How long is your commute?

[Timby]

From my front door to my parking space to my desk is four minutes.

And you drive?

I do. My left knee is made of cheesecloth and a Koosh ball, and the route to my office includes going down West Third Street, which features a quarter-mile-long hill with a 59-degree incline. I'd never be able to walk home. Furthermore, my workday generally has me out of the office for at least a few hours every day, between interviews, client meetings, conferences / seminars, etc. I need wheels.

 

[RJDiogenes]

Much less than ten minutes, since I work from home. But even when I go in to HQ it's not much more than ten minutes.

 

[Mr Light]

No traffic; 7 minutes exactly. Traffic; 20-30 minutes.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

About five minutes. I live a mile away from my store. It's an easy drive, unless the weather is bad (like a blizzard) in which case I will walk. Only takes 15 minutes to do that, and my car'll be safe at home.

 

[Small White Car]

About 70 to 80 minutes.

(It's 45 minutes without traffic if I ever travel outside of rush hour.)

All you 10 minute people make me sick. I wish evil things upon you.

 

[thestrangequark]

From my front door to my parking space to my desk is four minutes.

And you drive?

I do. My left knee is made of cheesecloth and a Koosh ball, and the route to my office includes going down West Third Street, which features a quarter-mile-long hill with a 59-degree incline. I'd never be able to walk home. Furthermore, my workday generally has me out of the office for at least a few hours every day, between interviews, client meetings, conferences / seminars, etc. I need wheels.

Well then, that is a very good reason! I know I was longing for a car today.

 

[Spot's Meow]

If I could drive it would only be about 20 minutes. Since there is no parking available where I work (and what little there is is outrageously priced) I have to take the bus, which takes about 45 minutes. On Tuesdays and Fridays I work a second job and no bus from my area goes there, so I drive to a location where I pay for parking and then take a bus from there...in total it takes about an hour and a half.

I really really hate this situation, I hate taking the bus. I long for the privacy of my car and the freedom of a parking lot. I hate working in a big city. Not being able to drive yourself to work feels demeaning in some way. It makes me angry.

Of course, if I lived close enough I would walk instead.

 

[Canadave]

I really really hate this situation, I hate taking the bus. I long for the privacy of my car and the freedom of a parking lot. I hate working in a big city. Not being able to drive yourself to work feels demeaning in some way. It makes me angry.

Where do you live, out of curiosity? Here, tons of people take the bus to work, and frankly I've always seen driving in a big city to be a little silly. Why sit in traffic when you can be whisked to your destination via transit?

 

[RoJoHen]

I really really hate this situation, I hate taking the bus. I long for the privacy of my car and the freedom of a parking lot. I hate working in a big city. Not being able to drive yourself to work feels demeaning in some way. It makes me angry.

Where do you live, out of curiosity? Here, tons of people take the bus to work, and frankly I've always seen driving in a big city to be a little silly. Why sit in traffic when you can be whisked to your destination via transit?

I think that's the point. I could never live in a big city because I like driving too much.

 

[Spot's Meow]

I really really hate this situation, I hate taking the bus. I long for the privacy of my car and the freedom of a parking lot. I hate working in a big city. Not being able to drive yourself to work feels demeaning in some way. It makes me angry.

Where do you live, out of curiosity? Here, tons of people take the bus to work, and frankly I've always seen driving in a big city to be a little silly. Why sit in traffic when you can be whisked to your destination via transit?

Well, there wouldn't really be much traffic the way I go, so the driving would go much faster than the bus. Not many people take the bus from where I live...I live about 15 minutes outside of Sacramento, but in a different county so it is very difficult to find transit there (public transit is run on the county level here). If I actually lived in the city it would be much better. Transit doesn't get a lot of respect in my area though...the buses are pretty trashy and gross, literally falling apart many times. It is a highly unpleasant experience.

Anyway, I agree that driving in a big city is kind of strange, which I why I would very much prefer not to live or work in a big city. Sacramento isn't even big compared to many cities in the U.S. but it is too big for me.

 

[Bears Discover Fire]

By car, I can traverse the 8 miles from my apartment to my workplace in 30 minutes in the morning, 40 minutes in the evening.

By bus, it's about 45 minutes in the morning., 1 hours 45 minutes to 2 1/2 hours in the evening, depending on when I get on my connecting bus.

The worse was for about a month last year, when I had to move home for a bit and was on crutches, and thus unable to use public transit because of the distance from the bus stop to the office. I was living 55 miles to the east of my work place and had to commute by car, during rush hour, through one of the most densely populated regions of the country. That was minimum 3 hours each direction . I literally had no time to eat breakfast or dinner, and I would come home, shower, and go straight to bed. A couple of times I got behind the wheel of my car in the morning and broke down crying at the prospect of that commute.

 

[Canadave]

I really really hate this situation, I hate taking the bus. I long for the privacy of my car and the freedom of a parking lot. I hate working in a big city. Not being able to drive yourself to work feels demeaning in some way. It makes me angry.

Where do you live, out of curiosity? Here, tons of people take the bus to work, and frankly I've always seen driving in a big city to be a little silly. Why sit in traffic when you can be whisked to your destination via transit?

