Commuter Travel

Cleaver

Another question would be whether anyone enjoy's their commute?

I used to drive about 30 miles each way, which took over an hour in normal conditions with a lot of stop start. Really used to hate it with a passion.

I now find the 15 minutes on public transport quite pleasurable. Either read my book or listen to music / podcast. It's actually quite a relaxing start and end to each day.

misskool

50-60minutes to London (depending on fast or slow train), it's about 40ish miles.
Train ticket including travelcard less than £4k a year.

I work/sleep/internet on the train so it's preferable to sitting in a hot smelly underground train.

neverdespairgirl

wymondham wrote: »

who travels the furthest, and why, how much do you spend commuting? Discuss!

I loathe commuting as a concept.

I live 3 minutes away from Chambers. OH is 10 minutes away by bike (door to door).

We do travel quite a lot for work - OH is in Leicester for the next 3 days. But it's not the mind-numbing catching the same train day in, day out.

PasturesNew

I was having a conversation with somebody 200 miles away in the week, his weekly "go anywhere/any time" bus ticket was £10. Mine (hard to track it down) looked like £45 - and the buses are slow, infrequent, unreliable... so £2000/year for a rubbish service. I'd not be able to rely on the buses to get to work. 20 miles would take an hour each way, one bus/hour. Coming home there's a flurry of buses about 5pm, then a strange dead zone, so if you miss that one you might not be home for hourssssss....

I can't read on public transport (feel sick within 1 minute). I don't have an iPod/similar. I don't have Internet on a phone (which it seems a lot have, from another thread). So I'd be bored ... and anxious in a public place where I have no control.

RenovationMan

I'm 40 mins away from work. If you use the train its often better to live further out because at least you get a seat.

StevieJ

PasturesNew wrote: »

When I worked 200 miles from home, I did a weekly commute and stayed in B&Bs four nights a week. That way the commute only cost me about £200/week, but I was on £1k/week as a PM.

It's Tony Blair in drag

Generali

I hate commuting so for as long as I could lived walking distance from work. When that was no longer possible due to kids I picked the nicest place outside London I could find (Sevenoaks). I hated that journey but at least I could use the time answering emails etc.

Now I have a 40 minute bike ride in. Hardly any is on shared road except with pedestrians. Here are some of the sights:





This is my approach to the CBD:


You can see the shared cycle path/walkway on the left.

StevieJ

Generali wrote: »

You can see the shared cycle path/walkway on the left.

Thank god for lead free petrol

Generali

StevieJ wrote: »

Thank god for lead free petrol

And catalytic converters, especially on those hot (40C+) still days!

Never mind, I ride past plenty of pubs that will be happy to help a tired cyclist in need of retreshment:beer:

olly300

wymondham wrote: »

who travels the furthest, and why, how much do you spend commuting? Discuss!

I work from home up to 70 miles away.

Interesting while I live in London most of my work is outside. Mainly because lots of IT work can be done anywhere with decent internet connections.

Average commutes adds up to an hour one way and the distance travelled in that hour can vary from 40 miles to 15 miles.

Price varies as I could be using the bus only, train only, train and tube or driving. My most relaxing commutes are on the train only or bus only as I time my journey to get a seat so I can read, go on the internet on my phone, play games on my phone and listen to music.