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What's your daily commute like?
With my new job, I am lucky enough to where I can drive, take the subway a few stop, or ride a bike, depending on my mood/schedule/weather.
The train is actually the slowest...walking to the training and waiting for it, making my commute about 30mins. Otherwise, driving is less than 10mins and I do it in about 15mins by bike.
With the schools out, commute is about 20 mins. by car (no option of bus, rail, etc without it being a massive issue) both to and from work - when the schools are in session, commute to work is around 40 mins and commute home is around 30 mins - of course, all this being dependent of the self-centered Fort Lauderdale drivers.. :)
Good question.
Until recently it was a five minute drive oe 35 minute walk...now that our office has moved downtown it's a ten minute drive in (25 minute drive out) and $5/day to park...or I can take the bus which averages 25 minutes and includes about a mile worth of good-for-me walking.
Working in Midtown Manhattan these days, and if I time it right, it's about 1+15 door to door. A 2 minute drive to the LIRR (I could walk it, but I'm usually dragging a laptop and such in my bag) Express from Syosset to Penn Station, usually takes 45 minutes, then one stop on the 1/2/3 to Times Square, and the Shuttle to Grand Central, with a 3 block walk to the office. I can leave the house at 7:15am, and if the subways work out right, can be in office at 8:30. Heading home is a little longer, only because of scheduling on the LIRR eastbound.
Very soon, however, after one long commute, I'll have a 5 minute (or less) drive to the office...
I live in the Riverdale section of The Bronx. I work in Washington Heights by the GWB. I can drive or take public transportation or bike. If I drive, even with slight traffic, it can be a 5 minute commute. 45 minutes by Public Transport. Biking it? not sure... although I have walked it but never timed it :(
I USED to work out of City Hall for a number of years and that commute was atrocious by car, decent by Public Transportation but never happy about it.
In yet a previous commute, I had to drive about 1.2 hours from home to the office, no traffic, slightly past the double-nickel speed limit :tongue:
What coincidence as I timed my commute this morning prior to seeing this thread.
17:34 From the moment I pulled out of the driveway to the second prior saying good morning to my first patient. And that was with some cloying traffic.
13 minutes on Saturday morning. I love Sat mornings. I can spring out of bed at 8:24, shower, eat w/ the fam and jump in the car at 8:54, arriving at 9:06am and the first patient is just about entering the exam room.
I've been timing it as our house is now up for sale and I am desperately lamenting that my commute may grow to 20 minutes....
I have no set commute, my office is in Farmingdale, but I don't work there. During the busy season I am at a different location each day. I've have been to locations that are 5 minutes away and locations that are 2 hrs away.
My typical commute from Huntington to Midtown is usually 100 minutes each way. I can tell you from experience that it gets old really fast!
Mario, you tart your day seeing patients that fast? No settling in time or work to do beforehand?
When I get to work, it takes me about 20 minutes just to set up my computer station. haha
Drive to Hicksville LIRR , express into Penn Station, short walk to subway on 6th Ave to Upper East Side. Goes anywhere from an hour 15 to an hour 25. Home about the same maybe 5 or so minutes longer. Of course this all depends on the wonderful LIRR which recently has seen a lot of problems with signals and switches (including this AM on the Pt Washington branch). They then become known as the Long Island Fail Road!!!:tongue:
BTw I've been doing this for almost 14 years now. Before that I lived in Forest Hills which was a quick 35 minutes or so. But I dont complain (so much:rolleyes:) as I enjoy living on L.I. which I feel is a better quality of life for myself and my family especially the schools. BTW my youngest (and last) just graduated from HS so does that mean I still have to pay the school tax? :biggrin:
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Originally Posted by Phil D.
Absolutely! I walk right in, throw down my keys, put on my lab coat and hit the ground running. Sometimes I've gone in so fast that some of our employees didnt even see me come in!
My partner has it even better...90 seconds, door to door.
My commute is a rough one, especially when it's raining. On average, it takes about ten to fifteen seconds. I have to head out the door and then make that dreaded commute across the lawn to the garage where my shop is. Occasionally, my commute is delayed when something takes off of runway 14, because I stop to look up.
From where I used to live in PA it would take me an hour and 15 to get into Center City Philly and an hour and a half to get back home, half was driving and half was train. A crappy, inefficient train.
After I got divorced I got smart and moved into Jersey near the Hi-Speed Line. 37 mins door to door each way, including small drive(or bike ride) to the Patco station.
Now, I have no commute as I have been laid off. Hoping to not have to go back to a crazy commute with the next employer
Where you moving to?Quote:
Originally Posted by moose135
Walk out of my driveway, a long 10 minute to walk to school, that's it!
Charlotte, NCQuote:
Originally Posted by USAF Pilot 07
Let's see.....it depends. If I decide to work at my office located in Garden City, it turns out to be approx. 30mins (an this is around 5:30am), coming home tends to be a tad longer. There are times when I decide to work from home (the only commute there is the commute to the bathroom). When I was located in Wayne, NJ my killer commute was 2 hours. I drove, then I decide to switch to taking MTA trains and a NJ Transit bus and that took around 2.5 hours but at least I got a chance to sleep.
Phil, 13:07.1 this morning from pulling out of the driveway to saying good morning to the front desk!
Going to miss that!
When I worked for NAA and had the 5am starts, I'd make the drive in less than 10 minutes easy down the Van Wyck. The variable was one red light.
Wow, John you are leaving the confines of Long Island? Good luck. Spotting in these parts wont be the same!! :frown:Quote:
Originally Posted by moose135
And what the hell is Fred going to do without you? :eek:
Twelve minute drive for me... although there are days it becomes twenty because I have to be stuck behind someone doing ten under the speed limit (and you can't legally pass them)...
Anyplace between 3.5 hours and 15 mins depending on which house I am coming from for the airline. An hour if I LIRR it to work, 15 to 20 if I drive from Long Beach, 3.5 including the drive to SRQ if it's a week I am commuting from Fla on, about 2.5 if I am commuting from Lake Norman. For my second job, I live exactly 843 feet from door to door in NY so it depends on if I get to park ave and get a bad traffic light timed up.
30-35 minutes door to door depending on traffic. Car only, no mass transit available for my route.
Hour fifteen if all goes well from rockaway into midtown. Then again if I drive to Howard beach and leave the car there, when I get back, I can stop at the Howard beach spots for a bit on the way home. Then again, if I go straight home on the express bus I can either get some photos from my porch or next to the cross bay. Sort of depends on what runways are being used and how much motivation I have. It's tough to jump in the car for a 10 or so minute drive when I can just stand on the porch with a cold beverage and a game on in my living room. : P. but sometimes the big sweeping left off of 31L is hard to resist when it's so low.Quote:
Originally Posted by Phil D.
-TJ
Good luck. Your photos are amazing. I'm sure they'll be just as amazing from the south.Quote:
Originally Posted by moose135
Thank you! I've already checked out the airport observation area and museum at CLT, so I think I'll have some opportunities...Quote:
Originally Posted by TJK
Mine is pretty easy if there is no traffic. I live in Whitestone and the office is in Long Island City, right by the 59th St Bridge, about 8 Miles door to door. The grand central is what kills me in the afternoon that makes a 20 min drive almost 45. But, the bright side of me being stuck in traffic, is that I get to watch LGA traffic :tongue: