I’m assuming that most of you are from the US so probably using cars, but lemme know if you use trains, subways, buses, etc.

Me? Back when I was doing an internship I walked to a nearby station for 10 minutes then transited to another train line, which could be an instant or 20 minutes wait. After that I walked for 10 minutes to my work place. So it was probably about 40 minutes of commute. Of course, I live in tropical country so I’m drenched in sweat as I arrive in the office.

Fortunately every year my city’s public transportation seems to get better and as a result I barely needed to use cars.

  • ccunning@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Before switching to full time WFH I had a 20 mile (32km) drive. At rush hour it took a minimum of 60 minutes if there were no “incidents”. Incidents were a regular occurrence and would easily cause the commute to balloon to 90-120 minutes.

    I would from time to time check in to see what the public transportation options were. Public transportation looked something like:

    15-20min walk to the bus stop. 40 minute bus ride to the light rail terminus. 20 minute train ride 10 minute shuttle ride from the light rail station to the office.

    So about 90 minutes of travel on a perfect day with no wait between transportation modes.

    I opted to “beat the rush” by leaving at 5:30am. That way it was an under 30 minute drive.