What is your commute like ?

2010-09-20 06:16:24

#1

Hunter/Jumper: Member; +117|6347

I used to wake up in Manhattan about 9 am,make a phone call and sleep to 10:30 am, leave at 11 am and be back home at 1 or 2pm.
Now I usually have to get up at 4:30am or so to travel to NYC, luckily I do it less than 4 times a week ( 2 to 3 usually )

15min car - 1 hour 30 Min's train - 30 Min's subway and / or walking.

The truth is I wish I had moved here years ago. Today I will head in late so it will be about 2 hours on a train packed with Rubes.
Heading to the United Nations today, I hate working there. I wish uziqes Friends would smack it. I will try and get some pictures, It usually produces some good if dumb stories.

Last edited by Hunter/Jumper (2010-09-20 06:17:53)

2010-09-20 06:17:54

#2

Cybargs: Moderated; +2,285|6708

lol you work for the UN? pretty ironic

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2010-09-20 06:20:21

#3

Hunter/Jumper: Member; +117|6347

Cybargs wrote:
lol you work for the UN? pretty ironic

define irony if you can and explain how Working there ( not for *) would be so.

*about 4 sentences, yet you had some trouble didn't you.

2010-09-20 06:22:38

#4

RDMC: Enemy Wheelbarrow Spotted..!!; +736|6557|Area 51

For school: 10-15 minutes walking. 35 minutes train. Another 10 minutes walking

For work: 15 minutes of cycling

2010-09-20 06:26:51

#5

ghettoperson: Member; +1,943|6641

Hunter/Jumper wrote:
Cybargs wrote:
lol you work for the UN? pretty ironic
define irony if you can and explain how Working there ( not for *) would be so.

*about 4 sentences, yet you had some trouble didn't you.

I assume he means because you seem to be the antithesis of everything the UN is about.

2010-09-20 06:52:22

#6

Turquoise: O Canada; +1,596|6397|North Carolina

10 to 15 minutes of highway.

2010-09-20 06:55:37

#7

Dilbert_X: The X stands for; +1,810|6098|eXtreme to the maX

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2010-09-20 07:08:09

#8

eleven bravo: Member; +1,399|5251|foggy bottom

25 minutes each way 4 days a week

Tu Stultus Es

2010-09-20 07:08:58

#9

FloppY_: +1,010|6278|Denmark aka Automotive Hell

When I was still in school it was 100km in each direction... Took alot of red-bull to avoid sleeping at the wheel...

Now it's about 2 metres to my desk from my bed

Your thoughts, insights, and musings on this matter intrigue me

2010-09-20 07:15:10

#10

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5350|London, England

Took me an hour to drive five miles today.

"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat

2010-09-20 07:34:56

#11

DrunkFace: Germans did 911; +427|6673|Disaster Free Zone

3 minute walk to bus stop, 40-60 minute bus trip depending on traffic. 15-25 minute walk (depending on how late I am).

2010-09-20 08:30:13

#12

Trotskygrad: бля; +354|5991|Vortex Ring State

JohnG@lt wrote:
Took me an hour to drive five miles today.

gridlock, eh?

good thing you didn't have to wait until rush hour was over...

2010-09-20 08:36:41

#13

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5350|London, England

Trotskygrad wrote:
JohnG@lt wrote:
Took me an hour to drive five miles today.
gridlock, eh?

good thing you didn't have to wait until rush hour was over...

https://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb139/winterkiss42/traffic.jpg

Red circle on the left is where the accident was. It backed up traffic to the right side of the map and probably beyond. The green line is the route I took to drop off my gf at work. It took five minutes to get to her office and an hour for me to return home.

"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat

2010-09-20 08:38:20

#14

Trotskygrad: бля; +354|5991|Vortex Ring State

JohnG@lt wrote:
Trotskygrad wrote:
JohnG@lt wrote:
Took me an hour to drive five miles today.
gridlock, eh?

good thing you didn't have to wait until rush hour was over...
http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb13 … raffic.jpg

Red circle on the left is where the accident was. It backed up traffic to the right side of the map and probably beyond. The green line is the route I took to drop off my gf at work. It took five minutes to get to her office and an hour for me to return home.

how many lanes was that highway and how many did that semi cover?

2010-09-20 08:39:37

#15

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5350|London, England

Trotskygrad wrote:
JohnG@lt wrote:
Trotskygrad wrote:
gridlock, eh?

good thing you didn't have to wait until rush hour was over...
http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb13 … raffic.jpg

Red circle on the left is where the accident was. It backed up traffic to the right side of the map and probably beyond. The green line is the route I took to drop off my gf at work. It took five minutes to get to her office and an hour for me to return home.
how many lanes was that highway and how many did that semi cover?

It's four lanes in either direction. It's the Long Island Expressway, the main artery for the entire island. When it backs up like that a million people are late to their jobs in NYC. It's why I get so irate when people don't maintain their cars and/or don't pay attention while driving. Breaking down on the highway should be cause for a prison sentence.

