Two block walk to work

Two block walk to corner grocery store (which is actually quite comprehensive)

Five block walk to supermarket

Three block walk to bank

Four block walk to independent movie theater

Five block walk to the best burritos ever made

Six block walk to the steepest sledding hill in Milwaukee

Eight blocks to school (walk or take the 15 or 30 bus routes)

Twelve blocks to the Milwaukee Art Museum/Downtown (12 blocks = 1 mile = 17 min walk)

Fifteen blocks to the Grand Avenue (downtown mall)

 

I walk everywhere.

Thank goodness I only have to walk ½ block to get to all that stuff!  LOL  I'm so lucky!  lol  lol  lol

You're a half block from the Milwaukee Art Museum!?!  When did you move to town?  Holy crap, we should hang out. 

You're a half block from the Milwaukee Art Museum!?!  When did you move to town?  Holy crap, we should hang out. 

Milwaukee?  Hell no.  Who are we, Laverne and Shirley? 

 

I meant from my house to SS you ditz!  lol

You're a half block from the Milwaukee Art Museum!?! When did you move to town? Holy crap, we should hang out.

Milwaukee? Hell no. Who are we, Laverne and Shirley?

 

I meant from my house to SS you ditz! lol

 

HAHA, so there are billboards here that say in big, bold letters LAVERNE AND SHIRLEY DON'T LIVE HERE ANYMORE

 

my commute is from 340 W 4th all the way to 105 W 4th.

my commute is from 340 W 4th all the way to 105 W 4th.

 

lmao!  Damn you. 

my commute is from 340 W 4th all the way to 105 W 4th.

 

If that's Cincinnati, as I suspect it is, jealousy doesn't fully describe my feelings.

i got that beat... i go from 1020 huron (which has a entryway on prospect) to 1122 prospect. cross the street, walk aproximately 25 yards, enter office.

i got that beat... i go from 1020 huron (which has a entryway on prospect) to 1122 prospect. cross the street, walk aproximately 25 yards, enter office.

 

That's only if you're a dirty, dirty J-walker.  :wink:

Actually, there's a crosswalk right out my front door. :wink:

Actually, there's a crosswalk right out my front door. ;)

rub it in why don't you!

My commute is from one room in my apartment to another room in my apartment.  Suckers.

 

Working from home has its disadvantages, but the commute is not one of them!

to work:

 

- 5 minute downhill/flat bike ride (15 min walk)

- 30 minutes BART

- 5-6 minute slight uphill grade ride (15 min walk) to office

 

from work:

 

- 3 min slight downhill grade ride (15 min walk)

- 30 min BART

- 10 min uphill climb to front door (15-20 min walk), commence sweating

to work/school  (both happen in same building)

 

- 3 min walk 2 blocks flat terrain

- 2 min walk 1 long block down steep hill

- Wait 5 minutes for bus

- Get angry because bus is absurdly overcrowded and Ann Arbor's plan to build an EL rail system is dragging

- 5 min bus ride, extremely uncomfortable sometimes painful depending on what contorted position you are in

- 1 min walk to building

 

from work

reverse, except all uphill and the bus isn't as crowded.

 

 

- 5 min bus ride, extremely uncomfortable sometimes painful depending on what contorted

 

Good! The way you drive, compounded with those ghosts and goblins between the 2nd and 4th floor in that creepy parking garage you park in - the last thing you need is to drive. Sheeiit.

Yeah, whatever is making that awful sound between levels 2 and 5 has to be resolved.  Levels 3 and 4 don't exist and I'm not sure why.  But I actually don't park in that ramp much, except to leave my car there during snow removal days.

Someone needs to check with security and make sure they know about the goblin situation.

I liked the look on ColDayMan's face when that horrific sound echoed up the stairwell as we waited for the elevator.  It was the look of "I'm no longer surprised of the strange and crazy things in this state."

Well, this is about as good a place as any to post this:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKOEQVgONh0

 

RAIL NOW IN COLUMBUS!

The reason those trains are so crowded is because so many people in metro Tokyo commute long distances on them in a consistently dense city. My grandpa is a consultant in Tokyo and he's regularly on a train for 2 hours each way in the same metro area. It's kinda like highways - the longer people have to be on the highway, the more congested it is.

