Poll: Commute to Work

[mryan]

How long is your commute to work?

 

[Greg]

Interesting poll.

 

[mryan]

Please, if you would, indicate a mode of transportation as well: car, train, bike, big wheel, etc. thanks.

 

[coreybyrnes]

22 minutes and 37 seconds via subaru forester

 

[ChileMass]

40 min with no traffic on 495/3. Can be twice as long some days. Used to be worse - I used to go from Worcester to Woburn every day and that truly stunk. However, I get to work from home about 2 days per week, so it's not so bad.....

 

[riverc0il]

used to commute 45-50 minutes each way by car. decided to move closer to work to get more of my day back. now i'm a 5 minute drive each way, within a short biking distance during the summer. almost 4 hours added to free time before/after work during the week, hundreds of dollars saved on gas a year, and so much less frustration, w00t.

 

[Max]

15 minutes by car (sometimes motorcycle). I'd ride my bike, but going home at 1 AM is a dangerous situation.

 

[bvibert]

About 25 minutes by car

 

[Stephen]

50 minutes Dover to Ipswich

 

[hammer]

Mass. commuter

40 min with no traffic on 495/3. Can be twice as long some days. Used to be worse - I used to go from Worcester to Woburn every day and that truly stunk. However, I get to work from home about 2 days per week, so it's not so bad.....

My commute's about the same (I go Rt. 3 to I-495 to I-93 or Rt. 3 to 128 -- by car of course). The good thing is that, now that the new lane is done on Rt. 3, I can keep the cruise control on for most of the commute.

I can't telecommute all day, but I'm fortunate enough to be able to hang around home for a few hours in the morning if the traffic's bad.

Of course, being 15 minutes away from a ski area is nice, even if the ski area (Nashoba) is a bit on the small side...

 

[jwind]

50 minutes Dover to Ipswich

What do you do in Ipswich?

3 minute drive, 15 minute walk, 6 or so blocks ... almost a mile i think - pretty short.

 

[Joshua B]

50 mins Hudson to Cambridge (car)

 

[MichaelJ]

When there's no traffic on Rte 128, it's 10 minutes.
When there's traffic on Rte 128, it can vary from 20 minutes to over an hour.
By back roads it's a half-hour.
By bike it's 10.5 miles, 48 minutes.

 

[TenPeaks]

I take the train everyday into Boston which is a 45 minute ride then walk 20 minutes to the office. Factor in "waiting for the train" time and my commute is typically 70 to 85 minutes each way. I could take the T and be at the office in about 10 minutes but I like the 1+ mile walk.

 

[tree_skier]

I Have a 39 mile drive from West Dover, VT to Keene NH it takes me about 45-50 minutes

 

[SilentCal]

About 5 minutes by car at 4 in the morning and twenty minutes to get home at noon traffic time.

 

[Alpinista]

Pre-Big dig: anywhere from 55 minutes to 2 hours and 10 minutes to travel 20 miles on I-93 from North Reading, MA, to downtown Boston.

Post-Big dig: generally 40 minutes door to door.

Vehicle: wee white Beetle with the bumper sticker "Screw my car, my ass climbed Mt. Washington"

 

[Charlie Schuessler]

35 minutes for 15 miles of backroads by car, truck or motorcycle.

60 minutes by road bicycle along the same roads.

 

[Darwin]

Commute!!!!!

My commute is about 50 min. each way from Amesbury MA. to Fort Devens MA. HATE IT!!!!!!!

 

[smitty77]

All commute times posted are done in a car (actually company truck) from Athol, MA:
To Putnam, CT plant: 1 hr, 15 min at 4 am; 1hr, 35 min at 3pm; 75 miles.
To Providence, RI plant: 1 hr, 25 min at 4am; 1hr, 50min at 3pm; 85 miles.

The route vaires, but generally it's Rt2/I-190/I-290/I-395 for the CT trip and Rt2/I-190/I-290/Rt146/I-295/US44 for the RI trip. Yes, my commute sucks :angry: but a) the pay is good, b) I can't really afford a home between the two plants, c) there aren't many idiots on the road at 4am, and d) I spend about 30% of my work time doing field work in towns in Southern NH.

BTW, commuting by bicycle is OUT!