How far do you commute to work?

[Jack Mehoff]

two ways trip

15 miles for me. I also work from home if I so desire, thank to the internet. :D

[UkrainianAmerican]

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[UkrainianAmerican]

45 minutes from home to school. another 45 minutes from the front of the school, to my classes. p-)

[farmgirl]

I live 8 miles from town, and it takes me 8 minutes to get to work. :D

[memphiz]

we'll see if i get hired woot

[Maine Finn]

From "home" to classes, five minutes, tops.

[MVSpartan117]

30 minutes to school, I actually live very close to my school, theres just not direct route there, which results in me having to go at least 10 miles out of the way in a big loop to get there....

[Catch22]

Well, usually it's about 5 meters - I do normally work on laptop im my living room, but recently I started to practice typing while in bath ;) I just need to get a longer cable to work on terrace, it's getting sunny here now :D

[pAt]

from Home to School: 30mins but with the bus its 60mins lol
to Work: a good 3mins

[Hullebullen]

At my last workplace I had about two and a half hours travel to and from. Truly sucked...and the job was no breeze either...

[Jack Mehoff]

Well, usually it's about 5 meters - I do normally work on laptop im my living room, but recently I started to practice typing while in bath ;) I just need to get a longer cable to work on terrace, it's getting sunny here now :D

Ever heard of wireless?

[Catch22]

Heard - yes, afford at the moment - no ;) Got some other and more urgent expenses ;) Just ask my GF since you're meeting her :D

[Romulus]

45 minutes to my work territory which covers 4 counties in VA and WV.
45 minutes home in tractor-trailer hell filled highway.

[wyrm_142]

9 miles the short way (surface streets).

18 miles on the freeway.

Need to start riding the bike to work with gas at 2.01$ / gallon.

[ibstolidude]

I commute 1000s of km to work.

Oh you mean daily - 30 miles r so

[Fintin]

i roll out of bed...im guessing a few feet.....

[Midtown]

wake up drive 5 miles to school
then drive 2 miles to work
then drive 15 miles to work2
then 15 miles back home.

all on my trusty ......HOVER BOARD....YEAH BITCHES, back to the future style, micheal j fox for life@!!!!!

[Romulus]

all on my trusty ......HOVER BOARD....YEAH BITCHES, back to the future style, micheal j fox for life@!!!!!

Isn't he a dreamboat?

[EvanL]

all on my trusty ......HOVER BOARD....YEAH BITCHES, back to the future style, micheal j fox for life@!!!!!

Isn't he a dreamboat?
He would be if he could stop shaking.
;)
haha
oh yes..... i went there

[Flagg]

While working at home my commute is nil, best perq.....working in my PJs

When I head into town: 12km

15 minutes by car or truck

42 seconds by Aprilia ;)

[Mr Gently Benevolent]

Half a mile or so, walk past the last place of Scottish imprisonment of John Paul Jones (he was a crook before he founded the US Navy).

[Enduring Freedom]

18 km from home to work

It takes me about an hour by bus, train and metro. :(

[dunkin]

I live about 30 miles from where I work, and depending on trafic it takes me about 20 minutes to make it.

It use to be like the article below (yes I'm from Wyoming, and yes when I left the population was cut in half). Here is the article that I was reading:


The long road to work

By DUSTIN BLEIZEFFER
Star-Tribune energy reporter
GILLETTE -- Wyoming Highway 59 is 42 miles of mostly flat, open road between here and Wright at 5:45 a.m. The weather is cool but calm, and the asphalt is smooth.

Under these conditions, a heavy-footed driver could easily crank it up to 85 mph and watch the outline of the little buttes steadily wave past in the growing glow of dawn -- alone except for a few deer in the ditches.

But then the trucks and vans begin filing onto the highway, and it's no longer empty. One by one they drop down from "The Gap" on the south side of Gillette, cruising at 65-plus mph. They keep coming, each behind a set of headlights.

By 6 a.m. there's a solid chain of light moving southbound with a cargo of 600 coal miners headed to work.

Kelly Hardy is in the procession. He drives alone, sipping a cup of coffee and listening to National Public Radio. There's a fifth-wheel with a heavy load up ahead slowing the flow of traffic to 50 mph -- it happens all the time.

The change in pace is aggravating for many drivers, and half a dozen vehicles swing into the oncoming lane when it's clear to jump ahead one or two positions at a time.

There are no eight-lane metropolitan traffic jams during rush hour in Wyoming. But there are plenty of one-lane traffic jams 40 miles long just like this one.

