How long do you commute to work/school every day (both ways)?
February 3, 2025
Hello Europe! I'm conducting a study that compares travel times across the world.
If you answer, please do in minutes so I can compare it to other data. Also, if you like, please include mode of transportation.
33 comments
Bicycle to work, 14km, 35minutes.
Once per two weeks or so I travel by car and it takes 12minutes on average.
Work: 20 minutes walk + 20 minutes train drive each way (almost hour and a half both ways)
45 minute walk over parkland each way – could be worse!
10 minutes walk, 50 min train ride, then 10 minutes bus ride to the school
10-15 minutes by bike each way.
By a bike, around 20min. But if I like really need to go I think 10min is easy. It’s only 2.5km
If my bike’s broken I walk, that takes 35min. But rare, I rather use the bicycle
I work from home but I have to take my daughter to school and it is like 15 minutes by car and it is about 10 km away (there are multiple roundabout and traffic lights)
Each way 10-12 minutes walk + 45 minutes train ride.
With car it can be faster… or twice as slow.
I work from home most of the time. So 0 minutes most of the time. But when I go to office it takes about 1 hour and 15 minutes walking anf taking the train.
I live some 60 km from my workplace in Paris. 90 minutes each way by bus (to the train station)/train (to Paris)/métro (to my workplace).
I skipped the train today and took the bus to the RER station just outside Paris. I’ll be late because of the trafic on the motorway and that damn tunnel.
Going to school was a 15 minutes walk at most. Going to uni in Paris was the same as going to work now.
20mins, both ways by car (so 40mins total, assuming traffic doesn’t hold me)
Brussels, 25-30 min by bus each direction. 45 if I’m dropping off or picking up my kid along the way. So 50-90 minutes, depending on the schedule.
5-7 minutes by bike (big city). I can wfh too but don’t do it that much because the office is so near by.
Until recently, 1 hour each way. It was 1 hour when i lived in west London and took the tube into central London (15 mins walk from house to tube, 10min walk from tube to office).
It was 1 hour when I lived in east London and commuted out by train to Essex (15 mins walk to train, 15 min walk from train to office).
Now it’s 35 mins from east London to central London by tube. Unless the Elizabeth line is f’d up and then it’s an extra 30 mins.
It depends, my depot is 50 minutes away but my workplace can be between 25 minutes and 2 hours away
We have multiple offices around the country, so I can take my pick. The one where I’m most likely to encounter actual coworkers is a little over an hour both ways.
I only go to the office once a week on average though and work mostly from home.
It’s 2.2km to work, and my transport options are: cycling (10 minutes), walking (25 minutes), hire scooter (not sure, but they go faster than I cycle), or bus (varies depending on how long I have to wait).
15 minutes each way bike ride. But it’s all hills.
The mostly flat way is about 3 times the length and time.
30min walk. Close enough to go home for lunch, which ads another 2x15min to my daily commute.
8km distance to work. I travel by car most days, and as I live in a densely populated area it takes around 35 min to get there. On my way back home the commute is 25 min.
To work: 15 minutes walking or 5 minutes by bicycle each way. So let’s say about 30 minutes in total, I prefer walking.
Warsaw, Poland. 60 minutes each way by public transport or 45 minutes by the car. The office I work at is located on the other side of the city and I work mostly from home, so it’s not bad.
I hope this is just a bit of fun, because this is not at all how studies are done.
Bicycle to work, 100 minutes. I try once a week. 50 minutes by public transport. No car, but it takes around 20 minutes by car.
When I go in to the office: 1h 45mins each way, via a mixture of overground and underground trains. Luckily I only go in to the office about once a month.
When I work from home: about 30 seconds, to walk to the office at the end of my garden.
UK: I work from home 3-4 days per week, but on the days I do go in I travel by car 30 miles there and 30 miles back. Sometimes it’s 40 miles if I choose a different office.
I walk the kids to and from school twice a week which is a 10 minute walk.
Incidentally, I’m pretty certain there are some official statistics re: this.
I work mostly remote, have to go to the office once every two weeks though. Getting there takes 18-20 minutes by car, going back can be anywhere from 20 to 50.
From my dorm to my Uni it is 800 metres, so I reach it by walking in 7 minutes.
Unless it is raining; in that case two stations by bus in 2-3 minutes.
About 3 minutes to my nearest lecture hall, by walking.
Poland. 3 minutes to a tram stop, 10 minutes in a tram, 3 more minutes long walk to the office building 🙂
For me, my husband and I chose to live close to Luxembourg city but that obviously costs quite a lot more than if we lived further away, and not everyone can have that privilege unfortunately, my daily commute both ways can vary from 20-30min to 1h30 by car and even more in very heavily loaded days or days with incidents on the motorway. So don’t take my answer as an average for Luxembourg, it’s way, way less than what most people do, which is probably around 2h in a car for both ways.
If I was taking the public transportation, it would be 1h10 in each direction (so 2h20 daily) in the BEST of possibilities of the timetable.
150 minutes
10 min walk
15 min train
45 min train
5 min walk
And then back again.
Cost: €0
Currently, 0 minutes. When I was in school, 90 minutes.
33 comments
Bicycle to work, 14km, 35minutes.
Once per two weeks or so I travel by car and it takes 12minutes on average.
Work: 20 minutes walk + 20 minutes train drive each way (almost hour and a half both ways)
45 minute walk over parkland each way – could be worse!
10 minutes walk, 50 min train ride, then 10 minutes bus ride to the school
10-15 minutes by bike each way.
By a bike, around 20min. But if I like really need to go I think 10min is easy. It’s only 2.5km
If my bike’s broken I walk, that takes 35min. But rare, I rather use the bicycle
I work from home but I have to take my daughter to school and it is like 15 minutes by car and it is about 10 km away (there are multiple roundabout and traffic lights)
Each way 10-12 minutes walk + 45 minutes train ride.
With car it can be faster… or twice as slow.
I work from home most of the time. So 0 minutes most of the time. But when I go to office it takes about 1 hour and 15 minutes walking anf taking the train.
I live some 60 km from my workplace in Paris. 90 minutes each way by bus (to the train station)/train (to Paris)/métro (to my workplace).
I skipped the train today and took the bus to the RER station just outside Paris. I’ll be late because of the trafic on the motorway and that damn tunnel.
Going to school was a 15 minutes walk at most. Going to uni in Paris was the same as going to work now.
20mins, both ways by car (so 40mins total, assuming traffic doesn’t hold me)
Brussels, 25-30 min by bus each direction. 45 if I’m dropping off or picking up my kid along the way. So 50-90 minutes, depending on the schedule.
5-7 minutes by bike (big city). I can wfh too but don’t do it that much because the office is so near by.
Until recently, 1 hour each way. It was 1 hour when i lived in west London and took the tube into central London (15 mins walk from house to tube, 10min walk from tube to office).
It was 1 hour when I lived in east London and commuted out by train to Essex (15 mins walk to train, 15 min walk from train to office).
Now it’s 35 mins from east London to central London by tube. Unless the Elizabeth line is f’d up and then it’s an extra 30 mins.
It depends, my depot is 50 minutes away but my workplace can be between 25 minutes and 2 hours away
We have multiple offices around the country, so I can take my pick. The one where I’m most likely to encounter actual coworkers is a little over an hour both ways.
I only go to the office once a week on average though and work mostly from home.
It’s 2.2km to work, and my transport options are: cycling (10 minutes), walking (25 minutes), hire scooter (not sure, but they go faster than I cycle), or bus (varies depending on how long I have to wait).
15 minutes each way bike ride. But it’s all hills.
The mostly flat way is about 3 times the length and time.
30min walk. Close enough to go home for lunch, which ads another 2x15min to my daily commute.
8km distance to work. I travel by car most days, and as I live in a densely populated area it takes around 35 min to get there. On my way back home the commute is 25 min.
To work: 15 minutes walking or 5 minutes by bicycle each way. So let’s say about 30 minutes in total, I prefer walking.
Warsaw, Poland. 60 minutes each way by public transport or 45 minutes by the car. The office I work at is located on the other side of the city and I work mostly from home, so it’s not bad.
I hope this is just a bit of fun, because this is not at all how studies are done.
Bicycle to work, 100 minutes. I try once a week. 50 minutes by public transport. No car, but it takes around 20 minutes by car.
When I go in to the office: 1h 45mins each way, via a mixture of overground and underground trains. Luckily I only go in to the office about once a month.
When I work from home: about 30 seconds, to walk to the office at the end of my garden.
UK: I work from home 3-4 days per week, but on the days I do go in I travel by car 30 miles there and 30 miles back. Sometimes it’s 40 miles if I choose a different office.
I walk the kids to and from school twice a week which is a 10 minute walk.
Incidentally, I’m pretty certain there are some official statistics re: this.
I work mostly remote, have to go to the office once every two weeks though. Getting there takes 18-20 minutes by car, going back can be anywhere from 20 to 50.
From my dorm to my Uni it is 800 metres, so I reach it by walking in 7 minutes.
Unless it is raining; in that case two stations by bus in 2-3 minutes.
About 3 minutes to my nearest lecture hall, by walking.
Poland. 3 minutes to a tram stop, 10 minutes in a tram, 3 more minutes long walk to the office building 🙂
For me, my husband and I chose to live close to Luxembourg city but that obviously costs quite a lot more than if we lived further away, and not everyone can have that privilege unfortunately, my daily commute both ways can vary from 20-30min to 1h30 by car and even more in very heavily loaded days or days with incidents on the motorway. So don’t take my answer as an average for Luxembourg, it’s way, way less than what most people do, which is probably around 2h in a car for both ways.
If I was taking the public transportation, it would be 1h10 in each direction (so 2h20 daily) in the BEST of possibilities of the timetable.
150 minutes
10 min walk
15 min train
45 min train
5 min walk
And then back again.
Cost: €0
Currently, 0 minutes. When I was in school, 90 minutes.