ITT we talk/brag/complain about our commute.

[annabella]

Originally Posted by SWTXBelle

Pick your poison - it's all bad.

Houston traffic=THE WORST. I hated it.

[agzg]

I have a 40-45 minute el ride to work. It's not bad, but hard to get used to when I used to have a 20-25 minute el ride to work.

[joliebelle]

It's a 28 minute ride on the el to class and work for me. It takes me 50 minutes to get to internship though, which really sucks. Also, it's an 8 minute walk to the el from my apartment.

[excelblue]

I'd love to complain, but I really can't:

Since my fraternity does not have an official house, I live in an apartment off campus. I'm six blocks away from my classes (it's a huge campus).

It takes me 8min by bike to get to classes, and each time, I have to "fight" traffic going at 25mph and the 300ft elevation climb has really given me a lot of leg muscles. I can choose to walk, but then it takes 15min to get to classes.

Going downhill, I always wonder if that time will be my last as I imagine myself getting fragged into pieces if I ever fall off at 30mph.

(BTW, nobody drives, parking permits are so expensive that they start to rival rent for a room in some areas.)

[unicorn]

I'm six miles from my job - including walking from my place to the Metro (15 minutes) and walking from Metro to the office (10 minutes), it takes an hour. If I drive (very, very rare since I don't own a car), it takes 45 minutes during rush hour, or 15 minutes if I come in after about 9:30 or so.

I'm starting a new job on Monday and I think my shorter commute ranks pretty high on the list of perks (eliminating a transfer AND going four fewer stops, it should be about 35 minutes door to door.)

[VandalSquirrel]

I read this as commune instead of commute and though you were all dirty hippies.

I live oh less than a ten minute walk from campus and can be anywhere from that corner of campus in about five minutes. We also have a shuttle but I only take that if I have a load of library books, my lungs are not cooperative, a friend with access concerns is riding and they need a hand on the hills because their chair is not motorized, or it is raining.

I am still using the same tank of gas I purchased the 11th of September about 100 miles away from my house. Even though a parking permit would be super helpful this winter the cost was about a month of rent and it more than covered my kitties special food for a year. Considering I don't plan to be in town May-August if I am in the field it would be a waste of money.

[knight_shadow]

Originally Posted by VandalSquirrel

I am still using the same tank of gas I purchased the 11th of September about 100 miles away from my house

I filled up Monday or Tuesday, and it's time for me to fill up again. You make me sick

[IrishLake]

k_s, Sorry dude, but I have you beat. I fill up every other day. :P

[MaggieXi]

19 Miles = 45 mins to 1 hour (once it took 3 hours, but a sink hole was involved) during rush hour. It involves 2 two lane highways and rediculous amounts of volume.

Brilliant people designed our roadways - they made sure to build one into the side of a mountain, boardered by a river and one road that runs through a national park, banking from east to west, with suicidal deer.

Non-rush hour it takes about 30 mins.