Are Dublin commutes longer?

Dughorm

Working in Dublin I noticed it takes ages to get to work especially from one side of the city to another - public transport or car.

I think people associate long commutes with people outside of Dublin but I think things are so congested within Dublin itself that it might be longer.

So what is your daily commute time round-trip come September when the schools will be back? I'm less than an hour in total.

Alias G

It takes longer if you are stupid or lazy enough not to use a bicycle.

Tigger

mayo
45 mile commute
45 minutes

The Backwards Man

How far you live from where you work might have a bearing on it too.

biko

Galway, about 20 mins commute.

nullzero

Alias G wrote: »

It takes longer if you are stupid or lazy enough not to use a bicycle.

Give your kids a crossbar to school?

Fr_Dougal

Alias G wrote: »

It takes longer if you are stupid or lazy enough not to use a bicycle.

Lots of people can't use bicycles, nothing to do with stupidity or being lazy.

The Randy Riverbeast

In galway a 10-15 min walk.

I prefer to just pay extra to live closer in the city center than save some money and pay to travel everywhere.

Lia_lia

I'm in Cork city and my commute by car is 10 minutes. Bus is 20 minutes, walking is about 30 minutes (all uphill!).

Sugar Free

Lia_lia wrote: »

I'm in Cork city and my commute by car is 10 minutes. Bus is 20 minutes, walking is about 30 minutes (all uphill!).

Surely one direction is downhill?
Hopefully on the way back!

Alias G

nullzero wrote: »

Give your kids a crossbar to school?

Kids are perfectly capable of making there own way to school. I know mine will in a few years. Failing that, I see lots of kids carried in cargo bikes these days.

G1032

Mayo / Galway
160km round trip
2 hours 25 minutes

Alias G

Fr_Dougal wrote: »

Lots of people can't use bicycles, nothing to do with stupidity or being lazy.

Please show me where I suggested everyone should cycle. For lots of people the issues is laziness and/or daftness however.

OldMrBrennan83

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One eyed Jack

Sugar Free wrote: »

Surely one direction is downhill?
Hopefully on the way back!

Hmm, Cork streets are a bit like a Penrose staircase, there's no such thing as 'downhill'...

My daily commute to the office is usually 30 mins each way by bus. Now as for any actual work going on... :pac:

EB_2013

My cycle is about 20 mins door to door. Using public transport takes about an hour using the Dart and Luas even though I'm only 10kms away

Rough Sleeper

nullzero wrote: »

Give your kids a crossbar to school?

Once I was out of senior infants I could make my own way handy enough. I love the lack of congestion during the summer when mollycoddling parents aren't blocking up the roads driving their pudgy children to schools that are fifteen minute's walk away.

Lia_lia

Sugar Free wrote: »

Surely one direction is downhill?
Hopefully on the way back!

Yeah the downhill walk is grand!

eet fuk

The Randy Riverbeast wrote: »

In galway a 10-15 min walk.

I prefer to just pay extra to live closer in the city center than save some money and pay to travel everywhere.

Totally with you on this. I live in Dublin city and it's the best desicion I ever made. The time/stress saved more than makes up for the higher rent alone, nevermind the money saved on transport.

5ub

Kilkenny to Dublin.
Usually an hour and three quarters/hour and a half if I'm lucky.

Diabhal Beag

Galway is minimum 30 minutes for me. Bus service is an absolute disgrace too.

Elessar

Less than 10 min drive. I leave the house at 7.45 and am at my desk at 8.00. One of the perks of the job atm. Although I'm likely to move job soon into the city centre so I'm looking at a much longer commute

major bill

5 mins drive

when schools are back, usually 15 mins as i live on a school route. As mentioned the summer is bliss when the yummy mummys in their ridiculous over the top jeeps are off the road.

Diamond Doll

I'm in Dublin, current commute is just under an hour each way (train and walking.)

Moving to city centre in the next couple of weeks, hoping to find a place within ten minutes walk of work.

Liam McPoyle

10 minute walk to luas.

20 minutes on luas and there is a stop right beside my building.

