How Long is Your Commoote?

[KrazyHorse]

Jan-Feb are bad. December and March are snowy and around freezing. The rest of the year is more pleasant than DC/MD/VA weather

IIRC Montreal spends more on snow removal than any other city in the world.

St. John's has us beat for pure depth, though. I think we average ~8 feet a year. St. John's gets ~12.

[MOBIUS]

10 minute bike ride along the river past the Millennium Stadium, through the park past the castle and then through the beautiful civic centre buildings to my destination, which is one of those buildings.

This evening I managed to get a present in one shop, buy some groceries in another and still be home before 17:40...

[Felch]

There are circles of Hell more pleasant than summers in DC.

[KrazyHorse]

I remember one stretch about 3 summers back where it was exactly 99F every day for 10 days straight with very high humidity.

[Ben Kenobi]

Hmm, we only get 5 and a half feet on average in a year.

[Japher]

I'm 7 minutes. Winding hilly forested road, two lanes, 2 stop lights, one right turn, very light traffic.

However, if that road is closed for some reason (power line or tree falls, car wreck, deer) it will take 20 minutes to take the alternate route. Last week a power line fell about 100 feet from my last turn. I had to turn around and go 30 minutes out of my to get around it. That sucked. Still beats my last commute which was 50 miles/minutes

[DanS]

10-15 minute commute by foot.

[DanS]

Jon, true big city residents and small town people have much shorter commute times than people living in suburban/exurban sprawl.

Oddly, this is not the case. F.e., the boroughs of NYC have the highest commute times. That is unless you consider the boroughs not the true big city.

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/american_community_survey_acs/001695.html

Consider that public transportation tends to take more time than hopping in a car, even discounting the stop-and-go traffic. That said, you're ready for war at work once you've fought through traffic getting there.

[Garth Vader]

You don't own a car? Honestly, I remember commuting using public transportation in Montreal in winter (for 11 years) and it ****ing sucked.

Me? I have a car, it used to take 15-20 minutes to drive to work, and then we moved to a new building which is close to my house. If I drive now it takes about 8 minutes. Biking is faster, and walking is more relaxing.

[KrazyHorse]

Oddly, this is not the case. F.e., the boroughs of NYC have the highest commute times. That is unless you consider the boroughs not the true big city.

a) I'm a bit surprised at how long the NYC times are.
b) Even so, 38.5 minutes isn't very long compared to most people who pull the standard rush-hour commute in most big cities in the US (suburb to urban core)

[KrazyHorse]

Oddly, this is not the case. F.e., the boroughs of NYC have the highest commute times. That is unless you consider the boroughs not the true big city.

a) I'm a bit surprised at how long the NYC times are.
b) Even so, 38.5 minutes isn't very long compared to most people who pull the standard rush-hour commute in most big cities in the US (suburb to urban core)

[ZEE]

15 minute walk through the neighborhood i grew up in... brick roads, few traffic, oak trees, fresh air. I know at least a dozen different routes, an unnecessary precaution now, but one i picked up a decade ago when i lived in the ghetto of the most dangerous city in Florida.

[Imran Siddiqui]

30 minutes. 10 minute walk to the train station and then a 20 minute train ride.

[Japher]

and you work at the other train station? Perhaps you can get a transfer?

[Dauphin]

My commute is 1hr usually, half of it walking time, half of it on the train.