How long is your daily commute?

[chapel321]

2.5 miles and private parking!!! Very Nice!!!

 

[Mikey-]

It usually takes about 20-30 minutes for me to get to school and the same to get back home.

 

[skunk]

These days, about fifteen seconds. I'm rebuilding my house.

 

[iBlue]

How long is yours e, you didn't say...

friggin long, mate.

(45-60 minutes by tube)

(yeah I'm answering for him, he's too modest to say )

 

[Jaffa Cake]

On a good day, about 40 minutes. That includes the five minute walk to the bus stop, and the ten minute walk at the other end.

It can take longer, I think the worst instance was about an hour-and-a-half once due to traffic chaos. However, given that the schools broke up today I'm anticipating a bit of time to be shaved off my trip due to the quieter roads.

 

[Raid]

I'm pretty lucky, my commute is a 30 minute walk. It's nice cause I can walk with my wife to work (she works close by). However it does kind of suck when it gets above 30 degrees or below -20 (Celsius)... but that's Canada for you.

 

[Xavier]

Usually a 15 minute-ish ride to work (for me) but now because I am fixing my bike, trying to buy some new parts, it is a 45 minutes walk

 

[tsvb]

I love my commute! It's 16 miles round trip, really good now that gas is ridiculous.

 

[Surely]

I'm pretty lucky, my commute is a 30 minute walk. It's nice cause I can walk with my wife to work (she works close by). However it does kind of suck when it gets above 30 degrees or below -20 (Celsius)... but that's Canada for you.

Are you working and living downtown? Is P.A.T.H. not an option for you on those cold days?

I'm definitely not going to miss those -20°C days.....

 

[Raid]

Are you working and living downtown? Is P.A.T.H. not an option for you on those cold days?

I'm definitely not going to miss those -20°C days.....

Depending on how restrictive your definition of 'Downtown Toronto' is, I do live and work in the Downtown Area... but the PATH isn't that great of an option.
(I don't think it's an acronym is it?... but the name is all caps, strange.)

If I used the PATH I would have to:
1) Enter at King/Front and Yonge (about 10+ minutes outside anyway)
2) Then take the PATH up and over to York and Richmond
3) Head back to Queen and Yonge and the Hudson's Bay/Eaton's Centre
4) Go all the way to the top of the PATH at the Atrium,
5) Then go outside again for about 5 minutes to get to the office!

It's just not worth it! I just bear the cold/heat and try to get to the office via cutting through parks and parking lots as per usual. Mind you I have told my boss that if it's below -30 I'm not leaving my condo... though I could take the TTC...

 

[SiloMunke]

Thank God for my iPhone!

I can second that! I've grown to enjoy buying TV seasons with my iPhone.

 

[it5five]

School: About an hour. Part walking part bus.
Work: 7 minute drive, 15 minute bike ride. It's too hot to be doing the bike right now, but once it cools down again I'll be doing that.

 

[heehee]

Are you working and living downtown? Is P.A.T.H. not an option for you on those cold days?

I'm definitely not going to miss those -20°C days.....

The P.A.T.H is your friend. I think I would hate my job if the P.A.T.H. didn't exist.

 

[walnuts]

Also, what about people with commutes between 90 and 120 minutes?

I actually misread the poll and voted for <90 minutes, but I fall in there.

 

[Counterfit]

Work: about 25-30 minutes, including a stop at McDonald's for breakfast (food = , OJ = )
School: 25-30, no stops for anything.

per the pole.

There are Poles on MacRumors?

 

[mr.light]

I have a 15 minute drive to work every day. Bit to far to walk or bike so I have to drive. My wife has a 30 minute drive in to work.

 

[dmr727]

Depends on where I'm working that day. At best, usually around 10 minutes, at worst, about 40 or so.

80% of the time it's 15 minutes or less, which is nice.

 

[rdowns]

My new house is 3.2 miles from the office. Commute time is 11 minutes including a stop in Dunkin' Donuts for a large coffee (unless the idiot in line in front of me wants 3 dozen doughnuts).

 

[Gray-Wolf]

2 Properties, one is an hour commute, another is 30 min commute. Working on staying with the shorter one.

 

[Antares]

There are Poles on MacRumors?

Yep, I'm sure there are at least a few Polish people on this board...

It's about a 30min drive to work, and 45min home. When I move further into the city, I can expect an extra 40min added to that commute (each way)...
Of course, traffic can wildly vary from day to day in Chicago.

 

[iJohnHenry]

The P.A.T.H is your friend. I think I would hate my job if the P.A.T.H. didn't exist.

Exactly, for most of us.

I used it for years and years.

But when you live at the foot of Yonge Street (a guess), if becomes less of a God-send.

For me, when I got on the GO train from the East, I need not step into the cold Winter. A stop at Rosie's Muffins (in the Esplanade) for a banana chocolate chip and a large coffee, and I was at my desk.

Great stuff.

 

[dllavaneras]

Normally it takes about 75 minutes, but if it's raining or there was an accident, I can easily be stuck for three hours in traffic.

Yeah, it sucks. The worst part is that if there's no traffic at all, I can get there in 20 minutes.

 

[Tom B.]

It takes me roughly an hour to get to my college in central London (South Kensington), with 15 minutes of walking and 3 different trains to travel about 8 miles.

 

[it5five]

It takes me roughly an hour to get to my college in central London (South Kensington), with 15 minutes of walking and 3 different trains to travel about 8 miles.

You should get a bike.

 

[iJohnHenry]

It does sound like an eBike would be a viable solution.