The burd has a half hour commute in the car if she leaves before half 7. Its almost an hour of a commute if she leaves after that.

Cienciano

Alias G wrote: »

It takes longer if you are stupid or lazy enough not to use a bicycle.

That's wrong. My commute in Dublin is a 20 minute drive. Would take double that to cycle. My old commute I did by motorbike, much quicker than cycling too.
Cycling is good, but to pretend it's the best form of transport in all cases is just ignorant. And plenty of people don't cycle for reasons other than lazyness.
The only thing stupid here is your comment.

Rough Sleeper

Cienciano wrote: »

That's wrong. My commute in Dublin is a 20 minute drive. Would take double that to cycle. My old commute I did by motorbike, much quicker than cycling too.
Cycling is good, but to pretend it's the best form of transport in all cases is just ignorant. And plenty of people don't cycle for reasons other than lazyness.
The only thing stupid here is your comment.

It's the commutes through the city centre where it starts becoming daft to take your car, especially with the Luas works going on . Fair enough if you have a job that necessitates driving around throughout the day, or if you've got a ****load of stuff to carry with you, your hands are tied in that regard. And of course if it's pissing rain you might just prefer the comfort of having a roof getting from door to door. But I think in a lot of cases it is pure laziness or the fact that people would not deign to use any form of transport other than a car, even if it means tripling their transit time. Though the latter attitude became a lot less prevalent when the recession hit.

Skylinehead

Alias G wrote: »

It takes longer if you are stupid or lazy enough not to use a bicycle.

I live in Dublin, 15 minutes to get to work in a car. I'd say 45 on a bike. So please explain how it a) takes longer b) how I'm stupid or c) how I'm lazy (despite knowing nothing about me).

Answers on a postcard please!

Penny Tration

2 hours each way, using public transport, through Dublin city centre.

Alias G

Skylinehead wrote: »

I live in Dublin, 15 minutes to get to work in a car. I'd say 45 on a bike. So please explain how it a) takes longer b) how I'm stupid or c) how I'm lazy (despite knowing nothing about me).

Answers on a postcard please!

The OP refers to urban commutes which are burdened with heavy traffic. I would have thought this was obvious If your urban route isn't so burdened then good for you. 45 mins on a bike should get you about 20 kms. Nobody is commuting 20 kms through typical Dublin streets in 15 min at peak hours so your particular scenario is not relevant.

Alias G

Cienciano wrote: »

That's wrong. My commute in Dublin is a 20 minute drive. Would take double that to cycle. My old commute I did by motorbike, much quicker than cycling too.
Cycling is good, but to pretend it's the best form of transport in all cases is just ignorant. And plenty of people don't cycle for reasons other than lazyness.
The only thing stupid here is your comment.

As I already asked, where did I suggest all cases. The only thing stupid here is that you haven't read all my posts.

wakka12

Alias G wrote: »

It takes longer if you are stupid or lazy enough not to use a bicycle.

Cycling is dangerous, Im a relatively cautious and intelligent guy and Ive been in a number of (small) accidents over the years. Id respect anybody who chose not to cycle daily for that reason alone.

Alias G

wakka12 wrote: »

Cycling is dangerous, Im a relatively cautious and intelligent guy and Ive been in a number of (small) accidents over the years. Id respect anybody who chose not to cycle daily for that reason alone.

That's hyperbole. Statistically there is increase risk of injury but it is not so significant to make it an inherently dangerous activity. That is merely your (in my view ill judged) perception of it.

wakka12

Alias G wrote: »

That's hyperbole. Statistically there is increase risk of injury but it is not so significant to make it an inherently dangerous activity. That is merely your (in my view ill judged) perception of it.

