What's an acceptable commuting distance?

I'm about 40-50 mins now, down from 60-80 mins after we moved to a new building in a different location.

I wouldn't do more now.
 
Was 120 minutes, here some of my colleagues were doing around 240 minutes (Ipswich to London)! Went to 40 minutes and ended at 30 seconds with a walk to my home office.
 
50 mins for me which is only 20 mins more than when I used to have to walk to work but is ten times further so I guess, in some respects Im getting more miles for my time :/ (I have to find *something* positive to counter all the negatives!)
 
Since having acquired my new job today, I've figured that im going to be paying about £3.4k per year for the privelage of commuting to London from Reading.

The journey from leaving my front door to getting to work is about an hour. (10-15 mins journey to station, 25-30 min train journey - 15-20 mins on tube/walk to work)

I can't wait! :eek:

Although, i don't think i'll mind too much. *pats trusty iPod and multiple books*
 
10 minutes walk, 20 minutes on the tube, 5 minutes walk - it's not too bad, leave home at 7-15 or so and be in the office for 8. Fit in an episode of whatever I'm watching that week in each day on my ipod touch (half in the morning, half in the evening).

Can't say I love it as it's busy even that early in the morning (and it's the northern line, so it will break) but it could be worse. Most I'd do is 90 minute or so (and I may do if I decide to move out of London) but it would have to be in one go, 90 minutes writing notes and catching up on the train is fine, but if it was constantly changing trains and getting on the tube I wouldn't do it.
 
platypus said:
Just wondering what people consider a reasonable drive to work, and if you get a driving allowance, what is it?

I'm just sick of the cost of commuting to work, when sometimes I cannot avoid driving.
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were you watching the utter carp program yesterday on ch4 i think
"woman who can stop traffic" or something it was called.

It was utter tripe... She apparently advises industry and government "shes a problem solver" Yet all i saw was her running around looking daft, virtually zero planning. She just got people round a table and said "come on then" There was little to ZERO actual planning done by her, she basically just "muddled" her way through it. As an example she hadnt organized for any money to support her campaign so she flutters her eyelashes at the council rep and he stumps up the cash.

Her campaign was for everyone in one town to not use their cars for one day of the week.


Absolute nutter she is, sorry but it was embarrassing.

oh in answer to your question 1.5 miles anything above that is ok - below that and you should be walking/cycling/skipping along..... (according to this woman anyway)
 
She is a typical government advisor, full of ****.

I agree with the concept and already walk several times a week, including the hour it took to traverse Edinburgh home tonight .. but I have seen far too many eejits like her being paid exorbitant amounts with little usefulness other than a sheet of new buzz words.

My allowance is one hour reasonable travel being a civil servant, that does not include traffic and or roadworks/infrastructure improvements (ie half of the city being ripped up for trams). 'City centres' are also generally 'located' on the outskirts of the cities, to encompass satellite offices. :rolleyes: How they get away with it god only knows.
 
I leave home at 14:00GMT on a Tuesday afternoon and get to work on Thursday at 09:00GMT - total time from house to work = 43 hours. Going home, I leave work at 09:00GMT on a Thursday and get home at 10:00GMT on Friday - total time from work to house = 25 hours.
"Luckily" I work for a month at a time :p
 
Biohazard said:
How the difference going and coming?
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The flight lands in Cairo at 02:15 local time so it's after 3 before we get out of the airport. It's a 3 1/2 - 4 hour drive to Alexandria where we get the chopper which leaves at 10:00. We prefer to get there a day early and stay overnight rather than go straight to the rig and to work after all that travelling with next to no sleep.
On the way back, we just get back as quickly as possible - I can sleep at home.
 
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