Well, there wouldn't really be much traffic the way I go, so the driving would go much faster than the bus. Not many people take the bus from where I live...I live about 15 minutes outside of Sacramento, but in a different county so it is very difficult to find transit there (public transit is run on the county level here). If I actually lived in the city it would be much better. Transit doesn't get a lot of respect in my area though...the buses are pretty trashy and gross, literally falling apart many times. It is a highly unpleasant experience.

Anyway, I agree that driving in a big city is kind of strange, which I why I would very much prefer not to live or work in a big city. Sacramento isn't even big compared to many cities in the U.S. but it is too big for me.

Fair enough. Just a difference of opinion, then—I love living in the city, and I couldn't imagine living anywhere else.

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

I really really hate this situation, I hate taking the bus. I long for the privacy of my car and the freedom of a parking lot. I hate working in a big city. Not being able to drive yourself to work feels demeaning in some way. It makes me angry.

Where do you live, out of curiosity? Here, tons of people take the bus to work, and frankly I've always seen driving in a big city to be a little silly. Why sit in traffic when you can be whisked to your destination via transit?

I think that's the point. I could never live in a big city because I like driving too much.

I don't mind driving, but I like mass transit more. I would love to live in a city like New York, Boston or Chicago, all of which have efficient, widely used mass transit. I would welcome the lack of need for a car.

(If I lived in any of those cities, I would definitely sell my car. Not just because of the easy access to a subway or bus ride, but also because the traffic and the costs of driving in those cities are astronomical. I mean, we've all seen what traffic is like in cities like those. Who would want to drive in THAT?)

 

[TorontoTrekker]

About 90 minutes each way, depending on the speed of the subway and my whether or not I make it to the end of the route in time to catch the bus I need or have to wait for the next one.

 

[auntiehill]

From my bedroom door to my office: about 8 seconds.

And, yes, I'm often in my jammies for most of the day.

 

[Franklin]

Where do you live, out of curiosity? Here, tons of people take the bus to work, and frankly I've always seen driving in a big city to be a little silly. Why sit in traffic when you can be whisked to your destination via transit?

I think that's the point. I could never live in a big city because I like driving too much.

I don't mind driving, but I like mass transit more. I would love to live in a city like New York, Boston or Chicago, all of which have efficient, widely used mass transit. I would welcome the lack of need for a car.

I wouldn't drive if I didn't have too, either. That's the problem here in the DC area, mass transit is so half-assed and so hit-and-miss. It just isn't a practical option for so many of us living in northern Viriginia.
One of the biggest mistakes they made when building Metro was not anticipating the population boom in northern Viriginia. Metro's orange line should've gone much farther west along I-66, and the Blue line should've followed I-95 farther south. But land for such expansion wasn't even set aside, so it would be impossible to do it now.
There also should've been a Metro line running along side the toll road out to Dulles Airport decades ago.

 

[John Picard]

Where do you live, out of curiosity? Here, tons of people take the bus to work, and frankly I've always seen driving in a big city to be a little silly. Why sit in traffic when you can be whisked to your destination via transit?

I think that's the point. I could never live in a big city because I like driving too much.

I don't mind driving, but I like mass transit more. I would love to live in a city like New York, Boston or Chicago, all of which have efficient, widely used mass transit. I would welcome the lack of need for a car.

(If I lived in any of those cities, I would definitely sell my car. Not just because of the easy access to a subway or bus ride, but also because the traffic and the costs of driving in those cities are astronomical. I mean, we've all seen what traffic is like in cities like those. Who would want to drive in THAT?)

More and more I loathe driving. People can't negotiate 4-Way Stops; they putz until the light turns yellow and then floor it; red light runners; people who won't movethefuckoutoftheleftlane; people who can't turn (inside lane to inside lane); people who can't drive in adverse conditions (snow/ice/rain); people who like to hang in blind spots; people who dart in and out of traffic -- and so on.

I would much rather be able to take a bus or train and look forward to the day when I no longer own a vehicle.

 

[Kelso]

Eight Minutes.

Less if I hurry.

 

[Canadave]

I think that's the point. I could never live in a big city because I like driving too much.

I don't mind driving, but I like mass transit more. I would love to live in a city like New York, Boston or Chicago, all of which have efficient, widely used mass transit. I would welcome the lack of need for a car.

(If I lived in any of those cities, I would definitely sell my car. Not just because of the easy access to a subway or bus ride, but also because the traffic and the costs of driving in those cities are astronomical. I mean, we've all seen what traffic is like in cities like those. Who would want to drive in THAT?)

More and more I loathe driving. People can't negotiate 4-Way Stops; they putz until the light turns yellow and then floor it; red light runners; people who won't movethefuckoutoftheleftlane; people who can't turn (inside lane to inside lane); people who can't drive in adverse conditions (snow/ice/rain); people who like to hang in blind spots; people who dart in and out of traffic -- and so on.

I don't own a car, but this pretty much sums up my feels. Driving is fun, but only if you're the only person on the road. Even though I can walk most places I need to go, I'm very glad to live in a city with a large, reasonably reliable transit system. It's far cheaper than owning a car, and much less stressful, IMO.

 

[Shikarnov]

I telecommute. It takes my Mac longer to boot up in the morning than it does for me to make the trek from bedroom to home office.