What's your daily commute?

justincredible Honorable Admin
37,969 posts 246 reps Joined Nov 2009
Tue, Jul 2, 2019 8:58 AM

What does your daily commute to work look like? Do you drive yourself, carpool, take public transit? How long does it take? What are you listening to in your car or doing on the bus/train?

My drive in is roughly 20 minutes each way, unless there is an accident. Then we're looking at an hour. On most days I park a mile or so from the office (free) and walk in. It's cheap and I get some built in exercise every day (significant elevation changes are helpful). I'm typically listening to an audiobook in the car and while I walk. I used to listen to podcasts, but I kinda lost interest in them a couple years ago. 


BR1986FB Senior Member
27,923 posts 123 reps Joined Feb 2010
Tue, Jul 2, 2019 9:01 AM

An hour and 15 minutes each way. Drive myself and am listening to either Octane, Ozzy's Boneyard, Hair Nation, Liquid Metal or Turbo on Sirius XM.

Fab4Runner Tits McGee
6,997 posts 64 reps Joined Nov 2009
Tue, Jul 2, 2019 9:13 AM

I work from home. Back when I had a commute, it was about 20-25 minutes and I'd listen to Sirius.

iclfan2 Reppin' the 330/216/843
9,465 posts 98 reps Joined Nov 2009
Tue, Jul 2, 2019 9:16 AM

8 mile drive but can take anywhere from 15 minutes to 45 minutes depending on school in session, traffic, etc. Usually just listen to country music on the radio but lately have been listening to the Dale Jr podcast on the drive. 

CenterBHSFan 333 - I'm only half evil
7,259 posts 50 reps Joined Nov 2009
Tue, Jul 2, 2019 9:22 AM

About 20 minutes both ways, half of that is back country roads. One or two days a week I work from home so that's not even an issue for that. 
I usually listen to the local talk radio show in the mornings and then on my way home I'm channel surfing on Sirius.

8,788 posts 20 reps Joined Nov 2009
Tue, Jul 2, 2019 9:25 AM

In the morning about an hour and in the evening an hour and 15 minutes. It is about a 50 mile each way trek, but is largely highways or free flowing 2 lane roads through scenic Northern VA/ western MD up and down Route 15 Point of Rocks. (I used to drive the DC beltway and hated life. My commute now is so much better.) 

I usually listen to podcasts or BBC News. Sometimes in the evening drives I'll throw it on the XM radio of bluesville, octane, alt nation, turbo, or old school hip hop. 

 

 

like_that 1st Team All-PWN
29,228 posts 321 reps Joined Apr 2010
Tue, Jul 2, 2019 9:26 AM

If I am not working from home it's about 20-25 minutes heading into work in the early morning (reverse commute from DC).  It's about 40-60 minutes on the way back into DC after work.

Curly J Self Pwner in Training.
7,406 posts 111 reps Joined Nov 2009
Tue, Jul 2, 2019 9:30 AM

2.4 miles to work. 2.4 miles home. That's why my 2007 Jeep only has 47,000 miles on it.

Automatik Senior Member
15,737 posts 98 reps Joined Nov 2009
Tue, Jul 2, 2019 9:31 AM

30-35 min door to door depending if I hit the subway at the right time. NPR or sports podcasts most of the time. House/techno the rest. 

BRF Senior Member
11,621 posts 107 reps Joined Nov 2009
Tue, Jul 2, 2019 9:31 AM

When I was teaching I was fortunate to only have a 5 minute drive. 

33,369 posts 132 reps Joined Nov 2009
Tue, Jul 2, 2019 10:17 AM

Anywhere from zero to 10 hours, depending on what city I’m in that weekend.

fish82 Senior Member
4,402 posts 36 reps Joined Nov 2009
Tue, Jul 2, 2019 10:20 AM

25 feet, unless I'm going to/from the airport. Then it's 30 minutes.

vball10set paying it forward
26,788 posts 121 reps Joined Nov 2009
Tue, Jul 2, 2019 10:25 AM

20 minutes each way, listen to sports radio to and from

Heretic Son of the Sun
20,517 posts 201 reps Joined Nov 2009
Tue, Jul 2, 2019 10:29 AM

3-4 minutes, probably. For it (and any driving I do at any time), I listen to my Spotify library.

Ironman92 Administrator
56,729 posts 163 reps Joined Nov 2009
Tue, Jul 2, 2019 10:47 AM

130 miles round trip 3-4 days a week (carpool person)

1/2 mile city street, 6 1/2 mile county road, 42 miles on low travel 4 lane, 16 miles on 2 lane highway....1 hr 10 min comfortably 

Starting year 22 soon

Spock Senior Member
5,271 posts 9 reps Joined Jul 2013
Tue, Jul 2, 2019 10:53 AM

10 minutes out to a small farm town with nothing in it

24,621 posts 244 reps Joined May 2010
Tue, Jul 2, 2019 11:05 AM

Take casual carpool on the way into work. Takes anywhere from 15 min to 1 hour depending on traffic.

Take the Transbay bus home, incluse about a 12 min walk to the station and between 15 min - 40 min ride. Door to door can be as little 30 min or as long as 90. 8 miles on way total. Bay area's traffic is totally fucked.

FatHobbit Senior Member
9,058 posts 68 reps Joined Nov 2009
Tue, Jul 2, 2019 11:15 AM

I work from home. Sometimes I miss being in an office with people. Then I have to drive somewhere with traffic and I remember that working from home is one of the biggest perks. 

O-Trap Chief Shenanigans Officer
18,909 posts 140 reps Joined Nov 2009
Tue, Jul 2, 2019 11:49 AM

Walking from the bedroom to the bathroom to the coffee maker to the office next to the bedroom.

Usually in a pair of basketball shorts (or sweats in the winter) and a t-shirt.

Iliketurtles Senior Member
8,507 posts 37 reps Joined Aug 2010
Tue, Jul 2, 2019 1:55 PM

Its about a 4 mile drive pretty much down 2 streets to my work and takes about 10 minutes. I just listen to a local radio station. 

OSH Kosh B'Gosh
4,424 posts 18 reps Joined Nov 2009
Tue, Jul 2, 2019 3:35 PM

6 mile drive in Florence, Kentucky. Could take 10 minutes, or it could take 35+ minutes. I have to commute through an industrial zone, so there's often lots of trucks, construction, and idiot drivers (because NKY).

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