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Ask HN: How long is your daily commute?

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Please mention the mode of transport as well.

Morning: 50 min on foot, or 35-50 min by bus. If the cops would just bother to enforce the parking lots^H^H^H I mean bus lanes it could be 25-30 min consistently.

Evening: 30-75 min by bus or half/half walking/bus. When it's long most of the time is spent waiting for a bus with a ridiculously infrequent and poorly thought out schedule, aggravated by bunching. (Poorly thought out as in two buses scheduled within 5 min of one another and then no buses for half an hour, repeatedly. It's mystifying.)

It used to be 1hr each way and getting worse [https://audit.wa.gov.au/reports-and-publications/reports/mai...], then moved and am now 7-14 minutes away (depending on trains at a level crossing).

None -- I work from a home office. It used to be 2 hours per day.

Same here, but I had 1h per day back in the days.

I'm in consultancy so it changes from time to time. Currently it's about 2 hours one way in the AM, 2 to 2 hours and 15 minutes in the PM. That's 4 hours a day. 20 hours a week. I hate it. The company won't let me work from home.

Around 6 minutes via car each way.

About 35 minutes.

5 min walk to the bus, one bus stop then hopping on the subway for 20 min, luckily I don't have to change so I can just relax for those 20 min. Then a 10 minute walk to the office.

Not too bad at all for living in a nice suburb of Stockholm.

Since you are in Stockholm, I'd like to ask: is it feasible to commute by bike in winter?

My impression was that Stockholm is pretty small compared to other capitals, and also well connected with bike lanes. But I visited during summer I don't know about the situation in winter.

There are a lot of people who bike all year. Though less than in spring-autumn.

You probably need/want winter tires for your bike and it may be cold but sure, it is possible. The bike lanes are usually cleared quickly when it snows.

For me the biking distance would be 14km or so. A bit further than I personally want to bike but not an uncommon biking route.

Average about 2.5 hours total: 45 minutes x2 for the Caltrain to and from the South Bay, and another 60 minutes of biking to and from the train station. This is at a cost of $190.80/month for the Caltrain monthly pass.

12 minutes via car each way - about 5 miles. Have been considering biking to work and home but there was quite a bit of road construction this year - maybe next year (snow will be here soon)

With skytrain, around 20 minutes if I go after the morning rush. Looking to get a bike to get it down to some 5 minutes or less, although the traffic is dangerous.

By public transportation: 45 minutes each way ± 10 for vehicle delays, since the system I use is inefficient. Good time to read and listen to podcasts, though.

From home to bus stop 5 minutes, take bus to office which would take around 1 hour, then 10 minute walk to office.

so in both ways, i would take around 2.5 hours.

45 min. walk to the University in the morning 45 min. walk back home at the end of the day

I used to take the bus and it was 10 min. walk + 15 min. bus.

Current: 8-10 minute walk each way (Austin)

Previous: 20 minute subway there, 45 minute subway back (NYC)

Before then: 60 minute drive each way (VA)

2 -> 2.5 hours one way

Bus to train station. The trains and buses rarely match up so there's a good bit of wait time at either end.

where is that?

Wilmington De to Philadelphia.

For comparison driving is about 30 minutes.

40 minutes to work and at least 40 minutes back, depends on traffic. I am driving 31 miles by car to work.

50-80 minutes depending on direction of travel and traffic, on a motorcycle (legal lane splitting in California)

Most days is just zero as I usually work from home. If I go to the office I cycle for about 15 minutes.

Depending on traffic, anywhere from 30 - 50 minutes in the AM and 25 - 45 minutes PM (by car).

zero commute now. But to share, I used to commute 2.5 hours ONE way daily (Car + Bus combo). Yea, don't ask. I did it for almost 2 years. Job was good, money was good except for that commute. Now I work for myself from where ever I want :)

25 mins in the morning and 35 mins in the evening. I walk back home from office.

Morning: 15-20 minutes, by subway. Evening: 20-30 minutes, by subway.

42 minutes Tube each way, hopefully off peak + walking. An hour door to door.

Time to read.

20 minutes by public transport each way + 10 minutes walk each way.

0 minutes, I work remotely from home (or wherever else I want)

20 min in the morning, 30-40 min in the evening. (by car)

By Car, 8.5 miles. AM 20-30 minutes PM 30-40 minutes.

My last commute was ~40 minutes each way. Edit: Car.

20 minutes door-to-door in Osaka subway.

10 seconds, I live across the street.

8 minute bus ride + 2 minute walk.

30 minutes by bicycle each way

45 minutes in a vanpool.

30 minutes by car each way

by car between 45 min and 60 min each way.

by train 2 hours each way

Which do you prefer?

I prefer the train as I can do something productive, but if I have to work late as I usually do, the train schedule does not work off peak hours.

20 minute walk

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