Pumapayam Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 Just ranting...what about your commute?This post would have been better had you inputed a time range in a poll format to get a summary of the results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HtownWxBoy Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 20 Minutes... The Heights to Southeast Houston... and I work all different hours so I never have to deal with rush hours which is nice.Rice Hotel to Chase Tower: 15 seconds if I run quicklySo lucky... I wish I could live and work Downtown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CDeb Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 Mrs. Porchman's - 15 feet from bedroom to office. Poor woman, she does it before she has her coffee. (That's an additional 30 feet)Mrs. CDeb has a similar gig....about 6 ft from the bed to the desk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Original Timmy Chan's Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 South Union to Westchase - 17 miles in approx 15-20 minutes, regardless of what time I leave (anytime between 7 am and 9 am). Same for the ride home...unless I leave work early for some reason (before 7pm), at which time inbound traffic on 59 sucks. The reverse commute is a good thing.Worst part of the ride in the morning is the 5-7 minute drive up 288 to 59.Worst part of the ride in the evening is having to drive through 3 traffic lights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porchman Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 My commute times are obsessively measured and cataloged using the "Elapsed Time" function of my car's trip computer.So you do have hobbies outside The HAIF! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CSOM Posted May 21, 2008 Share Posted May 21, 2008 20 minutes each way, Midtown to Galena ParkAs crazy as it is though, I do work DT some days, and it's either 30 minutes door to door (lights, parking garage, walk, elevators) or 25 to take the MetroRail - so rail it is, but it takes me longer to go 2 miles than it does to go 15... frustrating Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rem78 Posted May 22, 2008 Share Posted May 22, 2008 288 & 2234 to Midtown - about 35 min between 6:45 and 7:45, plus or minus 10 minutes (earlier is better)Midtown to 288 & 2234 - about 30 min after 6 pm or before 5 pm. Add about 10-15 min from 5 to 6pm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLWM8609 Posted May 22, 2008 Share Posted May 22, 2008 I have an easy, SMOOOTH 12 mile roundtrip commute. Riverside to Downtown. I'm a full time student at UHD. I take SH 288 North from N. MacGregor to US 59 North, exit to I-10 West, swoop under the Elysian viaduct and exit at N. Main, then turn right onto N. Main to the parking lot. I usually schedule my classes to begin late in the morning (after 10am) to beat the morning traffic. Takes about 10 min to cover the 6 miles from home to school and vice versa. It may take as long as 20-25 mins via freeway to get back to Riverside in a semester that I have my last class let out during rush hour, during one of the mid afternoon outbound bottlenecks at the SH 288 South/US 59 South split, or whenever there's a major accident blocking some lanes. In those cases, I'll just take Scott, Dowling, San Jacinto, or Almeda Rd back to Riverside, depending on what section of highway I encounter the slowdown. Using one of those surface roads will save me about 5 mins during bad freeway traffic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub Posted May 22, 2008 Share Posted May 22, 2008 Misery City to La Porte37 miles / 45 +/- minutes (of course I do roll out at 04:45) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crunchtastic Posted May 22, 2008 Share Posted May 22, 2008 I did a rare thing yesterday and took the 1-10 HOV. Got on right at 6 pm and was at the Grand Parkway light at 6:30. Is that usual for the HOV? If so, commuting might not be so bad it you carpool every day.Saw how the other half lives out on Rossner Road. Something Lakes Point. Amazing. The homes are around a pretty big lake, 1-acre lots, minimum 7,000 sg ft(guessing) mediterranean style houses. All I could think was, this is the kind of place Tony Soprano would live. The SARS-mask guy lives across the lake from my boss. Some of the houses have big wooden docks on the fake lake, with big sloping lawns from their pools down to the water. Wow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
