On Sat, 05 Aug 2006 09:33:19 +0100, Paul Corfield
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/5245860.stm

"The average commuter is spending more than 139 hours per year
commuting, increasing substantially for Londoners who spend the
equivalent of one whole month per year (225 hours a year) travelling to
and from work."

My annual total, based on about 45 weeks for the working year, comes out
at 337.5 hours. While I don't know exactly how the authors of the study
calculated their numbers the implication is that there are a lot more
relatively short commuting journeys in order to drag the average down.
What are the totals for other group posters just so we can see if people
typically do have long or short trip times?

10 minutes each way for me, on foot. It was much longer when I
commuted into UCL from New Barnet, especially when I had to wait ages for
a bus at Arnos Grove at night. (Commuting to my second office takes hours
and involves a 90-minute plane flight...)

It's not directly stated, but there's an implication that the
survey was of train passengers only.

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/5245860.stm

"The average commuter is spending more than 139 hours per year
commuting, increasing substantially for Londoners who spend the
equivalent of one whole month per year (225 hours a year) travelling to
and from work."

I accept they are talking about average times but I struggle to see how
the average is so low. My commute time is about 40 mins in the morning
and 50 in the evening and is not particularly onerous compared to those
of my immediate work colleagues most of whom travel a considerable
distance by main line rail.

My annual total, based on about 45 weeks for the working year, comes out
at 337.5 hours. While I don't know exactly how the authors of the study
calculated their numbers the implication is that there are a lot more
relatively short commuting journeys in order to drag the average down.
What are the totals for other group posters just so we can see if people
typically do have long or short trip times?

About 40 minutes each way for me these days, though up until earlier
this year it was 90-minutes-and-two-changes. I don't know how I put up
with that for so long.

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Paul Corfield wrote:


My annual total, based on about 45 weeks for the working year, comes out
at 337.5 hours. While I don't know exactly how the authors of the study
calculated their numbers the implication is that there are a lot more
relatively short commuting journeys in order to drag the average down.
What are the totals for other group posters just so we can see if people
typically do have long or short trip times?

Between 2 or 3 hours a day (430 to 645 hours per year), depending
whether I tube or walk between Waterloo and my office.
The 2 hours is unachievable at the moment though, due to the closure of
the Drain.

About two and a half hours for me (St Johns to London Bridge, London
Bridge to Kings Cross Thameslink and then 15 mins walk, and the same
home). Though there would be quicker ways that would cut it down to
unde two hours a day.

In article , Paul Corfield
writes
"The average commuter is spending more than 139 hours per year
commuting, increasing substantially for Londoners who spend the
equivalent of one whole month per year (225 hours a year) travelling to
and from work."

I accept they are talking about average times but I struggle to see how
the average is so low.

According to a meeting I was at the other day, the *average* distance
from home to work, over the entire working population, is under 8 miles.

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On Sat, 5 Aug 2006 15:47:45 +0100, "Clive D. W. Feather"
wrote:

In article , Paul Corfield
writes
"The average commuter is spending more than 139 hours per year
commuting, increasing substantially for Londoners who spend the
equivalent of one whole month per year (225 hours a year) travelling to
and from work."

I accept they are talking about average times but I struggle to see how
the average is so low.

According to a meeting I was at the other day, the *average* distance
from home to work, over the entire working population, is under 8 miles.

I now live about 9 miles from work, and it takes between 45 minutes
and an hour each way, depending which route I take.


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In article ,
(Clive D. W. Feather) wrote:

In article , Paul
Corfield writes
"The average commuter is spending more than 139 hours per year
commuting, increasing substantially for Londoners who spend the
equivalent of one whole month per year (225 hours a year)
travelling to and from work."

I accept they are talking about average times but I struggle to
see how the average is so low.

According to a meeting I was at the other day, the *average*
distance from home to work, over the entire working population, is
under 8 miles.

If that is a national average, I bet London's average is well above that.

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Colin Rosenstiel wrote:
In article ,
(Clive D. W. Feather) wrote:

In article , Paul
Corfield writes
"The average commuter is spending more than 139 hours per year
commuting, increasing substantially for Londoners who spend the
equivalent of one whole month per year (225 hours a year)
travelling to and from work."

I accept they are talking about average times but I struggle to
see how the average is so low.
According to a meeting I was at the other day, the *average*
distance from home to work, over the entire working population, is
under 8 miles.

If that is a national average, I bet London's average is well above that.

I'm not sure it would be. Sure some people commute a long way to London
but it is a city with fairly dense population.

For instance I live about 11-12 miles from my work (1 hour commute each
way) and am considered by a lot of my colleagues to live "a long way
out". However back home (NE England) living 11-12 miles from work would
be considered fairly typical.

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