How long to get to work - ONE WAY

[StoneChucker]

From the lanesplitting thread, I thought I'd do a little investigating.

[jrandom]

25km each way, 25-30 minutes, with reasonably aggressive filtering. Same trip no traffic, 15 minutes.

In traffic, up to 2 hours in a cage. Particularly coming home at night.

[StoneChucker]

I was still busy with the poll options, and JR replies!
I guess I'm lucky, I travel by car, and it takes me about 4 minutes.

[vifferman]

About 20 minutes (via the tourist route), although I've done it in about 14. After hours, on a weekend, taking the shortest route, it is a 15 minute car trip, although I've once taken 90 minutes by car, 1 km of which took an hour....:shit:

Only once - not like those other morons who haven't yet worked out you can walk 4 times as fast as that... :wacko:

If I take the car, in order to use the transit lane I have to be the taxi service, so it takes 30-35 minutes with two drop-offs. By bus, with a short wait to change buses, it takes about 25-30 minutes.

[Blakamin]

not anywhere long enuff.... :confused2
I've asked the boss if he'd move the company further away but he wont :disapint:
bloody 8 minutes if I do the speed limit... so I'm normally at work in 5 if I get a green light or sometimes 20 if I go via waikanae... out of boredom

[bungbung]

5 minutes through the middle of town on a bike
12 minutes scenic route on bike
45 minutes on foot through town

[MrMelon]

I've been either walking or mountain biking lately.. 15 mins walk, or 3 mins mountain bike :D

[vifferman]

not anywhere long enuff.... :confused2
I've asked the boss if he'd move the company further away but he wont :disapint:
bloody 8 minutes if I do the speed limit... so I'm normally at work in 5 if I get a green light or sometimes 20 if I go via waikanae... out of boredomI used to do that when in Christchurch - take the most roundabout route if it was a good day and I was earlyish. Several days I got up to over 160 on the way to work :wacko: Good way to start the day. (Yeah - I know it's very naughty. My bad.)

I tried several different routes when getting to work here, before finding the one I take now. It's not the most direct route, but involves the fewest stops, 5 fewer traffic lights, and less sitting in traffic crawling along. "Keep moving" is the name of the game. Plus it incorporates up to 18 right-angle corners, which is why my tyres don't end up flat-spotted. :msn-wink:

[Devil]

hrm, 40 mins in car, 20-25mins on bike.

[Motoracer]

Serious hard out thrash on the MTB, approx 20mins.
Nice cruise with wheelies along the way on the MTB, approx 40mins.

If you want the motorbike figures, 12mins legal time or around 7mins if in a hurry...

[dhunt]

I normally pushbike to work (at uni) which takes around 10-15 minutes, if it is raining I'll normally take my motorbike which takes around 5-10 minutes depending on traffic and how light my wallet feels.

[Blakamin]

Plus it incorporates up to 18 right-angle corners, which is why my tyres don't end up flat-spotted. :msn-wink:
thats the way! I'm thinking about a slightly longer route... paraparaumu-top of PieCock-paraparaumu
just so I dont square my rubber :blah:


might not have to after friday as we might not have a work

[Ms Piggy]

Around 10 - 20 mins to work, around 7 mins to Uni.

I usually ride my motorbike or if I'm going out I take the bus or get a ride. I must confess last Friday I went and had a couple of glasses of wine after work and felt a fuzzy - not good. :disapint:

[Antallica]

Ride to work come rain or shine. 5 mins or less I say.

[James Deuce]

Around 10 - 20 mins to work, around 7 mins to Uni.

I usually ride my motorbike or if I'm going out I take the bus or get a ride. I must confess last Friday I went and had a couple of glasses of wine after work and felt a fuzzy - not good. :disapint:
You've been warned about getting drunk and feeling fuzzies before! Don't make me lodge that court order! :Police:

[sAsLEX]

around 16 odd minutes to uni, split most of motorway bar the bridge as I find that a bit skinny if I aint running late, its about 3-4 k of walking pace traffic along Lake and Esmonde road normally, if I drove would be over an hour to get to car park 15 mins away from uni!

All the motor way miles tend to give me tire profiles that aint the best.

[Motu]

Takes me about 30 to 45 mins,a bike could take 10mins off that,but it's not worth the hassle of gearing up and down.I've had jobs where I could walk to work,that was the best experiance.Spent years commuting across the city on bikes,these days I take the easy way out.

[marty]

90mins if there is 'average' traffic, 100mins if there's trucks/roadworks. have done it in 75mins at warp factor 69 in the car. any faster than that and i'd have to be on the bike.

