IF you commute what's your commute like?

newbury · Apr 23, 2012

Generally I had been thinking that most of us had a short commute to the barn. But then I read reports here of peeps like MossflowerWoods commuting for hours.

MossflowerWoods said:
I WANT to be able to drive it and park it if I need to for work which is a LONG 60 to 75 mile one way commute with some of the worst traffic in the USA (I-95N from VA into DC) and into dense parking lots or airport lots etc.

We just had another jam up on the roads around here (Washington DC), and it made me think of you commuters. Since 1984 until I retired last September my commute (when in town and not on travel) was 1.2 miles. I've walked, jogged, bicycled, roller-bladed and even cross-country skiied to work. When I drove (most of the time) it was routinely 3.5 minutes. I never got to listen to much on the car radio.
Now that I've retired even that commute is gone

I'm probably saving half a gallon of gas a week.

For those of you with long commutes what's it like? Why did you choose or were you forced to spend lots of what could be tractor time in a vehicle stuck behind others?

schoolsout · Apr 23, 2012

35 miles to/from work

Calling on customers could be 200 miles/day

Traffic isn't usually bad. Where I plan on building (the property we have) is about the same distance, but traffic is much worse. They are widening the roads at congested areas, though.

RoyJackson · Apr 23, 2012

My last one was 60 miles one way to the NE outskirts of Baltimore MD.
Normally, any driving around the Baltimore metro area is a real chinese firedrill. However, I was working 3rd shift, so it wasn't bad at all (other then fuel usage). Took about 75 minutes or so, if good weather.

nybirdman · Apr 23, 2012

My last job was at 102 miles round-trip.Not bad really,not a lot of traffic and we car pooled.We figured an hour,late only once in the 17 years I worked there.When I worked contruction..it varied between a few miles and 80 miles one way,any further than that I stayed.With today's prices on fuel the commute becomes a lot more expensive;but I have retired and only drive a few miles a week.

k0ua · Apr 23, 2012

35 miles each way,, traffic usually not too bad once you get out of the cities. Sometimes trouble in the winter, but mostly just at my place with the stupid hills when they are snow or ice covered. Gives you some time to think. Not all that bad.

James K0UA

whiskywizard · Apr 23, 2012

A year ago May I moved from "in town" out to lakefront property in "cottage country". My commute went from 4-6 minutes each way, up to 65-70 minutes each way. Traffic for the northern portion of my trip is very light, and as I near the city it gets heavier and heavier.

But I can live with it - retirement is 36 weeks away now. :licking:

riptides · Apr 23, 2012

newbury said:
Generally I had been thinking that most of us had a short commute to the barn. But then I read reports here of peeps like MossflowerWoods commuting for hours.

We just had another jam up on the roads around here (Washington DC), and it made me think of you commuters. Since 1984 until I retired last September my commute (when in town and not on travel) was 1.2 miles. I've walked, jogged, bicycled, roller-bladed and even cross-country skiied to work. When I drove (most of the time) it was routinely 3.5 minutes. I never got to listen to much on the car radio.
Now that I've retired even that commute is gone
I'm probably saving half a gallon of gas a week.

For those of you with long commutes what's it like? Why did you choose or were you forced to spend lots of what could be tractor time in a vehicle stuck behind others?

I listened to the traffic reports as I left the cow pastures this AM and avoided that mess in DC this AM.

I am up to 146 miles a day, round trip.

Hopefully next month, I get to crop 40 OFF this commute.

It's a job, that provides the lifestyle I want. It's just a job. Unfortunate, the commute is part of it. I tell myself, nothing is forever. And I have been doing it for 20 plus years now.

AMR · Apr 23, 2012

38 miles each way, roughly 45 minutes in the AM roughly 55 minutes in the PM, there are 1.5 commutes every couple weeks depending on when I leave, scenic Waterbury CT can always offer up a surprise

mjarrels · Apr 23, 2012

Use to commute from Alameda Ca. to Coupeville Wa. 926 miles each way via Alaska airlines. Only did it once or twice a month. Refused to move my family to the bay area while I was on the USS Carl Vinson. I spend half my time deployed anyway.

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