How long is your commute

[castmemberb4]

Me 4 1/2 mins
DH 40 mins
I really wish he could work from home.

 

[lovesmurfs]

Going to work -- 1 1/2 hours. Coming home -- a minimum of 2 hours.

Involves travel to a train station, train, and bus to downtown Chicago.

Do I win a prize? Would I if I told you my morning train leaves at 5:30 a.m. and I get home around 5:45 p.m.? Sigh.

 

[butterflies114]

1 hour

 

[funkychunkymonkey]

I leave here at 610, get on the bus at 615, and get to work at 730

 

[Gumbo4x4]

Going to work -- 1 1/2 hours. Coming home -- a minimum of 2 hours.

Involves travel to a train station, train, and bus to downtown Chicago.

Do I win a prize? Would I if I told you my morning train leaves at 5:30 a.m. and I get home around 5:45 p.m.? Sigh.

My old commute was 6:30 to 6:30 for an 8 hour day. 1.5 hours each way IF no weather issues or accidents. As much as 3.5 hours 1-way in snow. I do not miss it

 

[lovesmurfs]

My old commute was 6:30 to 6:30 for an 8 hour day. 1.5 hours each way IF no weather issues or accidents. As much as 3.5 hours 1-way in snow. I do not miss it

That's why I do appreciate the public transportation -- Unless there's an incident, the train is normally on time regardless of weather.

 

[almburr]

an hour and a half each way. If I have to transport to another town it can take 2hours. I enjoy it a lot. Its straight out open driving, only 2 lights. Plus I get paid for my drive time I leave home when the kids leave for school and home before they get out.

 

[Gumbo4x4]

That's why I do appreciate the public transportation -- Unless there's an incident, the train is normally on time regardless of weather.

Funny thing was, I could move much quicker in heavy snow than light snow. 2"? Everyone is still going to work. 8"? Most say to heck with it

 

[klacey1]

Mine is about 50 minutes in the morning and 40 coming home. Considering it used to be 1 hr 45 mins each way at my last job (train then subway), driving 40-50 minutes feels like heaven!

 

[Keli]

Always about 30 minutes, so why do I usually leave a minute or two late and have to rush? LOL

 

[Riles_and_Gabe]

My Commute now is glorious. I just started a new job in December and moved to a new state. I now live 3 miles from work. If I add the time I spend at daycare dropping off/picking up it takes me about 30 minutes. But really is only a 8 minute commute. My old commute I lived in RI and worked in Cambridge, MA. Depending on traffic it would take me anywhere from 2-4 hours each way. I would leave my house about 5:30 in the morning and I was lucking if I got home at 7:00 at night. Sometimes if there was snow or a bad accident coming home I wouldn't get home until 9:00 (I got off work at 4). I can't tell you how much I am loving life now. I am so much less crabby and get so much more time with my boys.

 

[Halloweenqueen]

My home office is part if my master bedroom suite. I don't have to leave my room, except to grab some coffee!

 

[tvguy]

13 miles. And I have to be at work at 3 a.m. How long it takes depends:

Best case 15 minutes.

The last 5 blocks before work have a traffic light at every block, if I miss them all, add 7 minutes.

I live in California, where most freeway road work is done from 10 pm to 5 am, and with the Federal Stimulus program funding tons of projects here. One morning I had to go 6 miles out of my way to the first off ramp open, that added 20 minutes to my commute

 

[sasywtch]

I drive 17 miles one way. Going to work, 25 minutes (lot of stop signs 10 before the freeway, getting on the freeway--75 the last 7 miles IF I get on the freeway at 6:59 am. If I get on at 7:01, seems everyone else is there too.
The way home is a nightmare right now. Sometimes is 30 minutes, sometimes 45. I'm on a route where they are building an overpass (finally) and they put a stoplight on the freeway. Bonus is, I get to sit on the freeway and watch planes take off and I get to daydream where they are going. It's worth it to work overtime though and leave work after 6 when the traffic has died down.

 

[Kitty 34]

A minute and a half.

DH's is 35 minutes.

 

[ebtbmom]

It is now about 5 minutes. Used to be 30 seconds as my office was .2 of a mile from my house but we moved in the fall.

The office moved I mean, not us.

 

[Meriweather]

I don't work............DH works from home.....but once a month he has to go to the main office in WA, so 3 hour flight, 1/2 hour drive to airport, 45 minutes from airport to work.
And once a month to the other office in CA.........1 1/2 hour flight, but only 10 min. from airport to work.

 

[2ndGeer]

14 minutes

 

[christineann]

5 miles each way, 10-15 minutes depending on traffic.

I changed jobs in July because of the commute, which was 23 miles each way and a commute time of anywhere from 55 minutes to 1.5 hours, depending on traffic. I had started that job about 10 years ago, when the office was located about 5 miles from home.

I feel like I have a new life now!

Edited to add: I also cut my gas bill drastically, of course

 

[Aliceacc]

If I make all the lights, I can get there in 12 minutes.

Realistically, I can never make all the lights in the morning. So it's just over 15 minutes. And I get to do a job I love when I get there... pretty cool! I'm a high school math teacher.