[Sparky Bills]

Paraparaumu to Lower Hutt every day-Rain or Shine! :cold: :cool2:
Takes about 30-40mins in morning, and 20-30mins in afternoon.
Traffic permitting of course. :weep:
Not a bad ride over Piekok Hill EVERYDAY! :headbang:

[MOTOXXX]

Paraparaumu to Lower Hutt every day-Rain or Shine! :cold: :cool2:
Takes about 30-40mins in morning, and 20-30mins in afternoon.
Traffic permitting of course. :weep:
Not a bad ride over Piekok Hill EVERYDAY! :headbang:


i doubt u would be doing lower hutt to pram in 20minutes.
id like to see that billing. :Pokey:

[Sparky Bills]

Should have thought bout what I was saying.
Its faster to come home, Must like leaving work, instead of going.

[Two Smoker]

Well at one of my current jobs i get picked up everyday, so it takes me about 15 seconds to walk down the driveway.....

When Milking..... about 10mins from my house, have done it in 5 :crazy: Leaving the g/f's house in Bayswater.... 19 minutes in a rush :crazy: 35 mins doing legal pace.....

Dont usually take the bike, as most of my start and finish times are before and after the rush hour/3 hour period.... Plus i cant afford the tires :(

[RiderInBlack]

I have not voted because there is not option that I feel covers me. I work for myself as a Farrier (Horse Shoer/Blacksmith) so it depends on where my first horse is. Closest is 10mins. Furtherest is 75mins. Average is about 40mins. Normally I take the old smelly diseal Ute, but I have been know to use "Roxanne" occasionally if I only have to trim (not shoe) the horses (I like the reaction I get when I arrive on the bike, all in black leather, to do their horses:lol: ).

[Stinkwheeler]

It depended (past tense as I'm off school YAY!!) on how enthusiatic the RD was. If it fired first time and didn't bog, around 5 minutes. If it decided to mess around/flood/chew a spark plug, upwards of 15.

Ah, the wonders of owning two strokes.

[avgas]

if i walk into uni, about 45-60mins, that happens most days as im trying to rebuild my tibia.
Ride to uni (once in a blue moon), about 5-25mins.
Ride to work (Ellis Co), about 35min
Drive to work, about 45-60min
Ride to work2 (M10, New Lynn), about 15-30min
Drive to work2, about 30min
i genrally dont like breaking 60 round town :spudwhat: nor do i cut between lanes unless i hit impossible traffic (Drags etc) :cool2:

[The Pastor]

When I work on the shore it takes me 10 min to go in my car (only go legal in my car,) on a bike i did it in 2 mins flat :D but that was at 6.30 am with no traffic and pushing it hard, although im sure i could beat that if i tried.

In the city it takes half and hour in my cage and 10-15 mins on the bike,


If my bike wont start it takes me a while to get home as its hard to push start on a flat, goign to work aint a prob as i live on the top of a hill :whislte:



i should really say "my old bike" not "my bike" being as i sold it :( i miss it dearly



- can you still buy avgas at the pump? havnt seen it for a long long time, if not where do you get it from?

[StoneChucker]

The majority of people travel by bike, and take around 15 minutes. Thats not bad all things considering. I think an Auckland specific poll, or London even, would show much higher travel times, and I suspect more people going by car (insurance expensive in London, for eg.)

So now, the people on the opposite ends of this spectrum, how would you compare your stress levels upon arriving to work? Say someone who takes near an hour, and someone around 5 or 10 mins. I'm just curious since I'm never "happy" when I get to work, I always feel irritated, and it's only 4 or 5 mins drive. I'm wondering if a drive somewhere in the middle, say 15 or 20 mins is more ideal. That way you've had time to get into it, listen to the radio, pop a few wheelies, and you haven't been driving so long that you've heard the same song repeated on the radio or worn flat spots on your tyres!

Then again, I may just be annoyed by the mere fact it IS work :sneaky2:

[ZorsT]

i used to take the bus to school :o it took 30-40mins (12-17 by car) but schools over now. Next year i will have the bike :spudbooge: or i'll be able to drive
I find my stress levels are high if i take the bus (man i hate it so much...) and quite good if i get a ride :)

[Hooks]

might not have to after friday as we might not have a work[/SIZE]

Oh crap mate ... that doesn't too good ... !!! I hope it doesn't happen ....

[jrandom]

I find my stress levels are high if i take the bus (man i hate it so much...)

Really?

I used the bus to get from west to downtown Auckland every weekday for three years. Thought it was pretty good. I got heaps of reading time, listened to my portable CD player, etc... it wasn't until I'd been using the headphones for almost a year, though, that I found out they threw as much noise out as they did in.

I'd been subjecting people within a two-metre radius to Pink Floyd all that time, and nobody ever batted an eyelid. :spudwhat:

[ZorsT]

Really?

I used the bus to get from west to downtown Auckland every weekday for three years. Thought it was pretty good. I got heaps of reading time, listened to my portable CD player, etc... it wasn't until I'd been using the headphones for almost a year, though, that I found out they threw as much noise out as they did in.

