10 minute bus or bycicle ride to the nearest train station and then a 10 minute train ride to my university

I drive 30 minutes into work, but it’s against traffic both ways, so it’s a smooth ride.

TL:DR - Ride my bike along a precarious but not terrible inner city suburb of Melbourne Australia. It takes about 10-15 minutes to go 4km. I have the option of a 25 minute riverside bike ride if I’m willing to give up my sleep in.

I live in an “inner suburb” of Melbourne Australia, and I work at a community centre just a few tiny city suburbs away, 4km.

I have an e-bike that I use as my primary vehicle, because of the way my migraine disorder manifests and overlaps with another condition, I can’t drive a car. So I’ve learned how to get by completely carless - living in the inner city suburbs helps so I’m privileged in that regard. But the ebike has been a game changer.

Before covid I had a job about 6km away and I was wasting so much money on buses and uber, it was two buses and an awkward connecting power-walk that meant frequent missed connections and also pushed me just over onto the more expensive ticket because of how our public transport fee system works. So I would lazily uber to work several times a week. And since I was working part time, it wasn’t even worth it some days when I had a 2 hour shift. ~40% of my pay cheque would go to ubering to work.

Then covid hit and our state went into lock down. The community centre ran a food bank so my 2 or 3 hour part time shifts became 12 hour days as demand increased but staffing couldn’t. I’d always miss the last bus, and uber drivers were few and far between. I tried riding my bike but the 12km return trip was just a bit too far on top of the 12 hour day, so I bought an ebike.

I got a new job, closer, and a very nice ride. I have multiple route options, one of which is a gorgeous separated shared pedestrian-cycle path that follows the local river which I often ride home - I finish at the optimum dog walking time so I get to meet so many puppies on my leisurely ride home. But it’s very slow (because of all the dogs which aren’t supposed to be off leash, but are) so, my preferred route to work is the fast way. It cuts right through the the town centre, it’s an old industrial dock town so it’s pretty highly developed but never highly invested in, meaning the roads are horrible and full of trucks. But the council are working on it, and in the last few years they’ve installed some halfway decent bike infrastructure. The danger is worth the 15 minutes it saves me in the morning.

Drive 15min to Metro station. Ride train for 40min. Switch lines. Ride for another 20min. Walk 5min to office. Then I do that in reverse 8-ish hours later.

I usually read on the train in the morning and game on the way back so it’s been somewhat bearable (I’m the crazy kid playing lvl 28 beatmaps on my phone during evening rush hour)

Usually 10-15 minutes of bicycle riding followed by 40 minutes of train, then 10-15 minutes in the subway to get a commuter train to my place of work.

Not bad at the moment.

Public transport is a bit awkwardly scheduled relative to my start times. A train only takes about 30 minutes, including walking to and from the station but it either gets me in super early or just a hair too late. I tend to take a bus instead because it’s a better fit, I get to leave a little latter than the early train while still being on time. But it takes about 40 minutes in total, which includes a bunch of extra walking because the route starts another suburb over.

I often get a ride in, depending on whether my schedule lines up, which only takes about 15-20 minutes depending on traffic. I feel a little guilty because this is the shortest commute I’ve ever had by far yet the first time I’ve not primarily used public transport, but I do really appreciate the convenience. I unfortunately sweat a ton (I really should talk to my doctor about hyperhidrosis, it’s extremely bad) so even the short walk from the bus/train station will leave my hair gross and matted, which then turns in a terrible case of triangle head.

I’ve thought about getting an ebike. There is a separated bike path that is a little bit indirect but covers like 90% of the route. I think I could get there at least as fast as the bus. Could be quicker, but I’m not taking a direct route as it’s just bicycle gutters in an area that sees a ton of industrial traffic. Fuck riding by trucks.

Wish I could say the same about our public transport improving, it’s only gotten worse. It all got privatized awhile back.

When I’m not broken, an 8 mile cycle ride that takes around 30 minutes. I’m currently recovering from a broken kneecap and getting the bus in, which is about 20 minutes and 5 minutes walk each end.

5 minute walk. Of course i usually have to pick up my dogs poop on the way, but hey…evry commute isn’t perfect.

Ii manage a farm. My commute is just walk outside

These days, I walk about 2 meters right from my living room. It’s about 1.5 hours (~30 walking, two trains with one transfer) if I need to go into the actual office (maybe once quarterly)

I’m in the UK - live in a rural location and work at several other rural locations. It is a 10 - 45 min drive depending on which one I am at. There is no suitable public transport to any of them - and since I sometimes have to head over to another for some incident or another, cycling - which would be possible to the closest one otherwise - would then prove difficult.

In my first job, I used to cycle 5 miles each way daily, and I was able to walk to one job for a while, but pretty much every other job has required me to commute by car/truck - mostly 20+ mins. One short-term job involved driving 1 hour 30 or more - but it was only ever going to be short-term.

25 minute car drive. I almost never have traffic jams during my commute. The longest it has taken me was around 40 minutes when I had to take a detour due to farmers protests.

I have a bus stop near my house. It takes 45 minutes to get to the city of my job and then I have to take another bus to get to my job itself.

It would probably take a bit over 1 hour to get there on a bicycle. I would get extra money if I went to work on a bicycle. The main reason I don’t cycle to work is that I don’t think it’s safe. Most of the route I would have ride on a little strip 2 meter away from cars and trucks going 90km/h. Or I can take a longer route where I have to ride on a little strip right next to traffic going 70km/h.

I live in a medium sized city (~95k) in Europe. It takes me around 15 minutes by bike to get to work.

I mostly work from home. My workplace is about 13km away. There’s a bus, but the connection is only hourly and doesn’t align with my with hours all that well, so I only take it in winter.

If possible, I go by bike. It’s a nice route across country and small towns, but it’s quite hilly (150m/200m) and there no showers at work, so I opted for an ebike.

It’s an eight minute train ride, and I live like 60ft from the station. Wish I could work from home but boss says no. Could be worse tho, I suppose.