Tell me about your commute!

[slobber]

13 minutes. Light traffic. 18 up to 22 minutes in heavy traffic. No interstate. Pretty leisurely drive. On the way, if it is heavy traffic, I take one route to hit a stop light so I can take a protected left turn. If non-peak traffic, I go on a different road and take an unprotected left on to the main road. Really spices things up and gets the juices flowing.


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[8manpick]

Wow! Juicy commute deets! Thanks dobber

[Phil Titola]

One block of a sidewalk is blocked for construction right now... Its adding at least 35 seconds to my commute 

Id bike more but the bus traffic gets too heavy the normal time I'm headed to work and I'm not a fan of sharing the road with buses w/o a bike lane.

[420seriouscat69]

I get so pissed when Ms. wacky or anyone texts me on the way to work, as I get blown up with emails at the same time. That crap can wait. It infuriates me. Especially in my shitty car. I need to be alert.

Not preaching, xcolate. It's just a pet peeve of mine. I obviously can't multi-task enough.

Just because someone texts or emails you while you are driving doesn't mean you have to look at it immediately. Have some self control.

I have zero self control. My CEO has been bragging to my manager how on top of everything I am and I don't wanna lose my edge, you know? She'd think I was dead if I didn't respond right away.

[Asteriskhead]

I have an 8 mile drive that takes about 15 minutes. I can make it in about 9 minutes, if people don't get in my way. The commute home is usually worse than to work. I try to plan most of my activities with the main goal of avoiding people. I dislike most people.

[puniraptor]

How is anyone supposed to know what you are doing when? Do you use hash tag X?

[cfbandyman]

Depends on biased (against my traffic) 3 lights on Roe, Mission, and State Line, and whether or not someone is not in front of me preventing me from turning right onto 95th from Lee at a red light. If all those are in favor, I've made it to work in 6 minutes once, but that was once. Average closer to 10 minutes, worst case is 12 minutes. But it's a pretty good drive, not a lot of traffic, and it still doesn't take that long when things aren't totally going my way.

[michigancat]

Depending on the day, I either bike-BART-bike or bike-BART-walk. Takes 40-50 minutes door to door. It's impossible to get my bike on Bart at my home stop during peak hours because I'm fairly close to the city and the cars are too fill. Bart is incredibly packed and really needs a second transbay tube. But overall it's pretty great. Most days I can just shove my way onto the train puni style and read a book or listen to music or podcasts.

Sometimes when it's raining, I'll take a bus that goes straight to the city from a block away from my house but it's quite a bit slower. Like an hour+.

I've never driven to work in 4 and a half years of living here. Toll across the bridge is $6, traffic is an unpredictable nightmare, and parking costs $15-20/day unless you're moving your car from meter to meter every two hours.

[Mrs. Gooch]

Depending on the day, I either bike-BART-bike or bike-BART-walk. Takes 40-50 minutes door to door. It's impossible to get my bike on Bart at my home stop during peak hours because I'm fairly close to the city and the cars are too fill. Bart is incredibly packed and really needs a second transbay tube. But overall it's pretty great. Most days I can just shove my way onto the train puni style and read a book or listen to music or podcasts.

Sometimes when it's raining, I'll take a bus that goes straight to the city from a block away from my house but it's quite a bit slower. Like an hour+.

I've never driven to work in 4 and a half years of living here. Toll across the bridge is $6, traffic is an unpredictable nightmare, and parking costs $15-20/day unless you're moving your car from meter to meter every two hours.

I have low city-life IQ but what do you do with your bike on the "walk" part of bike-BART-walk? Is it a bike-share thing or your own bike?

[michigancat]

Depending on the day, I either bike-BART-bike or bike-BART-walk. Takes 40-50 minutes door to door. It's impossible to get my bike on Bart at my home stop during peak hours because I'm fairly close to the city and the cars are too fill. Bart is incredibly packed and really needs a second transbay tube. But overall it's pretty great. Most days I can just shove my way onto the train puni style and read a book or listen to music or podcasts.

Sometimes when it's raining, I'll take a bus that goes straight to the city from a block away from my house but it's quite a bit slower. Like an hour+.

I've never driven to work in 4 and a half years of living here. Toll across the bridge is $6, traffic is an unpredictable nightmare, and parking costs $15-20/day unless you're moving your car from meter to meter every two hours.

I have low city-life IQ but what do you do with your bike on the "walk" part of bike-BART-walk? Is it a bike-share thing or your own bike?

Bart station has bike lockers and bike valet. I usually use the valet.

[HerrSonntag]

If I am running late, I drive my car 20 minutes at 40 km/h, hitting 6 red lights,  and enjoy the ocean view while praying that today is not the day that a scooter maniac kills themself on my car. The worst part is a right turn on the busiest road in town. Basically have to wait for the yellow then ten cars drift King that crap at a time. The only difference in the evening is that I have to wait out a congested crosswalk to turn left.

If I wake up early, I stroll 7 minutes to the train station, take 2 stops and switch trains to the express then get off at the second stop and stroll 25 minutes to the office, enjoying the sights and sounds of a busy morning. If it's cold, I get a hot can of coffee from a vending machine to warm my hands.