I'd been subjecting people within a two-metre radius to Pink Floyd all that time, and nobody ever batted an eyelid. :spudwhat:

Well, you are talking about a public bus.. this is a public bus that is reserved for school people...... the EDGE :mad: radio station up so loud, i tried having my own music, but was drowned out by the radio. Not to mention all the shit head punks that i get to share a bus with.

Thats all over now....:)

[ZorsT]

might not have to after friday as we might not have a work

thats gotta suck the fat one...

Dont forget to save the MP3's on the work computer!!!! :shifty:

how will you whore the forums when its gone..??..?? :doh:

[riffer]

For all those that don't know me, I commute every day from Wallaceville, Upper Hutt (8km's south of the Rimutaka Hill) to Wellington, through 35 km's of half-asleep brain-dead cagers.

Leave at 7.00, get to work at 7.30 (give or take 5 minutes) and work through morning, afternoon teas and lunchtime and leave for home at 3.30.

Which means at this time of year I have heaps of daytime left... :scooter:

[Blakamin]

i doubt u would be doing lower hutt to pram in 20minutes.
id like to see that billing. :Pokey:
I've seen it..... he PM'd me and was on top of Pie-Cock in 15 minutes....

[AMPS]

15 - 20 mins Birkdale to Newmarket. Wife cages to St Mary's Bay at the same time (1/2 the distance for non-jafas), takes 40 mins on a good day.
Bikes rule!
Lou

[vifferman]

So now, the people on the opposite ends of this spectrum, how would you compare your stress levels upon arriving to work? I'm usually not stressed after riding to work, but am if I travel by car. Unless, of course, some bad mjo or extreme indiocy happens on the way to work, like crashing the bike (as has happened twice).

Weird thing is, I usually enjoy the ride to work more than the ride home. I'm not sure why, but it may be that the best part of the ride is the few kms nearest work. Or maybe the route rides better one way than the other.

Hmmmm... yeah - I think that's it. Retracing it in my mind, there's more fun to be had one way than the other, despite it being almost the same route.
The ride to work often makes me feel better (till I actually arrive at my desk), but the ride home usually doesn't, until I arrive home.
So, in summary: the ride to work is of itself the best part of the day, until I arrive home again.

[JohnBoy]

my 50km (one way) trip takes me between 35 an 45min. depending on how much money i want to spend on gas. very little traffic where i am and plenty of places to over take the few people you see.
i arrive at work sweet as, no hassles and with no pent up anger from idiot drivers.
i have forgotten what traffic jams are since i moved to the waikato. i live in Te Awamutu and Work in Te Kuiti, rush hour starts when the local farmer runs his stock between paddocks! :2thumbsup

[RiderInBlack]

- can you still buy avgas at the pump? havnt seen it for a long long time, if not where do you get it from?Yep, but I've only seen it at a service station close to the Puke track and it was v.expencive:doh:

[marty]

many of the aero clubs sell avgas. it's $1.75/l at the moment, but if they find out you are using it on your road bike they won't sell you any more

[MikeL]

Onehunga to CBD, 7:15 am:
bike: 10 - 12 mins
car: 20 - 25 mins
bus: 25 - 35 mins

CBD to Onehunga, 5 pm:
bike: 15 - 20 mins
car: 30 - 45 mins
bus: 45 - 70 mins
foot: 70 - 80 mins

Coming home in the afternoon the main problem is getting out of the CBD onto the motorway or Manukau Rd. It's O.K. on the bike but in the car or bus it's just maddening. It can take 30 mins to get from the bus stop in Victoria St to Karangahape Rd (quicker to walk). Once I sat through 5 changes at the lights at the top of Queen St. If (when?) I lose my licence I'll probably walk home every night...

[inlinefour]

From the lanesplitting thread, I thought I'd do a little investigating.

Pretty much if its raining. If it is not then it'll take 5 or less minutes :shifty:

[Drunken Monkey]

I roll out of bed, stumble down the hall, turn right then I'm at work.

It has its advantages and disadvantages...

[marty]

3 more sleeps (or non-sleeps as the case may be) and my commute will drop from 90 minutes dodging JAFAs, milk tankers, logging trucks, roadworks, HP cars and camera vans, to 9 minutes on the bike, on back country roads. hell i can even ride my pushbike there in 25 minutes. yay!!!!

[marty]

ahh - my last day of 15 hour days. got up 10am on sunday. finally got to bed at 1pm monday. had 2 great hours sleep (well not really - the house painter was painting the roof)....then picked the kids up from school. managed to grab an hours sleep at about 6am this morning in the car though while i was waiting for mcmillans workshop to open. at least they gave me a brand new beemer as a loaner while mine's being fixed.
i can tell you all - it's not really a way to live. on a positive note - i picked up new boots and gloves yesterday!