[Bryan X]

With gas hitting the stratosphere, I just starting wondering how far and long people commute.

I commute about 17.5 miles one way. The big plus is, that I live in an uncongested rural area, so that 17.5 mile commute only takes about 19 minutes.

The 17.5 miles is broken down by:

10 miles on a State Route (about 10 min)
7 miles on an Interstate (about 6 min)
and .5 mile on surface streets (about 3 min)

What's your commute?

And I'd rather not hear from you telecommuters! (I'm jealous!)

[drobbins]

One way:
10 miles to the interstate.
30 miles on the interstate.
5 miles to work.
Total miles 45, total time 45 minutes. 450 miles per week not counting going out for lunch. I started brown bagging it 2 weeks ago.

[Michael Warner]

For many years I had a 100 mile round-trip commute (Royal Oak to Ann Arbor, MI). Fortunately I lived right near the highway and traveled in the opposite direction of most commuters so barring bad weather I could do each way in just under an hour (thank you bat out of hell Michigan drivers!). I shudder to think what that would cost me nowadays.

My commute now is one flight of stairs from the bedroom to the office...sorry, couldn't resist.

[RobertR]

40 miles one way, 25 miles of which is via train.

[Jason Seaver]

14 miles in each direction. Happily, the 70A bus runs pretty much door-to-door for me, so I've just got forty-five minutes in the morning and afternoon to read, play Nintendo DS, and/or write movie reviews. Paying $40/month in travel expenses doesn't suck.

[DaveF]

13 miles and 25 minutes one way, split between road and highway.

After so many years of 10 to 20 minute commutes, I'd have a hard time moving to a big city and suffering a 40+ minute commute.

[DarrenHo]

about 17 miles each way. about 13 of which is freeway. unfortunately, my swing shift doesn't lend itself to mass transit but i'm thinking about putting the battery tender on the car as i ride my fz1 to work every day.

[Carlo Medina]

Three quarters of a mile, round trip. And I use the most gas efficient method of transportation: my feet.

[Brad Porter]

I travel 2.6 miles each way, on a recumbent trike unless it's really raining hard. More and more people seem to be riding bikes along my route every week. And my truck only has 28k miles on it, after 6 1/2 years of ownership.

Brad