"It wouldn't be so bad if it wasn't for this two-lane highway," said Hardy, one of thousands of Wyomingites who commute long distances to work every day.

This 42-mile stretch is only a portion of Hardy's daily commute. He's a maintenance supervisor for Thunder Basin Coal Co.'s Black Thunder mine about 20 miles south of Wright, and he lives on a buffalo ranch 35 miles north of Gillette. Hardy drives 86 miles to get to work each day. He works a 12-hour shift, then drives the 86 miles again to get back home.

"If you love where you live, then it's not that bad," Hardy said. "It does help to stop 35 miles down the road and get a cup of coffee."

Wyoming's great expanse is what attracts many people to the state. People who live and work here are willing to travel great distances to tie the job they love with the home they love. And many of those long-distance commuters work in the minerals industries, which often take them to areas remote from Wyoming's main cities.

Lovely, long Wyoming

It's hard to imagine a workplace more remote than Burlington Resources' Lost Cabin gas plant between Casper and Shoshoni. Yet Gary Waxler and more than a dozen other Burlington Resources employees drive the 98.5 miles from Casper to the gas plant every day.

"I used up two cars so far. Not too bad for being out here for over 10 years," Waxler said.

Waxler used to make the commute alone, but now he car-pools with a few other workers.

"We do take turns driving, and the others usually sleep or read in the summer months," Waxler said. "When I was by myself on shift, I used the time to reflect and to listen to books on tape. You can get a lot listened to in three hours a day."

But living miles from work doesn't always mean a huge amount of time on the road. Chris Lyon and her husband both commute from Glenrock to Casper on Interstate 25. In fact, the interstate miles go by faster than a cross-town commute, Lyon said.

"It actually takes us less time to travel the 20 miles from Glenrock to Casper than it took me to travel about 12 miles when I lived outside of Portland, Ore.," Lyon said. "The commute takes only about seven minutes longer than when we lived on 12th Street on the east side of Casper."

Tom Thompson has a different kind of commute. He lives in Casper and works in Siberia. That's four plane rides and 30 hours, one-way.

Thompson works for Wood Group ESP, which operates an oil pump repair operation in Siberia. He spends 37 days away at work and 32 days at home.

"It was difficult over the holidays, but that's our life," said Thompson's wife, Tina Thompson. "For a young family with children, it would be difficult. But our kids are grown."

Non-intrepid travelers

When it comes to average amount of time spent commuting to and from work, Wyoming ranks among the shortest in the nation. Wyomingites spend an average 17 minutes and 35 seconds on the road to and from work every day, 47th among the 51 states, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

While the average is on low end, many Wyoming commutes are more than an hour one-way. Combine that with extreme weather conditions and an eight-hour or 12-hour work shift, and safety becomes a big issue.

"Before you leave, think about the weather. Your vehicle should be up to the trip," said Wyoming Highway Patrol Sgt. Stephen Townsend.

Townsend said no Wyoming driver should be without an extra set of winter clothes in the car, some snacks and a cell phone.

There are many advantages to car-pooling, too. A long trip can be broken up by changing drivers midway through -- particularly a good idea for people who have just worked a long shift and might get sleepy on the way home.

"Break it up by taking a coffee break or just a break for stretching," Townsend said.

Or take the bus.

Powder River Transportation buses more than 200 miners every day for one coal company alone.

"It's an hour of sleep they can have to work and on the way home," said Greg Worthen, general manager of Powder River Transportation. "You also have fewer sleepy people on the road. It also saves fuel and wear and tear on their own vehicles."

Energy reporter Dustin Bleizeffer can be reached at (307) 682-3388 or dzeffer@trib.com.

[ZaakM433]

5 minutes avg. walking time to class...

[drGreen]

8 km's drive

[§nake]

7km to school, but on bus it takes over20 min, and back the same

[Romulus]

Sometimes 4 hours.

Sometimes 2 hours.

Sometimes 30 minutes.

Just depends on what state and school I'll be working at.

[main_unit]

its about 12 KM with my car,im there in 20 min when i take the long way
i do it in 10 if i take the freeway

[James]

About 8500 miles one way. Thankfully, I only have to do that a few times a year.

3 miles

[Abolith]

1.23 miles
1.97 Km

[CQB_Operator]

30 miles
48 km

[Howie Kaluha]

I have to travel like 2 yards..................

I work from home, on my computer

[memphiz]

40 minutes

[seventy6er]

25 minutes = 14 km