Ah its not, cars have all the power on the roads, if they pull out in front of you without warning etc. its the cyclist who pays for it

justchecked

I got on a Dublin bus one time clean shaven and by the time I reached my destination I had a fully grown beard.

beauf

wakka12 wrote: »

Ah its not, cars have all the power on the roads, if they pull out in front of you without warning etc. its the cyclist who pays for it

If you are in car who pays for it.

beauf

Alias G wrote: »

The OP refers to urban commutes which are burdened with heavy traffic. I would have thought this was obvious If your urban route isn't so burdened then good for you. 45 mins on a bike should get you about 20 kms. Nobody is commuting 20 kms through typical Dublin streets in 15 min at peak hours so your particular scenario is not relevant.

Your times and distances are bit off, allowing for people fitness the bike they are on and the number of lights and traffic, and the complexity of the route can vary a lot. It might be uphill in one direction etc.

beauf

Does the poll take into account the ratio of people from Dublin vs those that aren't.

Should it not be two seperate polls to be useful.

wakka12

beauf wrote: »

If you are in car who pays for it.

Oh by pays for it I meant as in its the cyclist who suffers physical injuries not the driver, sorry

fly_agaric

Alias G wrote: »

It takes longer if you are stupid or lazy enough not to use a bicycle.

homo bicyclus, the superior species ideally adapted for Irish roads!
lycra skin and a "third eye" for recording everything around them.
The colour red always encourages them to go faster rather than stop.
Call is a loud and angry roar at pedestrians crossing the road in front of them.

justchecked

throw finely fragmented glass on the road side of the curb.

burst their tyres and destroy their lycra dreams.

- satan.

Cienciano

Alias G wrote: »

The OP refers to urban commutes which are burdened with heavy traffic. I would have thought this was obvious If your urban route isn't so burdened then good for you. 45 mins on a bike should get you about 20 kms. Nobody is commuting 20 kms through typical Dublin streets in 15 min at peak hours so your particular scenario is not relevant.

Dublin commutes. Not urban commutes. Car can be far quicker, motorcycle the quickest

poisonated

I walk. It takes me about 40 minutes.

Corruptedmorals

When the schools go back, about an hour and a half each way. From North Kildare to south Dublin. It's 4 busses a day. Driving is not an option for several reasons, but hopefully either moving out or moving job will be in the next year or so because it's such a draining commute.

beauf

wakka12 wrote: »

Oh by pays for it I meant as in its the cyclist who suffers physical injuries not the driver, sorry

In a car vs car often it is the driver.

Alias G

Cienciano wrote: »

Dublin commutes. Not urban commutes. Car can be far quicker, motorcycle the quickest

The discussion is centered on Dublin commutes yes - which is why I mentioned as much when I referred a typical 15 min car commute in dublin. I don't see how you have addressed anything else from my post which you kindly quoted. Have I recommended anyone not to use their motorbike?

beauf

Alias G wrote: »

The discussion is centered on Dublin commutes yes - which is why I mentioned as much when I referred a typical 15 min car commute in dublin. I don't see how you have addressed anything else from my post which you kindly quoted. Have I recommended anyone not to use their motorbike?

15 mins at 8.30am is very different to 15mins at 9.30am

Alias G

beauf wrote: »

15 mins at 8.30am is very different to 15mins at 9.30am

Well both hours are typically quite busy, but the OP is concerned with Dublin commutes that are labored with high traffic volume and slow movement. Finding a time period where you avoid peak traffic isn't relevant to the OP which seeks to compare the worst Dublin based commute time with rural to city commuting.

beauf

Alias G wrote: »

Well both hours are typically quite busy, but the OP is concerned with Dublin commutes that are labored with high traffic volume and slow movement. Finding a time period where you avoid peak traffic isn't relevant to the OP which seeks to compare the worst Dublin based commute time with rural to city commuting.

For me 8.30 is about an 60~75 min, an hour later and its 20 mins.

The survey does not take that into account so its completely meaningless.

Liekwise people not in Dublin might be travelling very early or late.

Dirty Dingus McGee

4 hours in total on the bus 2 hours each way from Offaly.

I get to read and sleep for most of the journey so it's not that difficult a commute.

ibarelycare

I work in the south inner city and I lived in Drumcondra up until earlier this year. Commute used to take nearly an hour by buses each way.

Moved over to the south side a few months ago and now I have a 10 minute cycle each way.