ITT we talk/brag/complain about our commute.
 

I have a 30 minute commute right now but TXDOT is starting a HUGE 2 year project on the freeway soon and I'm NOT looking forward to the mess/hassle of construction. :(

Try driving in DFW during rush hour lol

I live somewhat close to one major office/entertainment area in DFW, drive on 3 tollways, and work in another major business district (where a large chunk of HQs are located). Bleh.

I work and live in the same city.... and love it!!
All I have to do is drive streets to and from work which can be up to 30 min, but an easy drive. I even ride my bike to work sometimes.

I get on the highway at the 42nd worst bottleneck inthe country, according to the people who keep up with this stuff.

I used to live and commute in the DC area so take that! UGH, El Paso has 800,000 people driving on a road system designed for maybe 300,000.....

My best commute ever was when we lived in Nashville. My husband and I both worked at the Vanderbilt Medical Center and we lived only 1/2 mile away. Walked to work for three straight years. Good times. It was a nice change from commuting in Dallas, including one of the toll roads referenced by K_S above.

Now my commute is just down the hall to the kids' rooms.

Yeah, DFW's highway system is very good, but is not designed to hold the ~6.5 million residents + visitors. It's not as bad as Austin, but it's still a hassle driving through all of it.

I used to work across from Northpark, but even then, I rarely got caught in "bad" traffic. It usually took me ~20-25 minutes to get from Irving/Las Colinas to that area.

Now I have to take 161 to 190 to the Tollway (:rolleyes:). I know the tollroads have less congestion than the freeways, so I can't imagine making that drive on the freeways (Someone suggested that I take Loop 12 to 35 to 635 to Preston or 75. I almost spit on that person).

:mad:

2.9 miles. under 10 minutes.

That person was smokin' some serious crack.

My commute was Beltline/Tollway initially to Methodist and later to Parkland. Not too much traffic compared to other freeways, however, if there was ever a serious accident on the Tollway there wasn't really another option to get to work. I was too far from Central or 35 so I just chose to pay to sit in traffic.

Halloween night was always the worst. All those Plano/Allen peeps going home early (I got off work at 4:30) to Trick or Treat. Could take up to 2 hours some years.

/hijack- you following the World Series? I literally had tears after game 6 and again last night as the line-ups were read. Can take this to "What do you feel like saying right now" thread so as not to derail this one...

Two minutes!

But I used to live in Northern Virginia, so I sympathize.

I turn left twice and arrive in under 5 minutes. Love it.

Yea, as soon as my lease is up, I'll be moving to Addison or Far North Dallas. I can't deal with all the "extra" on 190 and the Tollway.

I chuckled when you said "if" there's an accident lol

/hijack - It's funny that you bring that up. A couple of close frat brothers and friends live in Mansfield and suggested that we meet at BWW for the game.

I left work (Tollway and Legacy) early to "beat traffic" -- ha! It literally took me 2 hours to get to Mansfield. I couldn't believe how backed up Irving and Grand Prairie were going south. I knew it would be crazy going toward the Ballpark, but it was madness all around West Dallas/East Tarrant Counties.

BWW in Mansfield was PACKED and the energy was incredible.

ETA: This thread also reminded me of something a friend told me. Before living in DFW, when you see and accident, you think "Oh, my goodness. I hope everyone's OK!" After living here for a while, that changes to "Dammit, this person is screwing up traffic!" Lol

Does anyone have a commute that is over an hour? How does it work for you and do you get used to it? If I get the transfer I'm hoping for I will end up with a 50 minute drive (w/ no traffic) to/from work.

I used to work with a guy who had a 2 1/2 hour commute ( He lives in Grand Rapids but works in metro Detroit). He ended up renting a room in town and would just go home on the weekends.

Used to have a 5 minute commute. Lived downtown, worked about 10 blocks away. Now, since I've moved to the 'burbs, its' only about 20 minutes.

My commute is 5 minutes or less.