The average time spent on a round-trip commute to work in the USA is 51 minutes. In Japan it is almost 90 minutes. Residents of Bangkok average 120 minutes traveling to and from work.

1. Do you commute to work?

2. How long does it take?

3. What is the distance of your commute?

4. What type of transportation do you use?

On page 58 of the April 16, 2007 issue of The New Yorker, Nick Paumgarten, in his article "There And Back Again: The Soul Of The Commuter" writes:

"A commute is a distillation of a life's main ingredients, a product of fundamental values and choices. And time is the vital currency: how much of it you spend - and how you spend it - reveals a great deal about how much you think it is worth."

5. How does your commute affect your quality of life?

6. Is your commuting situation the result of a rational choice or a constrained choice?

7. Are you making optimal use of your resources?

8. Would you accept a job that offers less financial compensation if it substantially reduced your commuting time and/or distance?

9. Are you comfortable with your current commuting situation?

10. How would you alter it? Why don't you?

1. Do you commute to work? Yes

2. How long does it take? 50 minutes

3. What is the distance of your commute? 17.3 miles

4. What type of transportation do you use? Minivan

6. Is your commuting situation the result of a rational choice or a constrained choice? Rational

7. Are you making optimal use of your resources? Yes

8. Would you accept a job that offers less financial compensation if it substantially reduced your commuting time and/or distance? Perhaps

9. Are you comfortable with your current commuting situation? Yes

10. How would you alter it? Why don't you? Yes, I cannot I'm not very bright :(

1. Do you commute to work? Yes

2. How long does it take? 50 minutes

3. What is the distance of your commute? 17 miles

4. What type of transportation do you use? Small car, motorcycle (infrequently)

6. Is your commuting situation the result of a rational choice or a constrained choice? Constraints on sleep time, commuting time, cost, convenience

7. Are you making optimal use of your resources? No

8. Would you accept a job that offers less financial compensation if it substantially reduced your commuting time and/or distance? No

9. Are you comfortable with your current commuting situation? Somewhat

10. How would you alter it? Why don't you?

It would be expensive to buy a more efficient car. It would take longer to commute by public transportation. It's dangerous to ride the motorcycle. Ideally, our city's light rail system should be extended into my district, bicycle lanes could be expanded. I've been thinking about a bike with electric assist...

1. Do you commute to work?

Yes

2. How long does it take?

10 minutes, give or take

3. What is the distance of your commute?

Roughly 3 miles, give or take

4. What type of transportation do you use?

An industrial crane converted to run on endangered trees from the Amazon...and spotted owl beaks.

Actually it's a 2001 Buick Century - a clandestine vehicle of debauchery and wanton destruction

5. How does your commute affect your quality of life?

It gives me an opportunity to listen to the Diane Rheam Show, so it's pretty sweet. :)

6. Is your commuting situation the result of a rational choice or a constrained choice?

A rational choice, assuming I'm rational SHUT UP HITLER I'M TYPING

7. Are you making optimal use of your resources?

No, but who is? If I were I guess I would also eat the rest of the spotted owl corpses, but alas they are kind of oily and taste a bit like rubber.

8. Would you accept a job that offers less financial compensation if it substantially reduced your commuting time and/or distance?

Yes. I took a $1.40 pay cut since gas is now twice as much as it was when I took the other job, and for some odd reason I just can't seem to figure out the oil companies keep having record profits...

:shrug:

It's weird, I know.

9. Are you comfortable with your current commuting situation?

Yah, that rustbucket is pretty comfortable.

10. How would you alter it? Why don't you?

I can actually bike to work and probably will do so occasionally. I also eat a lot of soy.

But then I slash and burn forests to raise cattle that I just shoot for fun and leave the bodies to rot in the sun.

1. Do you commute to work? Yes

2. How long does it take? 50 minutes each way

3. What is the distance of your commute? 19.2 miles

4. What type of transportation do you use? usually sedan (car), sometimes bike

6. Is your commuting situation the result of a rational choice or a constrained choice? constrained mostly, laziness the rest of the time

7. Are you making optimal use of your resources? no.

8. Would you accept a job that offers less financial compensation if it substantially reduced your commuting time and/or distance? yes

9. Are you comfortable with your current commuting situation? no

10. How would you alter it? Why don't you?
a) work from home (I program computers and converse w/ coworkers via email anyway): not allowed
b) move closer to work/work closer to home: can't afford to