Last edited by JohnG@lt (2010-09-20 08:40:27)

"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat

2010-09-20 08:45:55

#16

Trotskygrad: бля; +354|5991|Vortex Ring State

JohnG@lt wrote:
Trotskygrad wrote:
JohnG@lt wrote:

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb13 … raffic.jpg

Red circle on the left is where the accident was. It backed up traffic to the right side of the map and probably beyond. The green line is the route I took to drop off my gf at work. It took five minutes to get to her office and an hour for me to return home.
how many lanes was that highway and how many did that semi cover?
It's four lanes in either direction. It's the Long Island Expressway, the main artery for the entire island. When it backs up like that a million people are late to their jobs in NYC. It's why I get so irate when people don't maintain their cars and/or don't pay attention while driving. Breaking down on the highway should be cause for a prison sentence.

accidents will happen either way, only true solution is to create more capacity.

2010-09-20 08:46:26

#17

13rin: Member; +977|6471

ee thb.

3 miles in, 5 back. 10 minutes in the morning, 20 minutes returning (Son pickup). If no on is on the road and I hit greens 5 minutes in, 10 back.

Last edited by DBBrinson1 (2010-09-20 08:46:49)

I stood in line for four hours. They better give me a Wal-Mart gift card, or something. - Rodney Booker, Job Fair attendee.

2010-09-20 08:48:00

#18

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5350|London, England

Trotskygrad wrote:
JohnG@lt wrote:
Trotskygrad wrote:

how many lanes was that highway and how many did that semi cover?
It's four lanes in either direction. It's the Long Island Expressway, the main artery for the entire island. When it backs up like that a million people are late to their jobs in NYC. It's why I get so irate when people don't maintain their cars and/or don't pay attention while driving. Breaking down on the highway should be cause for a prison sentence.
accidents will happen either way, only true solution is to create more capacity.

There is no room. The highway system around here is FUBAR. Highway mergers should be seamless but every one of them backs up traffic for miles around here. Piling four lanes into one and having it merge without a protected lane is so stupid it's not even funny. Yet it's the norm. As much as I hated Texas, at least they got their interchanges right.

"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat

2010-09-20 08:50:19

#19

13/f/taiwan: Member; +940|5691

belt/bqe is the worse tbh. almost always traffic on any given day/time of the week.

2010-09-20 08:50:33

#20

Trotskygrad: бля; +354|5991|Vortex Ring State

JohnG@lt wrote:
Trotskygrad wrote:
JohnG@lt wrote:

It's four lanes in either direction. It's the Long Island Expressway, the main artery for the entire island. When it backs up like that a million people are late to their jobs in NYC. It's why I get so irate when people don't maintain their cars and/or don't pay attention while driving. Breaking down on the highway should be cause for a prison sentence.
accidents will happen either way, only true solution is to create more capacity.
There is no room. The highway system around here is FUBAR. Highway mergers should be seamless but every one of them backs up traffic for miles around here. Piling four lanes into one and having it merge without a protected lane is so stupid it's not even funny. Yet it's the norm. As much as I hated Texas, at least they got their interchanges right.

raze more houses.

Watch the rage

lol @ the people who are calling it unconstitutional despite amendments

2010-09-20 08:54:08

#21

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5350|London, England

Trotskygrad wrote:
JohnG@lt wrote:
Trotskygrad wrote:

accidents will happen either way, only true solution is to create more capacity.
There is no room. The highway system around here is FUBAR. Highway mergers should be seamless but every one of them backs up traffic for miles around here. Piling four lanes into one and having it merge without a protected lane is so stupid it's not even funny. Yet it's the norm. As much as I hated Texas, at least they got their interchanges right.
raze more houses.

Watch the rage

lol @ the people who are calling it unconstitutional despite amendments

Eminent domain is the most ghastly practice imaginable.

"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat

2010-09-20 08:55:28

#22

Jay: Bork! Bork! Bork!; +2,006|5350|London, England

Besides, it's not houses, it's existing bridges, parks, service roads, noise walls etc.

"Ah, you miserable creatures! You who think that you are so great! You who judge humanity to be so small! You who wish to reform everything! Why don't you reform yourselves? That task would be sufficient enough."
-Frederick Bastiat

2010-09-20 09:23:13

#23

Christbane: Member; +51|6227

my .3 mile commute to work is enough to drive anyone insane! takes 5 minutes if the one light is red.

2010-09-20 09:29:27

#24

TravisC555: Member; +118|6211|Cox Convention Center, OK

Took about 20-30 mins (15 miles) going the "back country" way when I was in college. I also avoided rush hour in the morning on the interstate, which was nice.

Last edited by TravisC555 (2010-09-20 09:37:24)

2010-09-20 09:51:52

#25

FloppY_: +1,010|6278|Denmark aka Automotive Hell

Christbane wrote:
my .3 mile commute to work is enough to drive anyone insane! takes 5 minutes if the one light is red.

Awwww poor you.. 5 minutes, your life is hell surely? Q.Q

srsly, the only bad thing about beeing 5minutes from work is the risk of getting called in for extra hours...

Your thoughts, insights, and musings on this matter intrigue me

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