Normally I just miss the train I meant to get on and have to wait 10 for the next one. Best case 45 mins if I hit the station just right.

The only difference in the evening is that I have to wait out a congested crosswalk to turn left.

Because Japan, right?   Left side driving is so quaint! 

My drive is about 15-20 minutes.  It starts and ends OK, neighboorhood/parkway drive and the interstate all the way up to the office, but in the middle is a stretch of 9 stoplights along 1 mile of pavement.  Nine!  The road i take is all timed lights (a block north is all sensor, so during non-rush hour traffic its alright) so sometimes you can hit it just right and breeze through all of them but also sometimes you hit every one 

[Mikeyis4dcats]

14 minutes, suburban street, rural 2 lane highway, I-70, suburban 4 lane highway, access road.

[Kat Kid]

25-30 min door to door depending upon leave time and traffice

I have a great route and my commute might possibly get down to 18-20 door-to-door based on likely new house.

I get weekly complaints from one of my coworkers that I pass him on the way to work.

I have one ticket driving to work over 8 years and it was when I had to use an alternative route that was a lower speed limit. 

I basically just try to enjoy the scenery on the drive.

[TownieCat]

It takes me 9 minutes to get to work, but 11 or 12 to get home. One time it took 15 minutes and I almost lost my crap 

[The Big Train]

Guess who I'm texting tomorrow morning

[AbeFroman]

I drive south from downtown on I35 at about 8:20, get off at 75th street and am usually at work by 8:40 unless there is an accident. Reverse the route for going home. It's nice to have the opposite route to the majority of people. Driving north on I35 at 8:20am looks awful.

[420seriouscat69]

Guess who I'm texting tomorrow morning

[everyone shut up]

Time of day can almost double my commute time. If I leave the house by about 7:00am is is 20 minutes, but if I leave after 7:15 it's closer to 40 minutes. Also, there's a bunch of construction on my way now with no good way around it. 

kellogg/west st?

[Mrs. Gooch]

Time of day can almost double my commute time. If I leave the house by about 7:00am is is 20 minutes, but if I leave after 7:15 it's closer to 40 minutes. Also, there's a bunch of construction on my way now with no good way around it. 

kellogg/west st?

Nope. I-235/Zoo Blvd.

[everyone shut up]

Time of day can almost double my commute time. If I leave the house by about 7:00am is is 20 minutes, but if I leave after 7:15 it's closer to 40 minutes. Also, there's a bunch of construction on my way now with no good way around it. 

kellogg/west st?

Nope. I-235/Zoo Blvd.

also terrible. also, we probably pass each other every day.

[pissclams]

Depending on the day, I either bike-BART-bike or bike-BART-walk. Takes 40-50 minutes door to door. It's impossible to get my bike on Bart at my home stop during peak hours because I'm fairly close to the city and the cars are too fill. Bart is incredibly packed and really needs a second transbay tube. But overall it's pretty great. Most days I can just shove my way onto the train puni style and read a book or listen to music or podcasts.

Sometimes when it's raining, I'll take a bus that goes straight to the city from a block away from my house but it's quite a bit slower. Like an hour+.

I've never driven to work in 4 and a half years of living here. Toll across the bridge is $6, traffic is an unpredictable nightmare, and parking costs $15-20/day unless you're moving your car from meter to meter every two hours.

did you see the bart tweets from like a week ago when someone was bitching at them and they were basically like, "ya we know, our crap was maxed out 25 years ago"

[michigancat]

Depending on the day, I either bike-BART-bike or bike-BART-walk. Takes 40-50 minutes door to door. It's impossible to get my bike on Bart at my home stop during peak hours because I'm fairly close to the city and the cars are too fill. Bart is incredibly packed and really needs a second transbay tube. But overall it's pretty great. Most days I can just shove my way onto the train puni style and read a book or listen to music or podcasts.

Sometimes when it's raining, I'll take a bus that goes straight to the city from a block away from my house but it's quite a bit slower. Like an hour+.

I've never driven to work in 4 and a half years of living here. Toll across the bridge is $6, traffic is an unpredictable nightmare, and parking costs $15-20/day unless you're moving your car from meter to meter every two hours.

did you see the bart tweets from like a week ago when someone was bitching at them and they were basically like, "ya we know, our crap was maxed out 25 years ago"

Yeah. I saw an interview with the guy writing those tweets that is basically saying he's using the platform to convince people they need more funding.

[star seed 7]

14 minutes, suburban street, rural 2 lane highway, I-70, suburban 4 lane highway, access road.

16 minutes.

Starting next month google estimates my commute to be 20-60 minutes

[Mrs. Gooch]

14 minutes, suburban street, rural 2 lane highway, I-70, suburban 4 lane highway, access road.

16 minutes.

Starting next month google estimates my commute to be 20-60 minutes

That's a pretty big range.

[star seed 7]

I agree.

It's going from waldo to basically Shawnee mission pkwy and 435 north.  It's either city streets for 12ish miles or highway for 20ish miles and the highway is full of WackyCat08's