Whats your commute to work like?

23-04-2019 8:37am

About 35 mins drive in the morning and 25 - 30 mins in the evening. I come in for between 9:30 and 10 am though and dont go home until after 6 so I avoid rush hour traffic I'd spend a fair while longer commuting if I had rigid work hours.

Ush1 · 23-04-2019 8:44am

10-15 minute drive, very handy. Used to drive into the city centre in last job from Tallaght but got a pain in the hole with it after a while.

amcalester · 23-04-2019 8:48am

Today was about 20 steps from bed to the laptop, tomorrow will be a 100km drive that usually takes about 75 minutes on the way in and 60 to get home.

Wouldn't really like to do either every day so it's a nice balance.

janfebmar · 23-04-2019 9:11am

Dublin traffic, nightmare.

RayCun · 23-04-2019 9:15am

https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-cp6ci/p6cii/p6td/

Autosport · 23-04-2019 9:50am

25-30 mins with no school traffic
15-20 mins no school traffic

23-04-2019 9:52am

28kms ............ 30 mins. From a beautiful town in Kildare to a Dublin Industrial Estate currently. Half of it is wonderfully scenic country roads crossing canal bridges. All good

Cyclepath · 23-04-2019 9:58am

10 minute cycle along the canal from D8 to D2. All weathers with rain gear too - the alternative is 40-60 mins using indirect public transport routes.

patmahe · 23-04-2019 10:04am

15 mins drive, 20 if I stop at the SuperValu for a coffee on the way in.

Utter Consternation · 23-04-2019 10:06am

12km cycle each way through Dublin City Centre. On the very, very rare occasion i have to drive and immediately regret having to do so.

Bob the Builder · 23-04-2019 3:57pm

1hr 45mins from Blackrock, Dublin to Citywest each way by public transport

~30/35mins each way if I have the car.

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts · 23-04-2019 4:00pm

nlrkjos wrote: »

6am flight from Cork to Amsterdam...11am Amsterdam to Bergen... 7pm helicopter to rig 15 hour commute ! then reverse that 14 day later. Well, you did ask!

I’m fascinated by rig workers. I hope the pay makes it worth it! Do you work two weeks on, two weeks off?

DaeryssaOne · 23-04-2019 4:34pm

12 minute cycle, 15 minutes if I'm feeling lazy...drove to other jobs for years, no particularly long commutes, maybe 30-40 minute drive but wouldn't change the cycle for the world now. Even if the weather is appalling (and it's usually not) you're done so quickly it doesn't matter anyway

jobless · 23-04-2019 4:48pm

5 seconds up the stairs to my office at home

Badly Drunk Boy · 23-04-2019 4:53pm

Each way, I cycle 6-8 minutes usually, or on the rare occasion I have to walk these days, it's 15-20 minutes, depending if I'm going in or going home.

Two set of traffic lights.

silverharp · 23-04-2019 4:54pm

pretty good, i used to live around the corner from work but wasnt good for my fitness, company moved, now i have a 12km cycle each way which has done me the world of good, if raining i can get a train there , normally half empty so very civlised.
alot of people are too lazy and its bad for their health to boot, might as well make use of the dead time

_Brian · 23-04-2019 4:56pm

For 13 years I worked rotating day night 12.5giur shifts with 1.5 hour commute, it was torturous.

Thankfully now In my job I go directly to appointments from home so I’m on the clock from the minute I’m in the car.

lbc2019 · 23-04-2019 5:03pm

8 min walk, 1 hour train, 12 min walk

1hr 20 min not to bad for 102km

Gazzmonkey · 23-04-2019 5:10pm

Impossible to say... its the N11

tototoe · 23-04-2019 5:12pm

Probably 2 minutes drive every morning and evening. No tolls, no traffic.
Pretty lucky, but living so close brings its own challenges.

daragh_ · 23-04-2019 5:13pm

Bob the Builder wrote: »

1hr 45mins from Blackrock, Dublin to Citywest each way by public transport

~30/35mins each way if I have the car.

Deansgrange to Citywest by bike. 20k approx. 45mins to an Hour depending on traffic volume, wind direction and how motivated I'm feeling.

amcalester · 23-04-2019 5:32pm

daragh_ wrote: »

Deansgrange to Citywest by bike. 20k approx. 45mins to an Hour depending on traffic volume, wind direction and how motivated I'm feeling.

I did that for a few years. it was always a headwind, every freaking day.

Mint Sauce · 23-04-2019 6:08pm

About a ten minutes Drive. If I am on the later start, it could be 20 minutes.

About the same home.

mloc123 · 23-04-2019 6:18pm

Walk from bedroom to home office... 10 seconds.

HalloweenJack · 23-04-2019 6:24pm

Ten minute walk. The stuff dreams are made of.

Tell me how · 23-04-2019 6:29pm

For all those talking about 3-15 minute walk from home, do you find that if work is stressful, that it annoys you being so close to it?

I think 15-20 minutes is practically required in terms of getting your head cleared after the day but if I was going out for a walk on a saturday morning and saw the door of the office around the corner, I think it would tick me off if I wasn't feeling too positive about my job.

Galwayguy35 · 23-04-2019 6:39pm

45 mins each way.

Lucky I don't work in the city or you could be adding on 2 hours to the journey.

thomil · 23-04-2019 6:47pm

From apartment door to desk, it's about a 90 second walk at the moment, and yes, that includes the elevator ride.
That'll change come May 6th, when It'll be a 20-30 minute bus ride, depending on the traffic and suicidal tendencies of the bus driver, but nothing as bad as the 90 minutes each way I had to deal with in Germany.

Gimme A Pound · 23-04-2019 6:51pm

About 12 minutes' drive each way. Any time I get pissed off about my job, I remember that.

DoozerT6 · 23-04-2019 7:12pm

About 30-35 mins in the morning, can be an hour, or just over, in the evenings.

Personally I don't think I'd like to live TOO close to work (work-from-home excepted). I'd feel like I was an easy target to be called to come in and cover a shift, or be expected to struggle in through snow or bad weather because I only live 3 minutes away sure, etc. A little distance can be a grand thing

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