This really depends for me.  i can do any of the following: bus, single car occupancy, multiple car occupancy.

 

It really all depends on if my wife is working downtown or not.

 

the bus takes 30+ minutes, the drive takes 25.  It's only 8 miles.

depending on weather and the time I awaken, I either walk, bus, or bike the nearly 2 miles to work.

I’m easily amused and the weather was nice for a good portion of the last few weeks, so I decided to figure out all my possibilities for commuting to and from work.

 

Drive - 30-35 minutes each way, 5 second walk to the driveway

16 miles each way at 32 mpg = 1 gallon per day = $2.30 for gas

$3.00 for parking

Total = $5.30 per day, plus listening to my wife complain that I took the car

 

Bus Route 12 (Laketran) – 45-50 minutes each way, 3 minute walk to the bus stop

$3.75 fare each way, or $7.50 per day

 

Bus Route 39 (RTA) – 50-60 minutes each way, 15 minute walk to the bus stop

$2.25 fare each way, or $4.50 per day

(The schedule says it takes less time than this, but it’s always behind by the end)

 

Bus Route 39F (RTA) – 45-50 minutes each way, 15 minute walk to the bus stop

$2.25 fare each way, or $4.50 per day

 

Bus Route 239 (RTA) – 35-40 minutes each way, 55 minute walk to the bus stop

$2.50 fare each way, or $5.00 per day

 

Walk – 306 minutes each way (I only did it once so I don’t have a range of time)

$25 co-pay for my doctor to tell me I have stress fractures in my foot and I shouldn’t walk so much, but that I'm overweight so I need to find a better way of exercising.

Drive - 30-35 minutes each way, 5 second walk to the driveway

16 miles each way at 32 mpg = 1 gallon per day = $2.30 for gas

$3.00 for parking

Total = $5.30 per day, plus listening to my wife complain that I took the car

  Factor in the flowers or dinner you'd have to pay for in order to get back in the good graces, or the time spent doing chores to make up for taking the car, and that makes this the most expensive and time-consuming choice of all.

 

Or you could go all "rock star" and choose this:

 

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Warning:  The following information contains high amounts of sarcasm (that is unfortunately the reality some days).

 

Option A (35-60 minutes):

Walk 5 minutes to the #9 stop.  Wait at least 5 minutes for the bus because I get there at least 5 minutes early.  Sub-Option 1:  Wait an extra 20 minutes because the #9 bus didn't show.  Angrily walk 5 minutes to the nearest Healthline station or hop on a #55 for a 5 minute ride to a different Healthline station.  Board the Healthline for a 20 minute ride to UC.  Walk 5 minutes to building.  Sub-Option 2:  Board the #9 bus that is running slightly late for a 25 minute ride to UC (because we get stuck behind a Healthline bus and the driver doesn't go around it).  Walk 5 minutes to building.

 

Option B (35-60 minutes):  Walk 5 minutes to the Healthline stop.  Sub-Option 1:  Wait an extra 20 minutes because there is no friggin' bus where there should be and since there is no longer real-time bus arrival data scrolling on the screens (seriously, RTA, WTF happened to that), I must wait in frustration.  Then board an overly crowded Healthline bus where we're squished like sardines cause there hasn't been a bus in 20 minutes for a lovely, hot, crowded 30 minute ride (cause it has to stop so much due to the overflow of passengers) to UC, followed by a 5 minute walk to the office.  Sub-Option 2:  Hop on a Healthline bus right away and actually get to sit either right away or immediately after all the CSU students exit at their stops for a 20 minute ride to UC.  Walk 5 minutes to the office. 

 

Option C (25 minutes + $$ + anger):  Drive 20 minutes (all the while I'm wanting to seriously kick some @ss because people don't know how to drive, especially in the snow), pay $10 for parking, walk 5 minutes to the office.  Sit at my desk for a half hour to calm my road rage.

(Not to mention you didn't figure in the true cost of operating your vehicle with oil, etc.)

True, but we drive so little that we basically just get an oil change every 6 months without looking at mileage, so an extra few miles once in a while doesn't make much of a difference. If I started driving regularly, than that would be a different story. Just like by buying monthly passes, I can save on bus fare.

