How long is your daily commute?

[bwana]

According to this article South African's are spending up to 59 hours per year sitting in traffic. How long is your daily commute each way?

 

[geezer]

I cycle to work, between 15 - 20 minutes each way.

 

[dualmeister]

Leave for the office at 07H45.
Get to the office at 08H00.

 

[bwana]

My worst commutes were from the midlands in the UK to London 3x a week - 2 hours each way, and driving across Manhattan from New Jersey to Long Island every day for a summer job - up to 2.5 hours each way.

 

[elf_lord_ZC5]

20-25 minutes each way .... , so 40-50 minutes a day, both ways, depending on how many idiots are on the road, doing stupid thoughtless acts.

 

[TheMightyQuin]

My worst commutes were from the midlands in the UK to London 3x a week - 2 hours each way, and driving across Manhattan from New Jersey to Long Island every day for a summer job - up to 2.5 hours each way.

Yep...but then again a horse-and-carriage were slowing things down in those days.

 

[bwana]

Yep...but then again a horse-and-carriage were slowing things down in those days.

We had these bad boys - the inter-city 125.

 

[Creag]

I WFH. There are many days when I would like to commute. Before WFH, my commute was around 50 minutes each way.

 

[PsYTraNc3]

Close to 120 and sometimes more than 2 hours each way
115 minutes this morning.

 

[WAslayer]

About 5 - 10 seconds..

Depends where in the house I am before I need to log in for the day..

 

[Cactus]

I roll out of the bed at 08:59 and start work at 09:00

 

[Datura]

It took me a minute to drag my ass and my laptop from the bedroom to the patio. Then I realised I had forgotten to make coffee so I had to go all the way back to the kitchen. 5 minutes.

My last 2 years working in Cape Town CBD commuting from Gordon's bay was HELL. Between 90 minutes to 3 hours one way.

 

[dj_jyno]

My last 2 years working in Cape Town CBD commuting from Gordon's bay was HELL. Between 90 minutes to 3 hours one way.

I feel your pain. Between 1 hour and 2 hours to the office, but averaging about 80 minutes. When I go home and traffic is light, 30 minutes.

 

[PhireSide]

WFH currently, but prior to that, about 8 - 10 minutes each way

 

[Datura]

I feel your pain. Between 1 hour and 2 hours to the office, but averaging about 80 minutes. When I go home and traffic is light, 30 minutes.

It was fine for years. I was using the Business Express for about 4 years which was great at first (1 hour each way and the Golden Arrow bus 1 hour 15 minutes each way). The trains became so unreliable and the N2 just over congested. Eventually I started leaving home at 9am to get to work before 10am and then leaving work at ~7pm just to avoid the madness. And when there is a big accident on the N2... you sit like a fscking nana!

 

[Sepeng]

School commute can get busy - the school is like 5 minutes away, but once inside it can take another 15 depending.
My kid is trained to tuck and roll out the car, I barely slow down in the drop off zone if I can help it.

 

[pinball wizard]

Depends if I crawl or run upstairs to my office, but usually about 2 minutes.

 

[WAslayer]

Depends if I crawl or run upstairs to my office, but usually about 2 minutes.

That's a massive staircase if it takes 2 minutes to get up it..

 

[pinball wizard]

That's a massive staircase if it takes 2 minutes to get up it..

I'm usually hungover, so it's slow crawl for me.

 

[dj_jyno]

Eventually I started leaving home at 9am to get to work before 10am and then leaving work at ~7pm just to avoid the madness. And when there is a big accident on the N2... you sit like a fscking nana!

Sounds familiar. I rarely leave the office before 18:00. I don't even bother trying the N2 past the R300 in the morning - I rather take my chances with the N1.

Starting to wean my colleagues off having me available every day of the week - started working from home once a week.