How far is your commute to work?

[The_One]

How far do you currently travel to work and is it a problem?

Potentially looking at a new career opportunity which would mean commuting 90 miles each way to a base 4 times a week.

Hour and a half each way doesn't sound much but I don't know if it would grate over a week?

 

[almoststew1990]

Mine is about 15 miles but for the past couple of weeks it has taken about 50 minutes to do this. This is wholly due to the M27, an average of 18mph!

I used to get the train, with a little drive at one end and a little walk at the other, which was 90 minutes all in. I This was OK mainly as it was literally 5 minutes at either end, and I could read on the train. I wouldn't like to drive for 90 minutes each way.

 

[marc2003]

You really think you can average the max speed limit all the way there and back? Good luck with that.

 

[Whitewater]

At worst mine's about 60 minutes of traffic (15 miles). I'd swap that for a 90-mile commute that takes 90 minutes - I assume that's by train or police escort.

 

[Dis86]

You'll be lucky if that takes 2 hours...

 

[TheSkateyBird]

Around 7 miles, takes about 15 minutes. 10 if I'm feeling naughty.

 

[MissChief]

About three miles of relatively quiet roads. Except for Monday morning when I start at 9am. Then it takes about ten minutes. It's got to the point where if I look for a new job I think more about the commute than anything else.

 

[Dyson]

My commute is 22 miles, which takes around 35 minutes. I wouldn't want to travel much further than that.

 

[Flibster]

About 11 seconds... if I dawdle.

Goes to about 7 minutes if I go via the kitchen for coffee.

The other half, averages 2 hours a day. But trains, so has been as much as 6 hours.

 

[skyripper]

45 miles. About an hour by car or 90 mins by train on the way in. 45 mins home or 2 hrs by train. Good roads, crappy multi change trains

 

[dymetrie]

Commute is about 45 miles which can take from anywhere from one to two hours each way, usually (one hour during school holidays) as half of it is in London.

It's only three days a week (work from home the other two days) so bearable and less than half the cost of getting the train (which is 3 miles away).

 

[Scrutinize]

Get a decent saloon & automatic at that and even sizable journeys are ok @The_One unless you're going by train then unless you are you on a line which will guarantee you a seat......

Consider air BnB maybe one or two of the nights if it grates.

Perfectly doable, cost of commuting does add up and if you are in a job which requires lots of hours on site then days can be long.

 

[tom_e]

30 miles and around 40-60 minutes if I'm at home and 50 miles and between 60-90 minutes if I'm at my other halfs.

Not too bad, the most annoying part is my bikes fuel tank isn't massive so if I'm at my OHs then I need to stop for petrol every night.

 

[ganesh]

How far do you currently travel to work and is it a problem?

Potentially looking at a new career opportunity which would mean commuting 90 miles each way to a base 4 times a week.

Hour and a half each way doesn't sound much but I don't know if it would grate over a week?

If you’re driving then not a chance are you going to average 60mph on a 90 mile commute. And 3 hours a day would be ridiculous anyway.

Mine is 3 miles, 25 mins in the car on a very bad day.

 

[Nathan]

7 miles. 10 minutes by car

 

[MissChief]

How far do you currently travel to work and is it a problem?

Potentially looking at a new career opportunity which would mean commuting 90 miles each way to a base 4 times a week.

Hour and a half each way doesn't sound much but I don't know if it would grate over a week?

I worked in Cumbernauld, driving from the east side of Edinburgh for a month and a half. It was only 50 or so miles but took around an hour and a half in the morning. TBH I didn't mind the driving that much but it was the time taken out of my day, 2 1/2 hours every day doing nothing but driving that swung it for me. Got a job after that which was 20 minutes away.

 

[Robzere31]

Depending on the route I take its between 3.2 & 3.4 miles takes around 10 mins on the bike.

 

[bayo000]

About 2miles. 35min walk or 25min tram. Walk in warmer months and tram in winter.

 

[FurryLemon]

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[JBod]

About 29 miles for me, it takes anywhere from 25 mins to 2 hours on any given day by car. The automatic Ford Fusion Hybrid makes it as economical as possible. Still very boring.