Living in far northern Manhattan, my only option is the subway. I ride the A train from 190th Street to 59th Street / Columbus Circle. The 190th Street subway station is less than a block from my apartment, so I can walk there in about two minutes. Sometimes I catch the train right away, and other times I just miss it and have to wait 5-10 minutes for the next one. The ride to 59th takes about 20 minutes, and it's another 10-minute walk to my office from there. I get a 30-day pass for unlimited rides through the MTA's TransitCheck program, which means the money comes directly out of my paycheck pre-tax and I pick up my passes from the HR person. Basically this means I can swipe a card and ride any bus or subway anywhere in New York at any time of day or night, without having to do any transactions on my part. Very hassle-free.

 

The good: It's nice not to have to pay for gas, parking, or insurance, and I never have to sit in traffic. New Yorkers love to complain about the subway, and while it's nothing much to look at, it's generally very reliable. It certainly runs like a Swiss watch compared to Chicago's 'L'. My train has a nice long express run from 125th Street to 59th Street, skipping about a half-dozen stops along Central Park West, which gives me a few minutes to zone out and maybe even doze off a bit. It's one of those simple pleasures that makes living in NYC almost tolerable. During the morning rush, the regular commuters are generally quiet and mind their own business, which is nice. Best part is, I have a one-seat ride to work, which means I don't need to make any transfers.

 

The bad: I generally like taking the subway for weekday commuting, but it sucks for running errands or trying to get around town on late evenings or weekends. Trains don't run as frequently, service changes due to construction can cause significant delays or force lots of transfers, and it's a pain in the ass to do shopping and carry large or bulky items on the subway. I could drive from Cincinnati to Columbus in the same amount of time it takes to ride the subway from Washington Heights to Brooklyn on some weekends. For those occasions, and for the ability to simply get the hell out of town for a few hours on a Saturday, I'd much rather have a car.

 

The ugly: I'm a person who hates crowds and likes to have lots of personal space, and I also like peace and quiet. (Don't ask me why I moved to NYC.) At those times when I find myself sharing a subway car with rowdy teenagers, screaming toddlers, obnoxious panhandlers, filthy skells, or the lady next to me this morning who was constantly singing "Praise Jesus!" at the top of her lungs, I feel like renouncing my support of public transit, buying a huge SUV, and moving to the suburbs. I may spend half my day sitting in traffic and be directly contributing to the destruction of the planet, but at least I'd have some control over my immediate personal environment.

 

Bottom line: I'm all about having a choice of transportation options. I don't like being totally dependent on the subway any more than I like being totally dependent on a car.

Let's see.

 

Wake up at 11:00:00am

Roll over to my computer: 11:00:30am

 

And that's my commute.  At least one benefit of having your own business :mrgreen:

Living in far northern Manhattan, my only option is the subway. I ride the A train from 190th Street to 59th Street / Columbus Circle. The 190th Street subway station is less than a block from my apartment, so I can walk there in about two minutes. Sometimes I catch the train right away, and other times I just miss it and have to wait 5-10 minutes for the next one. The ride to 59th takes about 20 minutes, and it's another 10-minute walk to my office from there. I get a 30-day pass for unlimited rides through the MTA's TransitCheck program, which means the money comes directly out of my paycheck pre-tax and I pick up my passes from the HR person. Basically this means I can swipe a card and ride any bus or subway anywhere in New York at any time of day or night, without having to do any transactions on my part. Very hassle-free.

 

The good: It's nice not to have to pay for gas, parking, or insurance, and I never have to sit in traffic. New Yorkers love to complain about the subway, and while it's nothing much to look at, it's generally very reliable. It certainly runs like a Swiss watch compared to Chicago's 'L'. My train has a nice long express run from 125th Street to 59th Street, skipping about a half-dozen stops along Central Park West, which gives me a few minutes to zone out and maybe even doze off a bit. It's one of those simple pleasures that makes living in NYC almost tolerable. During the morning rush, the regular commuters are generally quiet and mind their own business, which is nice. Best part is, I have a one-seat ride to work, which means I don't need to make any transfers.

