olyclimber Posted November 17, 2005 Share Posted November 17, 2005 what is the longest commute you've ever had for work? anyone commuted from West Seattle to Bothell? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpinfox Posted November 17, 2005 Share Posted November 17, 2005 what is the longest commute you've ever had for work? anyone commuted from West Seattle to Bothell? Â welcome to teh suck! Â Â My commute takes 9 minutes on my bike. Â A guy I work with (at UW) commutes from Kent everyday via bus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaskadskyjKozak Posted November 17, 2005 Share Posted November 17, 2005 what is the longest commute you've ever had for work? anyone commuted from West Seattle to Bothell? Â S. Everett to Downtown Seattle. It really sucks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catbirdseat Posted November 17, 2005 Share Posted November 17, 2005 90 minutes from Shoreline to Bellevue. The distance is about 17 miles. Nominal commute time 23 min. Actual average speed 11 mph. Â When I lived in California, I used to commute from Costa Mesa to Irwindale and it usually took 90 min. The distance was ~45 miles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Frieh Posted November 17, 2005 Share Posted November 17, 2005 Lucky for guys you're all getting some light rail soon. Oh... wait... nevermind... I was thinking of Portland. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra_Commander Posted November 17, 2005 Share Posted November 17, 2005 those commutes sound insane. Way too much of your life spent behind the wheel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt_warfield Posted November 17, 2005 Share Posted November 17, 2005 Enumclaw to Everett Puyallup to Everett Alpental to Seattle (Boeing examples) Cle Elum to Seattle by carpool (was in Times once) Â And I know of a guy who commuted from near Leavenworth to work steel in West Seattle but he would cheat and hang in the parking lot for a night or 2 in a trailer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Posted November 17, 2005 Share Posted November 17, 2005 Renton to Everett (Van Pool) Â California - Lancaster to Edwards AFB (51 miles each way) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cj001f Posted November 17, 2005 Share Posted November 17, 2005 California - Lancaster to Edwards AFB (51 miles each way) That takes what 35-40 minutes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sobo Posted November 17, 2005 Share Posted November 17, 2005 When I lived in southwest Houston 20 years ago, it took 45 minutes (at least) to go 6 miles. That's like 8 miles/hour. Â After I left there, I promised myself I would never live more than 5 miles from my office. I currently live 2.8 miles from the office, and it's the longest commute I've had in over 11 years. Takes, like, 7 or 8 minutes to get here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catbirdseat Posted November 17, 2005 Share Posted November 17, 2005 Minx used to do Alpental to Bothell every day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minx Posted November 18, 2005 Share Posted November 18, 2005 Minx used to do Alpental to Bothell every day. Â that one isn't bad. under an hour. Â Gig Harbor to Seattle....that one sucked. Potential for 4 hour trips home on many many many many evenings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlpineK Posted November 18, 2005 Share Posted November 18, 2005 Ballard to Ft. Lewis for a year. Â Tacoma traffic sucks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TREETOAD Posted November 18, 2005 Share Posted November 18, 2005 Cedar to Nanaimo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayB Posted November 18, 2005 Share Posted November 18, 2005 Seattle to Kirkland for about a month. Â Phinney ridge to Capitol Hill by bike and bike via Dexter kind of sucked because any savings on fuel costs were more than negated by the additional money that I spent on food to fuel the trips back and forth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaskadskyjKozak Posted November 18, 2005 Share Posted November 18, 2005 Seattle to Kirkland for about a month. Â Phinney ridge to Capitol Hill by bike and bike via Dexter kind of sucked because any savings on fuel costs were more than negated by the additional money that I spent on food to fuel the trips back and forth. Â but fuel costs are only part of the cost of driving... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpinfox Posted November 18, 2005 Share Posted November 18, 2005 Seattle to Kirkland for about a month. Â Phinney ridge to Capitol Hill by bike and bike via Dexter kind of sucked because any savings on fuel costs were more than negated by the additional money that I spent on food to fuel the trips back and forth. Â but fuel costs are only part of the cost of driving... Â I agree. Ammunition is CRAZY EXPENSIVE these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_Schuldt Posted November 18, 2005 Share Posted November 18, 2005 Fremont to Ballard via bicycle 5 to 10 minutes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottP Posted November 18, 2005 Share Posted November 18, 2005 Dundee neighborhood to BTMS: 4 to 5 minute walk, depending on what's coming out of my iPod. Â Oh, wait...you said "longest commute". Â Never mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macson Posted November 18, 2005 Share Posted November 18, 2005 In college I commuted from Kingston to UW via ferry and bus. About 1 1/2 hours each way. Â When I graduated my first job was in Bellevue, so Kingston to Bellevue via ferry and car. I left a car parked in Edmonds. About 1 1/2 hours to work, and 2 1/2 hours home....longer once they stopped letting us cut through Clyde Hill, so I always missed the 6:30 ferry. Â After 2 years, I had to call that quits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Double_E Posted November 18, 2005 Share Posted November 18, 2005 none of the commutes I've had have been extremely long in actual time.... (my current one is 30-35 minutes, down to Feddl' Way, with a average speed of about 60 mph, so I don't mind it too much). Â Â but the longest, BY FAR... in terms of how far it made me feel like I was going... was when I used to live in Wallingford and commuted over the bridge to Bellevue. downtown Bellevue, no less. [shudder] GawwDAMN that place left a nasty taste in my mouth every day. (well, mostly the place I was working, but also the city itself). Fortunately didn't have to stay there longer than about 2 months. Â there were a few times when I took my bike on the bus in the morning, though, and would ride home over the I-90 bridges and then up Lake Wash. Blvd... about 14.5 miles. that always made the day end on a fun note. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catbirdseat Posted November 18, 2005 Share Posted November 18, 2005 Dundee neighborhood to BTMS: 4 to 5 minute walk, depending on what's coming out of my iPod. Â Oh, wait...you said "longest commute". Â Never mind. Scott, did anyone mention we all hate you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra_Commander Posted November 18, 2005 Share Posted November 18, 2005 No wonder traffic in seattle sucks. You guys don't need a monorail, you need a an attitude adjustment. Get a bike or move or something. Just do something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dru Posted November 18, 2005 Share Posted November 18, 2005 Vancouver to Whitehorse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomtom Posted November 18, 2005 Share Posted November 18, 2005 Greenlake to UW. 10 minutes by bike. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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