| milktree |
It depends on how tired I am and the traffic. My commute is only about 6 miles, so it's usually about 15 minutes. At that distance the amount of time it takes to get into and out of my car makes a noticeable difference. |
| gilly |
Depends on whether I walk or take a bus, and on how long I wait for the bus, but usually ~30 minutes. |
| steve |
About two and a half blocks. |
| Mimi |
I think the main reason I have stayed where I am for so long is that I'm only a mile away & next year we will move within two blocks of my house. |
| ammist |
It can vary from 25 min to an hour, depending on traffic and whether or not I carpool. I would always carpool if I had a choice, since it really shaves about 10 minutes in the morning |
| kirst |
Just bought a new car for the 45 minute commute. It's fast, fun, and has a ten-disc CD player. |
| cpierson |
... but it's on the subway and train, so it's more of a chance to get some reading done than a commute. |
| reality |
phi: neat... it occurs to me that my dad's commute is about 25-30 minutes... |
| Jody | | posted 2-Oct-1998 10:08am |
it's currently 40 minutes or so. And half of it is scenic, so it's pretty nice. 45 minutes is the longest commute I feel I can comfortably tolerate. I think I'd like it best if it were 20 minutes or fewer. |
| jjg |
About 20 to 30 minutes. Sometimes 20 to 25 and sometimes 25 to 30. The time categories are a little short here. |
| eris |
It depends quite a bit on when I do it. If it's not rush hour, it can be 20 minutes (even 15, if the lights are kind); if it is rush hour, it takes 30 minutes if I take the secret back way to avoid the traffic... Hurrah for flex time. |
| Ynot |
25-30 minutes in the spring and summer and fall can triple or even quadruple in the winter.
(what is "equalizing your time"?) |
| Sybal | | posted 3-Oct-1998 10:31pm |
It is probably a 20 mile one way trip, but I'm usually late, so at approximately 85-90 mph, I can do it in 10 minutes. |
bill    |
I could have answered more accurately with a multi-choice. Mine varies from 35-45, with an occasional jump to 1 hour if there's an accident or I hit rush hour by mistake. Yes, I consider this terribly long. My only consolation is books-on-tape, I believe without them I would be very unhappy and may have changed my job or where I live. There are times that I look forward to my commute because I get to "read" whatever book I'm reading more.
I go to work at 6:30am and leave at 3:30pm to avoid rush hour. |
| jer | | posted 4-Oct-1998 11:30pm |
5 minutes is a little tight on the interval.. |
| Jaime |
I live 12km from my job place, but the road it's very wide and practically right all the way. Most difficult it's to park, bcos I work just in the city center, but I've some strange good luck finding it (or a
really good non conscious method!).. |
| phi | | posted 5-Oct-1998 11:03am |
I recently moved to slightly further away from where I work, and found that I now ride my bike more and rollerblade less, equalizing the commute time (a little under 15 minutes, on average). I have read (in The Economist) that people tend to equalize their commute times, and specifically that they tend towards about a 25 minute commute, and I'm curious to see if this bears itself out in the statistics. (the average so far is a little over 30) When I lived in Maryland it was 25-30 minutes and I definitely thought that was too much. jjg (and jer): I wanted equal time increments to make it easy to eyeball an average rather than just a median. I agree; the 5 minute increments are a little silly on the high end. But the nice thing about statistics is that randomness from too-fine selection choices tends to average out. Ynot: I mean that each person has some preferred length of commute, and that people tend to rearrange their lives (moving, changing jobs, using different modes of transportation) to make their commute longer or shorter to match. The interesting assertion in the article was that people will make their commute longer if it's too short. The presumption was that in so doing they're gaining more (better job, nicer place to live, more scenic route to work, better workout on the bike ride home, etc) in the rest of their lives than they're losing due to the increased commute time. |
| lizzie |
Depending on traffic, 15-25 minutes, but usually more like 20-25 minutes. ***I think that if I changed jobs and worked less than 15 minutes away from my house, I'd do something to lengthen my commute. I need that time to adjust from work mode to home mode. |
| Lucy |
When I walk, it takes about a half hour. When I get a ride, a little under 5 minutes. |
| lion |
At the moment its 3 miles to the office. However, in 2 weeks it will be more like 10 feet to the office, and 3000+ miles to work. |
| jcdino | | posted 7-Oct-1998 11:11pm |
School under 5, work from 15-25 depending on traffic. |
| nbarone | | posted 15-Oct-1998 12:45pm |
my 5 day a week commute is 25-30 min. I also have a 55-60 min commute that i do once a week |
