How long is your commute to work?

Lad Of Banter · 20-10-2013 10:26AM #1

35 minutes, door to door. Walk, Luas, short walk.

I know a couple who drive from Gorey to Dublin EVERY day - **** that

Lisha · 20-10-2013 10:27AM

1 hr drive

joes girls · 20-10-2013 10:31AM

My Partner does a 2 and a half hour trip sometimes up to 3 hours if traffic is bad, Wexford to Cork, but that's not everyday.

keith16 · 20-10-2013 10:31AM

30 min cycle - about 11 of your metric kilometres.

Fr_Dougal · 20-10-2013 10:34AM

Used to be 3hrs round trip. Can do it in 15min each way now.

PinkFly · 20-10-2013 10:36AM

5min walk

Acciaccatura · 20-10-2013 10:37AM

For work, a 40-45 minute drive, or if I'm already in Dublin City, a half-hour train.

For college, 20 minute drive to the train station, 1 hour train, and twice a week, a 20 minute Luas trip on top.

micar · 20-10-2013 10:37AM

23km cycling from one side of Dublin to the other.
Takes around 50-55 min each way depending on the traffic lights and on the wind. No stuck in the traffic for me

Really satisfying cycling past all the motorists struck in traffic around the city centre.

Cookie_Monster · 20-10-2013 10:38AM

7 and a half minutes on average to work, 9-10 home.

TheBody · 20-10-2013 10:40AM

About a 50 min drive. Could probably do it in about 35-40 mins if people stopped driving st 60kph on straight, wide, 100kph N roads.

cloud493 · 20-10-2013 10:41AM

To work. 15 minutes?
To college, 90 minutes to 2 hours

imitation · 20-10-2013 10:47AM

Usually 20 min. I once did an hour each way, maybe oneday ill do it again, its tiring and boring though. As well it kills my productivity. The thing that got me, and nobody really mentions it, you really begin to feel exposed and unsafe on the roads doing that much milage, you see so much crap and have so many near misses in short sucession, it really started doing my head in anyway. Dunno how some stick crazy commutes long term, but I guess they have to.

r3nu4l · 20-10-2013 10:49AM

Once I finish breakfast, my commute takes 7 seconds. I work from my dining room at home

Used to commute from Cambridge to London Liverpool Street every day, minimum 3 hours a day commuting back then.

TheBody · 20-10-2013 10:50AM

imitation wrote: »

Usually 20 min. I once did an hour each way, maybe oneday ill do it again, its tiring and boring though. As well it kills my productivity. The thing that got me, and nobody really mentions it, you really begin to feel exposed and unsafe on the roads doing that much milage, you see so much crap and have so many near misses in short sucession, it really started doing my head in anyway. Dunno how some stick crazy commutes long term, but I guess they have to.

+1 for all of this. I hate the sight of my car after driving all week.

Cookie_Monster · 20-10-2013 10:51AM

r3nu4l wrote: »

Once I finish breakfast, my commute takes 7 seconds. I work from my dining room at home

Used to commute from Cambridge to London Liverpool Street every day, minimum 3 hours a day commuting back then.

good change to make, commuting is such a waste of life.

demanufactured · 20-10-2013 10:56AM

45min to an hour depending om traffic.

muff03 · 20-10-2013 11:02AM

2hrs each way, sometimes save half an hour if traffic isn't mental. Gotta go what ya gotta do.

at least this job is a set trip, when I was a contracted Spark I could be anywhere anyday. People in offices don't know how handy they have it.

Elessar · 20-10-2013 11:07AM

8-10 mins, in the car. I could cycle it if I really wanted (or walk if I really pushed it) but I couldn't be bothered. I love my car and like driving. In saying that it takes another 10-15 minutes to walk from the staff car park to my office!

Incidentally I'm doing a degree in IT and eventually want to move into a high-tech company. Most of these are city center and southside so I'll eventually need a much longer commute!

freedominacup · 20-10-2013 11:07AM

3 seconds.:eek:

Nailz · 20-10-2013 11:13AM

To college, leaving from my apartment in Galway, takes generally around 20 minutes on foot. I come up and down from Cavan on Friday's and Sunday's and stay at home for most weekends.

That bus journey generally takes 2 hours and 10 minutes on Sunday, and 2 hours and 40 minutes on Friday, due to bad traffic at that time of the day in Cavan town.

I also have a 40 minute drive on top of that to head from/back to Shercock, so it could be up on 3 hours and 20/30 minutes on a Friday from Galway to Shercock, Co. Cavan.

I generally enjoy long trips though, for some odd reason, but I wouldn't be able to do that every day.

danotroy · 20-10-2013 11:15AM

Fr_Dougal wrote: »

Used to be 3hrs round trip. Can do it in 15min each way now.

Did you buy a faster car?

rainbow kirby · 20-10-2013 11:16AM

10 minute walk to the tube station and 15-20 minutes on the train to work. Not too bad really.

Professey Chin · 20-10-2013 11:16AM

About 30/35 minutes if traffic isnt a complete bastard.
I think I'll switch to pedal power

Plumpynutt · 20-10-2013 11:22AM

About 25 minutes. 10 minute walk, 1 stop on the DART, 3 minute walk. Handy enough

cloud493 · 20-10-2013 11:24AM

I don't mind commuting really. Gives you time to have a read, or have some breakfast.

spankysue · 20-10-2013 11:24AM

Takes me 15 minutes to get to work in the morning by taxi, then 40 minutes on the bus home in the evening.

Seaneh · 20-10-2013 11:27AM

College, 1 hour 20 minutes if I take the dart (walk to dart station, dart, walk from station to college) or 40 minutes if I cycle.

1dave123 · 20-10-2013 11:27AM

About 25 mins - all walking. I'm very lucky.

paulbok · 20-10-2013 11:28AM

20-25 mins in the summer, normally 35-40 in winter but since September, it's taking close to an hour with the increased volume on the M50 south.

archie84 · 20-10-2013 11:30AM

30 mins drive

mickstupp · 20-10-2013 11:31AM

About 2 to 2.5 hours each way. Part walking, part direct bus. Sometimes train and bus when the hours are wonky.

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