How far do you travel to work?

[jackio Gold Contributor Find all posts View Profile Close jackio]

Speaking of the high price of gas, I was wondering how far most people drive to work each day. I go 13 miles each way.

[GrayFal Silver Contributor and supermoderator Find all posts View Profile Close GrayFal]

Speaking of the high price of gas, I was wondering how far most people drive to work each day. I go 13 miles each way.

As Jacki knows....too far!
I commute almost 40 miles each way - but I work usually 3 days/week, 9 hour days

edited to correct each way...not day

[Fern Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Fern]

I don't work any more, but the last three years I worked, it was 66 miles each way. Befiore that we only lived 49 miles each way.

Fern

[klynn Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close klynn]

My dh drives 96 miles M-F. I'm a stay-at-home mom and during competivie swim season (which is just about year round) I drive my son to swim practice which is 104 miles roundtrip M-F. I think we are nuts.

[bigfrank Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close bigfrank]

This was something that I could not ever do. When I first worked with my company it was a 3 mile trip but there was traffic so those 3 miles was a 20 minute ride. Then my company moved 1 mile from my house and If I took the short cu it was under a mile. ETA 5 min. Looking for a parking spot 10 min. Now I no longer have to worry about that.
My wife however was working 3 years ago at a School near Shea stadium which was about a 7-8 mile one way trip. There was a new School going up a mile from my house but she was happy in the old School as she had a lot of friends. Well they broke into her car and that made her get out of that area pretty fast. She has now been working 1 mile from here and I see her for lunch almost every day. In fact she is so close she is driving me to JFK on Monday during her lunch hour.

[tennisWalt Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close tennisWalt]

How about 1/4 of a mile?

I live about 1/4 of a mile from work. Guess who is the last one to work?
Sometimes it takes me all of 2 minutes to get to work.

Walt

PS. But no one ever tells me I'm late. I wonder why? Could it be because I write the checks?

Walt

[basham Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close basham]

As the crow flies, I'm about 25 miles outside of Boston. As the highways wander I'm about 35 miles outside of Boston.

One question I'm often asked is, how long does it take to get in to work. It takes me 1 hr 20 min, on average. Coming back it takes about the same.

[ArtsieAng Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close ArtsieAng]

I am a Decorative Artist/Interior Designer, so each job that I have is a new location. Most are in Nassau County or NYC. Driving into the city takes forever and parking is expensive. When in Nassau, I probably drive under 25 minutes to most locations.

[Icc5 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Icc5]

California Traffic

Well, I'm sure you all know about the California traffic especially in the South Bay. Well, both my wife and I have to commute a whole 6 miles each way and when going we usually only see one or two cars. On the way home we see a few more but never stuck in traffic. Oh, did I forget to say that I start at 5am?
Bart

[jericap Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close jericap]

I drive about 47 miles each way..I usually go in when there is no traffic (5:30am) and come home after 10-11 hrs, when there is traffic. I spend about 2-2.5hrs day commuting

[dawg Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close dawg]

I travel 12 miles each way, my DW has about a 35 mile commute each way. We recently down sized her car because of the high fuel prices.

Dale

[Fisch Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Fisch]

I live two miles from work. A nice 5 minute commute.
No time to listen to Morning Radio.

[KathyR Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close KathyR]

Commute

I drive 26 miles each way to work and it usually takes me 35 minutes. There is hardly any traffic unless I get really unlucky and get behind a school bus.

[SOS8260456 Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close SOS8260456]

I walk to my basement and I am at work. Although I do drive 40 miles each way twice a week part of the year to teach accounting classes in Tannersville, PA.

Lisa

[VillaHappy Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close VillaHappy]

Don't hate me but... I work from home, so it's only a few steps to my office in the back bedroom! Before our field office closed, I worked about 6 miles away, which was a 15 min commute, mostly back roads. Our company is saving a boatload of money not paying rent each month.