Commuting distance and impact

magicbastarder

as mentioned, my experience of PT was positive - i live in D9 and work in D18, so i was a bus into town and the luas out. four bus routes go past the house, so well served there.

if i wanted to drive, it was a choice of driving through the city (but i'm not stone mad) or the M50 - which would have been 70km a day, and about an hour in total assuming clear roads. but that would have been at least a fiver in petrol and a fiver in tolls, and possibly two hours a day, depending on traffic. PT worked out at about €700pa, with a taxsaver ticket, so about €3 or €4 per day. and as mentioned, it freed up my time to read the news or a book, or just stare out the window.

i'm now doing it on the bike - i leave the house at around 6:45am usually; though today (based on some of the comments in this thread) i kept a close eye on my times - i grabbed the bike from the garage at 6:35 and was in the lifts in work, having showered, at 7:37. thankfully i can now work from home whenever i want, but i try to make it into the office twice a week for the social aspect.

Arcade_Tryer

_Kaiser_ wrote: »

The downside is the expense.. I pay about 550 in diesel a month (now admittedly I have a big car and do another 400km at the weekend.

Electric?

Augeo wrote: »

So the CSO agrees with my comment on the ole 1 hour commutes.
Standard for many but not for most

Rather most people underestimate their commuting time as per evidence, albeit anecdotal, on this thread. See it all the time. "20 minutes on the train". Yes, plus a 5 or 10 minute walk to the station, another few minutes waiting on the platform, and a 5 or 10 minute walk or more to work on the other side. Suddenly "20 minutes on the train" becomes a 40 minute commute. Obviously it's still only 20 minutes on the train on average, but people tend to dismiss or underestimate the additional commuting time in my experience.

_Kaiser_

Arcade_Tryer wrote: »

Electric?

Not until I can get something equivalent to my 3.0 TDI Quattro A6 for the same used car money I paid, and which will comfortably do the likes of Dublin to Cork and back without needing a 30+ minute pit stop... Oh and that LOOKS like my A6, not some reject from Demolition Man

Electric is fine for short local commutes or around the city... Not so much for the long distance motorway runs. It'll get there I'm sure, but not there yet.

PlaneSpeeking

Arcade_Tryer wrote: »

Electric?
Rather most people underestimate their commuting time as per evidence, albeit anecdotal, on this thread. See it all the time. "20 minutes on the train". Yes, plus a 5 or 10 minute walk to the station, another few minutes waiting on the platform, and a 5 or 10 minute walk or more to work on the other side. Suddenly "20 minutes on the train" becomes a 40 minute commute. Obviously it's still only 20 minutes on the train on average, but people tend to dismiss or underestimate the additional commuting time in my experience.

You're right - I am an hour on the train, but a 20 mins walk to station each way and then the LUAS.

I left this morning at 6.43 and just got in 5 mins ago - admittedly a delay on the LUAS added 10 mins.