 

The bad: I generally like taking the subway for weekday commuting, but it sucks for running errands or trying to get around town on late evenings or weekends. Trains don't run as frequently, service changes due to construction can cause significant delays or force lots of transfers, and it's a pain in the ass to do shopping and carry large or bulky items on the subway. I could drive from Cincinnati to Columbus in the same amount of time it takes to ride the subway from Washington Heights to Brooklyn on some weekends. For those occasions, and for the ability to simply get the hell out of town for a few hours on a Saturday, I'd much rather have a car.

 

The ugly: I'm a person who hates crowds and likes to have lots of personal space, and I also like peace and quiet. (Don't ask me why I moved to NYC.) At those times when I find myself sharing a subway car with rowdy teenagers, screaming toddlers, obnoxious panhandlers, filthy skells, or the lady next to me this morning who was constantly singing "Praise Jesus!" at the top of her lungs, I feel like renouncing my support of public transit, buying a huge SUV, and moving to the suburbs. I may spend half my day sitting in traffic and be directly contributing to the destruction of the planet, but at least I'd have some control over my immediate personal environment.

 

Bottom line: I'm all about having a choice of transportation options. I don't like being totally dependent on the subway any more than I like being totally dependent on a car.

 

190th Street?  Praise Jesus!  That is one long ride!  I couldn't do it!  In the event of construction or irregular service are you far from the 1?

 

IIRC, 190 street is one of those stations that was built into the bedrock and has the loooooooong ramps that lead to the gate access paid area?

^ The 1 train is slightly further away, and I take it if I'm going to Morningside Heights or some parts of the Upper West Side. But it doesn't run express, so the ride takes even longer than the A train. (And if the A is running local due to construction -- a frequent occurrence -- then I may as well be living upstate.)

 

190th Street is a deep-bore station about 140 feet below Fort Washington Avenue. From the fare control mezzanine, you can either take a bank of high-capacity elevators to Fort Washington Avenue, or walk down a long pedestrian tunnel that emerges from the side of the hill on Bennett Avenue. My commute involves the latter option.

 

I walk through these doors almost everyday:

 

The bad: I generally like taking the subway for weekday commuting, but it sucks for running errands or trying to get around town on late evenings or weekends. Trains don't run as frequently, service changes due to construction can cause significant delays or force lots of transfers, and it's a pain in the ass to do shopping and carry large or bulky items on the subway. I could drive from Cincinnati to Columbus in the same amount of time it takes to ride the subway from Washington Heights to Brooklyn on some weekends. For those occasions, and for the ability to simply get the hell out of town for a few hours on a Saturday, I'd much rather have a car.

 

Bottom line: I'm all about having a choice of transportation options. I don't like being totally dependent on the subway any more than I like being totally dependent on a car.

 

Why don't you get a Zipcar Membership?  Here's a map of cars in New York (under the dropdown menu there's an option for Washington Heights.)  http://www.zipcar.com/nyc/find-cars  There are plenty of cars in your neighborhood that could work great for a trip to the furniture store or grocery shopping. 

 

I use my membership quite frequently to go on camping trips and weekend getaways.  It's completely hassle-free (unlike renting a car) and the prices are easily justifiable given the amount of money it costs to maintain and PARK in Manhattan.

 

The bad: I generally like taking the subway for weekday commuting, but it sucks for running errands or trying to get around town on late evenings or weekends. Trains don't run as frequently, service changes due to construction can cause significant delays or force lots of transfers, and it's a pain in the ass to do shopping and carry large or bulky items on the subway. I could drive from Cincinnati to Columbus in the same amount of time it takes to ride the subway from Washington Heights to Brooklyn on some weekends. For those occasions, and for the ability to simply get the hell out of town for a few hours on a Saturday, I'd much rather have a car.

 

Bottom line: I'm all about having a choice of transportation options. I don't like being totally dependent on the subway any more than I like being totally dependent on a car.

 

Why don't you get a Zipcar Membership?  Here's a map of cars in New York (under the dropdown menu there's an option for Washington Heights.)  http://www.zipcar.com/nyc/find-cars  There are plenty of cars in your neighborhood that could work great for a trip to the furniture store or grocery shopping. 

