Whats your journey to work like?

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Currently my trip to the office (3 days a week) is...

Walk 1 mile to a train station (when possible i go via the fields and woods because its more quiet than walking along the roadside)
(30 minutes)

Then I ride an overland train into London
(40 minutes)

Walk to underground train station
(10 minutes)

Catch an underground train
(20 minutes)

Walk to office
(10 minutes)

Total time: 2.5 hrs, door-2-door, (I have around 40 mins waiting around)

Then i turn around and do it all in reverse to get home. Im lucky cause the other day I work is @ home so thats much quicker

Walk 2 miles to station - including a nice bit walking over lots of interconnected bridges with tram lines overlooking city (40 mins)

Intercity train (50 mins)

Walk 1/2 mile from station to work (10 mins)

1 hour 45 mins altogether including being 5 mins early for train (in case!)

I drive in the left lane (4 mins)
I drive in the middle lane (1 min)
I drive in the bus lane* (3 mins)
I drive in the left lane (30 secs)
I drive in the right lane (5 mins)
I drive in the bus lane* (30 secs)
I drive in the only lane (10 mins)
I drive in the bus lane* (30 secs)
I drive in the right lane (5 mins)
I drive in the left lane (1 min)


*Before 0730 you can use the bus lanes.


Sometimes my approx 30 min journey can increase to 1 hour 30 min for no reason other than more cars on the road.

Drive 25 miles to town.
(28 minutes).

Walk to the building from the public parking lot.
(2 minutes).

short

When I go into the office, it's a 15 minute subway ride, followed by a five minute walk. Otherwise, I work from home.

I get in the car, drive 32 miles, never usually seeing another car, park and walk across the street to my work. Takes about 30 minutes, if i forget to set the cruise longer as I am no speed ace.

My journey to work is about 3 minutes minutes of walking

The longest regular journeys I've had to make in the past, though, were when I was going to university - first I had a 30 minute bus ride, a 20 minute train ride, and then a 30 minute walk two miles across the city. With waiting times for bus and train factored in it was usually about 2 hours altogether, but often trains would be delayed on the way home, leading to a missed bus and an extra hour of waiting at the bus station.

I did actually enjoy the half hour walk across the city, though. It kept me fit and healthy (especially when I had to rush to catch a train), and cities like that are rarely short on interesting things to occupy the eyes as you walk.

I live 4 miles from work.

We have no public transit past 4:30 p.m.

Therefore, I drive. Takes 35 minutes from front door to my desk.

I may look into riding bike to work this summer, but it's not the safest place.

Wow. Sometimes my arthritis barely lets me walk out to my old truck. But once I am there, it takes me a little over 10 minutes to drive diagonally from one corner of town to just outside the other where I walk another 100 feet and again sit down.

Formerly:
1 hr to 1.5 hrs of stop-and-go madness.
I would leave work happy and arrive home frazzled.

Currently:
moved 3 miles from work. 10 minute drive, 15 minute bus, or 30 minute bike, my choice.
I am a changed person - much happier. Definitely worth the hassle of moving.

I bike commute to work almost everyday via a bike trail and (relatively busy) city streets. I used to take the bus, but found it to be a hassle (sensory overload, unpredictability, etc.).

Time-wise...
To work: 35 min.
From work: 25 min.

3 days a week roll out of bed, turn on the computer and check my email. The other two may involve me driving 4 hours into a city (face-to-face meetings), staying over night and driving 4 hours back home the next day.