1 hour commute to work

Roadtoad · 28-03-2019 06:08PM

I turned a 70 minute commute into a 40 minute one by swopping to a motor bike (N7, M50, city). Open motorway or good duel carriageway would not give that yield.
Is a motorbike a reasonable option?

glomar · 28-03-2019 07:40PM

i know a couple in their 50s commuting from Letrim to Dublin 5 days a week .. if they can manage that .. think your on a winner at 1hr each way

punisher5112 · 28-03-2019 07:44PM

The buses that the NTA purchased are shocking.

I'm 6 foot and I can't get in or out of the seats right and my knees do be in bits stuffed into the seat.

The comfort level is shocking and you feel every little bump like it's a crater......

I understand they are a light weight design and glass is so many mm thinner etc but they are horrid.

Ronan|Raven · 28-03-2019 09:41PM

glomar wrote: »

i know a couple in their 50s commuting from Letrim to Dublin 5 days a week ..

That is depressing...

4068ac1elhodqr · 28-03-2019 09:46PM

Assuming it's 65mins (each way), and you get 8hrs sleep on average, it works out 9.66% of your total awake/conscious time each week (inc wknds, 13% if not), is spent commuting.

Ohmeha · 28-03-2019 10:34PM

devlinio wrote: »

I'm on the job hunt atm.

I got a job last June. It was in the city centre, and it was an ideal commute for me time wise. I took the Dart to work so my commute from My house to work was 45 minutes. That was pretty nice.

We then moved the office to south Dublin, and my commute doubled as I had to wait and take a bus to work. So I was travelling for 1.5 hours each way. It was killing me, and I, fortunately, was let go. This is due to a slump in business.

I will never do this commute again. <1 hour is ideal.

I had a similar relocation in my job from city centre to southside Dublin few years back, 2 hours a day commuting increased to 3 hours sometimes longer, I could only hack it for a year. It wasn't just the extra hour that took it's toll, it was the stress of trying make to connecting trains/buses which you don't have in most European cities with proper transport networks

2 hours a day in transit I feel is the tolerance before it will start to effect most people either physically, mentally or both

hasdanta · 28-03-2019 11:08PM

It's grand if you're on public transport where you can snooze, read, listen to music/podcast or do some work (as I've done myself for the past 1.5 years), but I imagine it'd become rather tedious if you're doing the driving yourself as you have to remain switched on the entire time and focus on the roads.

Kev1001 · 28-03-2019 11:18PM

I changed a 20 minute walk to work for a one hour commute on the M50 each way nearly a year ago.

I normally don't regret things, but this was a big mistake (not just due to the commute).

1 hour each way = 2 hours a day.
10 hours a week.
Say you work 45 weeks a year (25 days vacation + 9 bank holidays - it will be close to that). 45 × 10 = 450 hours.
You will be awake for 16 hours a day. 450/16 = 28 days a year of your time.

I'm going to start working from home 1 day a week starting next month, and even still I plan on finding a job close to my house.

dusty bin · 29-03-2019 02:11PM

Ronan|Raven wrote: »

That is depressing...

which part? living in Leitrim or the travel involved?:D

Kellym65 · 29-03-2019 10:16PM

Hi guys, thanks so much for all of your comments. I have read all of them and def taking everything you have said into consideration. I will be driving from Abbyleix in Laois to Lucan in Dublin. It should take around 1 hour and 5 mins avoiding traffic which i intend on doing. My current commute time from Celbridge to Lucan is 20 minutes which im very lucky and happy about. I am moving into a house i bought in abbyleix in a month or so and wanted to see everyones opinion on a 1 hour commute by car. The general consesus that im picking up is that it is maneagable and to listen to music, catch up with friends and family using loudspeaker on phone and listen to audio books. Thanks for your feedback it has lifted my spirit on my new commuting time!

magicbastarder · 29-03-2019 10:22PM

one hour and 5 minutes seems quite specific, is this based on a google maps calculation?