 

I use my membership quite frequently to go on camping trips and weekend getaways.  It's completely hassle-free (unlike renting a car) and the prices are easily justifiable given the amount of money it costs to maintain and PARK in Manhattan.

 

But driving and finding parking in NYC is a hot mess.  The streets uptown are crazy with business and people walking.  Also, most of the avenues narrow the further you get uptown.  Broadway is still pretty wide, but some of the other avenues narrow.

 

Getting all the stuff in a car, then getting in the car to go to the next store is a pain. 

 

Just get a granny cart and go!  Much easier.

I used to belong to Zipcar, and it came in useful a few times. But I generally found it to be a hassle to find available cars for the times I needed, at least without having to reserve the car a long time in advance. I also felt like I was racing the clock to have the car back by the end of the reservation period, and the mileage restrictions made it impossible to use the car for a lengthy road trip. It wasn't worth the membership fee, and I ultimately cancelled it.

 

Nowadays, if I really need a car for an in-town trip to IKEA or something, I'll call a friend who has a Jeep. And if I want to take a longer road trip out of town, I'll rent a car through Hertz. The daily rental rate isn't that much more than reserving a Zipcar for a full day, and the cars are generally in better condition.

 

In the long term, I'm hoping that by this time next year I'll no longer be living in NYC and I'll have my own car again.

Let's see.

 

Wake up at 11:00:00am

Roll over to my computer: 11:00:30am

 

And that's my commute. At least one benefit of having your own business :mrgreen:

 

My commute is similar, but I keep regular business hours:

 

Wake up at 8 a.m., shower, eat breakfast, make coffee and I'm at the computer by 9 a.m. -- all activities are within about 40 feet of each other. But to keep myself from getting cabin fever I get out to have meetings either in town or out of town. But I try to organize meetings at a restaurant in my neighborhood or downtown so that I can use walking or transit. The other person may be driving, but often not when we meet downtown.

Whoa, got out my biking shorts and jersey (with jacket) and did my commute by bike for the first time in three weeks. It was only 48 but the sun made the ride felt damn good!

I walk out the door at about 7:15 AM.  Walk 5-7 minutes to catch either the Cornersburg or Steel bus.  (Youngstown doesn't have bus stops.  Just flag the driver, and they stop at the nearest corner.)  There is 5 minute ride to Federal Station downtown, and then a 10 minute walk across downtown to arrive at the office around 7:40.

 

In the evening, everything is reversed, except that the Austintown bus leaves the station at 5:10.  So, I leave work at about 4:55, and I arrive at home at about 5:20.

 

I have walked to work, and that takes about 50 minutes.  It's downhill all the way to work, and uphill all the way home, so I have never walked home from work to know how long that would take.

C'mon, walk home! Do it! I wanna know!!!

Seriously. Consider it time not spent at the gym. At a 15-minute mile clip, a 175lb male would burn 550 calories r/t. Goodbye lunch!

Goodbye lunch!

 

I know I would lose mine!

 

Okay, goodbye 3PM Snickers Bar and Coke.

C'mon, walk home! Do it! I wanna know!!!

 

Nah!  I'm too lazy.  And, I'd be afraid that the time it takes to walk home would be significantly greater from the time it takes to walk to work.  Though, being the internet, I could just lie...

Your commute could be worse. You could drive/ride through the Lefortova Tunnel in Moscow...

 

Your commute could be worse. You could drive/ride through the Lefortova Tunnel in Moscow...

 

 

Oh dear lord.  Is that camera right at the entrance to the tunnel when it goes from light to dark or something?  Man, KJP, you're on a roll with the crash videos tonight!

A 2003 tunnel that is poorly designed! For an expressway that handles high speeds, there is no margin of error. There should be at least a 10' shoulder on each side.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lefortovo_tunnel

Appears there is a tight corner before those camera shots.  Crazy when that truck crashes.

I'm calling it an accomplishment that I managed to go through all of 2010 without driving to work a single time. Even better I walked home a few times. I'm hoping by summer I can ride the bike in and back and have a gas free day every once in a while.

Where do you live vs where do you work?