How many hours do you spend commuting to work?

[hulababy]

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Accoring to the article the average commuter spends 139 hours a year travelling to and from work.

I work 3 days a week and travel around 1 hour each way, in the car on the motorway. Even with PT times and 12 weeks holiday, I clock up a staggering 240 hours commuting time! That is 10 full days a year I spend travelling to work and back in the car. Eeek.

About 5 minutes per day.

20 minutes ish each way, so 40 mins a day.

BBC article

Same as you hulababy - only I do 4 days a week (work from home 1 day per week) - frightening how it adds up !

I only put up with the length of time I travel as my current job offers much less stress than my old job (teaching), I have more flexibility in my hours, I am pretty much in charge of how I use my time at work...and the number of hoklidays. Along with still getting a decent wage, even tkaing into account fuel costs. But some days, especially at ush hour, it is a nightmare and can end up ebing much longer than an hour.

Depends how long it takes me to get from the bedroom to the laptop in the kitchen.

DP is very lucky and works in the same town we live in. I am very lucky as I work from home. I would rather gouge my own eyes out than commute everyday.

I work pt but 5 days a week and my commute door-to-door on the mainline train into central London adds up to just short of 300 hours a year. Although mornings can be busy, I get home before rush hour so that is not particularly stressful. I am still commuting despite being 7 months pregnant and will continue to as close to due date as possible. I don't find it too bad, get to read a book/paper and listen to ipod. The sort of deadtime that I really appreciate after coming back to work after 1 year's maternity as a busy mum.

The commute allows me earn a relatively good wage, which I would not get working locally. So that's the tradeoff.

My dh does largely the same commute.

I work 3 days a week; journey there takes 1 hour 15 minutes, door to door. Coming back I have to pick up DS and DD so door to door takes about 1 hour 30 min.

So 2.75 hours a day, 3 days a week makes rather a lot of commuting hours. I do work from home sometimes, and also have more flexibility in what I do than when I had a shorter commute. DH does a similar amount of commuting too.

I also enjoy my deadtime to read a book etc .

Mine is all driving time - partly motorway partly country roads - so only respite is listening to music ! Would love to commute by train and read books ! Or even do work en-route !

None because I work from home. What a bonus.

Takes dh 20-30 min to get there and same to get back so not too bad.

When I worked in London it was probably 2 hours a day sat (if I was lucky) on a stinking, hot tube train. Bleurgh - I don't miss those days at all.

About 40 mins each way on the days I'm in the office. But most of that is dropping kids at various points on the way. I could drive to work in 7 mins otherwise, or walking in about 30 mins. Used to do 10 hours a week. Never again. That is the main reason I no longer have a career - just a job. Not prepared to waste the time - or the hours of my childrens' childhood.

45 - 1hour to normal office - am in london tomorrow - be fucking 5 hours in fucking car. fuckers.

20 -30 mins by car or 1hr15 by bus (each way)
two towns away

I work 3 nights a week (on average) and take about 4 minutes (walking) to get to work, and about 6 minutes to get back (usually knackered or stop by the shop LOL).

i walk to work. 2.5 miles each way. takes about 45 mins. each way.