Kellym65 · 29-03-2019 11:45PM

magicbastarder wrote: »

one hour and 5 minutes seems quite specific, is this based on a google maps calculation?

Hey yes based on google maps thats the distance without traffic! I plan on avoiding traffic coming and going to work. Around the 1 hour mark it should take me.

anewme · 29-03-2019 11:57PM

It will take longer than an hour if you are traveling commuter times. I’m near Rathcoole and have spent over an hour commute to Liffey Valley.

James Bond Junior · 30-03-2019 01:05AM

Kellym65 wrote: »

Hi guys, thanks so much for all of your comments. I have read all of them and def taking everything you have said into consideration. I will be driving from Abbyleix in Laois to Lucan in Dublin. It should take around 1 hour and 5 mins avoiding traffic which i intend on doing. My current commute time from Celbridge to Lucan is 20 minutes which im very lucky and happy about. I am moving into a house i bought in abbyleix in a month or so and wanted to see everyones opinion on a 1 hour commute by car. The general consesus that im picking up is that it is maneagable and to listen to music, catch up with friends and family using loudspeaker on phone and listen to audio books. Thanks for your feedback it has lifted my spirit on my new commuting time!

If it works for you go for it. I only discovered audio books after 7 years of a long commute and they have been a revelation. Best of luck!

s14driftking · 30-03-2019 01:44AM

Kellym65 wrote: »

Hi guys, thanks so much for all of your comments. I have read all of them and def taking everything you have said into consideration. I will be driving from Abbyleix in Laois to Lucan in Dublin. It should take around 1 hour and 5 mins avoiding traffic which i intend on doing. My current commute time from Celbridge to Lucan is 20 minutes which im very lucky and happy about. I am moving into a house i bought in abbyleix in a month or so and wanted to see everyones opinion on a 1 hour commute by car. The general consesus that im picking up is that it is maneagable and to listen to music, catch up with friends and family using loudspeaker on phone and listen to audio books. Thanks for your feedback it has lifted my spirit on my new commuting time!

not s hope a doing that journey in an hr. I commutes to Dublin by car for the last 17 or 18 yrs. packed it in at Xmas.
To account for ware and tear and diesel etc the job would want to be paying 150 euro more a week than what’s on offer locally.

RayCun · 30-03-2019 09:01AM

Kellym65 wrote: »

Hey yes based on google maps thats the distance without traffic! I plan on avoiding traffic coming and going to work. Around the 1 hour mark it should take me.

On Google maps you can put in a start time or arrival time and it will tell you the travel time then.

Ten or eleven hours a week sitting in a car sounds horrible.

nutjobb · 30-03-2019 09:20AM

I'm doing 1.15 each way through a mix of back roads and main roads in cork then.1.5 years in now.
I find the summer is fine with the longer days but during winter I stayed up 2 nights a week to cut down on travel and it has been great just being 10 mins from work.
I don't know if that's a viable option in Dublin or not but what I did is booked a few Airbnbs for 1 night first, then speak to the host in person about regular bookings and after a few different ones I found the perfect one for me.
Just remember that time is your most valuable asset.

dashcamdanny · 30-03-2019 02:37PM

Buy a motorcycle.
Buy quality clothing for all seasons.
Get your test.

Enjoy your commute.

Live a little.

Been doing it for years.

(you dont even have to ride fast)

magicbastarder · 30-03-2019 05:38PM

Kellym65 wrote: »

Hey yes based on google maps thats the distance without traffic! I plan on avoiding traffic coming and going to work. Around the 1 hour mark it should take me.

it's currently (half four on a saturday) showing one hour eight minutes - minimum - from abbeyleix to lucan, on google maps.
you're saying you expect to do it faster than that, but when there *is* traffic, by avoiding the traffic? helicopters are very expensive to run, you know.

_Kaiser_ · 30-03-2019 09:10PM

Kellym65 wrote: »

Hi guys, thanks so much for all of your comments. I have read all of them and def taking everything you have said into consideration. I will be driving from Abbyleix in Laois to Lucan in Dublin. It should take around 1 hour and 5 mins avoiding traffic which i intend on doing. My current commute time from Celbridge to Lucan is 20 minutes which im very lucky and happy about. I am moving into a house i bought in abbyleix in a month or so and wanted to see everyones opinion on a 1 hour commute by car. The general consesus that im picking up is that it is maneagable and to listen to music, catch up with friends and family using loudspeaker on phone and listen to audio books. Thanks for your feedback it has lifted my spirit on my new commuting time!

I do a very similar trip and it'll definitely take more than an hour. If travelling on the M7 you'll regularly get stuck in traffic from the Carlow merge onwards (I'm not at all convinced that an extra lane will solve the muppetry that goes on as drivers jump across lanes there), and the only way up from there to the M4 is either via Naas South or the Kill exit to Maynooth (unless you want to wreck the car on crap back roads, or come off at Newbridge and add time there)

90 minutes on a good day would be more likely but it could easily be more than that.

punisher5112 · 30-03-2019 09:35PM

_Kaiser_ wrote: »

I do a very similar trip and it'll definitely take more than an hour. If travelling on the M7 you'll regularly get stuck in traffic from the Carlow merge onwards (I'm not at all convinced that an extra lane will solve the muppetry that goes on as drivers jump across lanes there), and the only way up from there to the M4 is either via Naas South or the Kill exit to Maynooth (unless you want to wreck the car on crap back roads, or come off at Newbridge and add time there)

90 minutes on a good day would be more likely but it could easily be more than that.

Cameras and actual rule enforcement would solve many issues.

Stephen15 · 30-03-2019 10:37PM

dashcamdanny wrote: »

Buy a motorcycle.
Buy quality clothing for all seasons.
Get your test.

Enjoy your commute.

Live a little.

Been doing it for years.

(you dont even have to ride fast)

Grand if your single of course not sure if most fellas other halves would be too happy with them on a bike unless they were into bikes themselves.

James Bond Junior · 31-03-2019 12:33AM

Stephen15 wrote: »

Grand if your single of course not sure if most fellas other halves would be too happy with them on a bike unless they were into bikes themselves.

I would consider a bike as it would suit my commute but I have been categorically told I'm on my own if a bike comes into the house. And I run a daily car as well as summer toy so it can't be said she isn't sympathetic of my petrol fuelled indulgences.

I don't doubt that is a common theme in many houses.

anewme · 31-03-2019 12:38AM

D8d

anewme · 31-03-2019 12:38AM

D8d

Manach · 31-03-2019 12:46AM

Between 1hr 20 to 1hr 40 is my commute time. Thankfully I read a lot on the train and audio books are excellent use of the time.

SilverKrest · 31-03-2019 01:02AM

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

We have staff travelling to north Dublin from Waterford, Wexford, Sligo, Tipperary, Laois, Offaly, Cavan, Monaghan, Tyrone and it doesn't seem to be a problem for them. I'd say 1 hour is very manageable.

Sligo to north dublin is about 2 and half hours!

cherryghost · 31-03-2019 01:42AM

Anything over an hour each way can be soul crushing, especially when commuting around the Dublin belt. Think about losing 10 hours a week? For years? You'll spend about 20 full days of your life a year sitting in traffic. I'd always prefer a shorter commute over higher pay tbh. It's often not really worth it in the end and life is short.

cdaly_ · 01-04-2019 10:12AM

sharper wrote: »

I have been considering it and if there was a segregated cycle route the whole way I'd definitely do it even if it took longer because it would definitely be less stressful.

There will be soon. The Royal Canal from Maynooth to North Strand is currently getting a greenway upgrade and will be a lovely car-free commute.

It's worth a try even now though you'd need to walk between Porterstown and Coolmine station...

Boardnashea · 01-04-2019 10:21AM

Maybe someone nearby would like to car pool occasionally. Cut down on cost and impact of long commute. Lots from that area are working in Lucan

1 hour commute to work

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