Commuting to work or college

Russian Blue

How far do people travel daily or weekly?

vangoz

I'm a bus wanker

Colilfc

7, yeah about 7.

Fluorescence

Not far. College is a 20 minute bus journey away

chin_grin

Mentally or physically?

MagicMarker

8km each way.

In the morning it takes about 30 mins because I leave quite early, in the evening it can take over twice a long.

cocoshovel

27km/40-50mins each way. Moving from the city to the country side was the biggest pain in the arse decision in that regard. When Im done with college and if I ever get a decent paying job I'll be moving right back into Waterford city.

hondasam

Travel 145 km per day for work.

Kojak

What about people who commute to the dole office?

Temptamperu

Its about a 45 minute bike ride.

FatherLen

5 minute drive. I could walk it but I don't want to.

seamus

10.5km each way. 25 minutes on the bike.

spoofilyj

About 5km each way, I cycle so it only takes about 15/20 minutes, depending if the wind is with or against me.

Since I started cycling into work in April I've lost a stone... So its a great form of belly reduction!

LostGirly

40 minutes to drive 46km and I do it twice a day!

Can't believe it takes someone 30 minutes to go 8km - I am so glad I left Dublin!!

r3nu4l

112 kilometres each day by car, takes about 35-40 mins each way.

Rabies

Starting from tomorrow, 14km each way by car... or about 3km by ferry.

lastlaugh

17km each way to and from work.

About 50mins on the bicycle.

( About 55mins if I obeyed the Traffic lights. )

im invisible

Colilfc wrote: »

7, yeah about 7.

oh, about three fiddy

andrew163

25km each way down the M50. Nothing like early morning dodgems to wake you up each day. Including the mess that is getting onto the M50SB from Blanchardstown and getting off again at Leopardstown, it takes about an hour in the mornings and half an hour to 45 mins in the evenings.

emeraldstar

About 7 km each way. 20–30 minutes depending on how slow the train decides to be that day.

Trix

40 miles each way.:(

jester77

10 mins on the underground or 20 by boat

Kojak

WHy is everyone posting the distances in kilometres??

Miles is much better - km's make it sound a larger distance than what is it. Also, anything form of measurement championed by the EU should be outright banned imo.

human repellent

4.5k to work, takes about 20 in the morning and 15 coming home, traffics a bitch passing 4 schools. ****ing LOLLYPOP LADIES.

lastlaugh

Kojak wrote: »

WHy is everyone posting the distances in kilometres??

Miles is much better - km's make it sound a larger distance than what is it. Also, anything form of measurement championed by the EU should be outright banned imo.

It sounds better if you cycle.

azezil

In time, luas for 10mins, train for about 36mins and 5mins shuttle bus ride.
The shuttle bus is consistent, luas and train can take longer than that at times, so about an hour each way.

Gmol

1 hour each way soon to be 1hour 30 each way as our company is moving location:(

MoodeRator

LostGirly wrote: »

40 minutes to drive 46km and I do it twice a day!

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Exactly the same here! Wanna car pool?

Celly Smunt

3.5 miles,45 minutes,i love traffic.

im invisible

pmcmahon wrote: »

3.5 miles,45 minutes,i love traffic.

you could walk it in less..

Celly Smunt

im invisible wrote: »

you could walk it in less..

that's what i thought,but then i'd be sweaty,ya gotta learn to listen lou.

Malari

im invisible wrote: »

you could walk it in less..

Not quite! I'm a fast enough walker, can do the 3.5km to work in about 45mins. Cycle 10-12 mins. Car 10-12 mins, unless the rain is REALLY bad, because I have to pass about 4 schools and it can take an age when they are all being dropped by car.

4leto

About 25K I cycle now and it can take between an hour to an hour and 15 mins.

When I drive about 40 mins.

Cee-Jay-Cee

8 miles each way so yeah that would be 16 miles in total.

Takes 8minutes in the morning, and up to 20 in the evening.

TheyKnowMyIP

chin_grin wrote: »

Mentally or physically?

What are you on?

Alter-Ego

A whole 10 minutes walk. Boy am I tired by the end of the day! :pac:

Mate of mine commutes for 6 hours, 5 days a week. Insanity!!

srsly78

3.5 feet to desk. Usually take a detour downstairs to make coffee tho. Really need to get proper office Oh and other times thousands of miles to do proper work.

4leto

Alter-Ego wrote: »

A whole 10 minutes walk. Boy am I tired by the end of the day! :pac:

Mate of mine commutes for 6 hours, 5 days a week. Insanity!!

That is absolutely insane, I thought my mate was bad for his 4 hour commute.

He took the Dublin gold during the boom, sold his house in Dub and got one in Navan he made a handsome profit, but although he wouldn't say so, I think he regrets his decision, he has probably lost his profit on petrol and motoring expenses over the years.

ongarboy

Kojak wrote: »

WHy is everyone posting the distances in kilometres??

Miles is much better - km's make it sound a larger distance than what is it. Also, anything form of measurement championed by the EU should be outright banned imo.

I acknowledge OP is asking about how far people commute but isn't measuring commuting in minutes or hours rather than kms/miles a more accurate method of assessing a commute? You could live in Dublin and commute 10 kms to work but that could take an hour in traffic but a commute of 10 kms in a rural locations could take just 10 minutes. So just giving kms/miles does not give a full picture of how long the commute takes.

For the record, I commute 9 miles/15 kms by foot and train (an hour door to door).

PS - I imagine anyone under 25 has grown up using kms rather than miles. I still cannot make the transition to metric!

Malari

ongarboy wrote: »

I acknowledge OP is asking about how far people commute but isn't measuring commuting in minutes or hours rather than kms/miles a more accurate method of assessing a commute? You could live in Dublin and commute 10 kms to work but that could take an hour in traffic but a commute of 10 kms in a rural locations could take just 10 minutes. So just giving kms/miles does not give a full picture of how long the commute takes.

For the record, I commute 9 miles/15 kms by foot and train (an hour door to door).

Most people are posting both distance and time!

srsly78

Wow, it's faster to commute dublin->london for work, than navan->dublin.

Badly Drunk Boy

For me, it's 1.6km/1 mile to work. That's just under 15 minutes walking, although I'm getting a bike in the next few weeks so then it'll probably take 4 minutes, 5 if the traffic lights hate me.

jonnyfingers

I do a round trip of 120 miles every day. It's long and boring so take a few different routes to keep it slightly more interesting.