memebag Posted May 22, 2008 Share Posted May 22, 2008 The SARS-mask guy lives across the lake from my boss.Who is the SARS-mask guy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crunchtastic Posted May 22, 2008 Share Posted May 22, 2008 Who is the SARS-mask guy?Some guy who invented a special face-mask to keep SARS away. Or at least I've been told. As the lore has it, a single, not quite 40 year old guy who never has to work again. Could have sworn I saw him mentioned on HAIF a time or two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sevfiv Posted May 22, 2008 Share Posted May 22, 2008 About 1.5 miles but takes 5 to sometimes 10 minutes to drive right before 9 and right after 5. The worst part (the two to three minute lull) is the light at Richmond and Montrose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbigtex56 Posted May 22, 2008 Share Posted May 22, 2008 About 1.5 miles but takes 5 to sometimes 10 minutes to drive right before 9 and right after 5. The worst part (the two to three minute lull) is the light at Richmond and Montrose Ah, but that allows you time to really get to know the panhandlers who are always hanging out at that intersection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CDeb Posted May 22, 2008 Share Posted May 22, 2008 The worst part (the two to three minute lull) is the light at Richmond and Montrose Just wait until there's a train running through there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJones Posted May 22, 2008 Share Posted May 22, 2008 Old job 15 minutes, against trafficNew job 35 minutes and that is AGAINST traffic, both ways ! About to cut it down to 25 minutes though because I am buying a house in Hearthstone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westguy76 Posted May 22, 2008 Share Posted May 22, 2008 South Union to Westchase - 17 miles in approx 15-20 minutes, regardless of what time I leave (anytime between 7 am and 9 am). Same for the ride home...unless I leave work early for some reason (before 7pm), at which time inbound traffic on 59 sucks. The reverse commute is a good thing.Worst part of the ride in the morning is the 5-7 minute drive up 288 to 59.Worst part of the ride in the evening is having to drive through 3 traffic lights.Do you have a helicopter or a hovercraft? You are saying from the 288 and 59 interchange you at your workplace in 9 to 14 minutes in the morning in the Westchase District. And anytime between 7 and 9 AM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travelguy_73 Posted May 22, 2008 Share Posted May 22, 2008 Using the trip computer in my car, I see:Eastwood to Williams Tower (around 8AM): 13-15 minWilliams Tower to Eastwood (around 5.30-6PM): 20-30 minThe evening backup on 59 northbound near the downtown spur is maddening. Morning rush is usually very nice.Occasionally I go to an office downtown and what used to take 5-7 minutes from Eastwood now takes 10-12 minutes since the downtown lights were retimed. Crosstown lights are a complete mess all of the time now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houstonmacbro Posted May 22, 2008 Share Posted May 22, 2008 Just wait until there's a train running through there. At this rate ... he probably won't have to worry about it .. ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KinkaidAlum Posted May 23, 2008 Share Posted May 23, 2008 9 blocks.5 to 15 minutes depending upon whether or not I stop at the South End Buttery for a morning tea and bagel.My vehicle of choice; Brooks Running Shoes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Original Timmy Chan's Posted May 23, 2008 Share Posted May 23, 2008 Do you have a helicopter or a hovercraft? You are saying from the 288 and 59 interchange you at your workplace in 9 to 14 minutes in the morning in the Westchase District. And anytime between 7 and 9 AM.No, I drive a car. 13 miles in 9-14 minutes on the freeway is pretty easy. That's an average of 55mph-85 mph (although I usually don't go over 75 mph anymore, to save gas.) The SW Freeway outbound is wide open in the morning, as is the Westpark Tollway. I'm one block off of the intersection of Westpark Tollway and Beltway 8, so it does take me a minute or two to get to the office once I hit the stoplight at the Beltway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChampionsAdam Posted May 31, 2008 Share Posted May 31, 2008 Champion Forest/1960 to 45/Century Blvd in Texas City... 1 hour and 30 minutes in rush hour with no accidents or construction... fun stuff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgriff Posted May 31, 2008 Share Posted May 31, 2008 No, I drive a car. 13 miles in 9-14 minutes on the freeway is pretty easy. That's an average of 55mph-85 mph (although I usually don't go over 75 mph anymore, to save gas.) The SW Freeway outbound is wide open in the morning, as is the Westpark Tollway. I'm one block off of the intersection of Westpark Tollway and Beltway 8, so it does take me a minute or two to get to the office once I hit the stoplight at the Beltway.My job is one block off the intersection of the Wespark Tollway and Beltway 8 also. I come from Memorial Drive around Gessner. It's exactly 5.5 miles and takes around 20 minutes in the morning and anywhere from 15 to 30 minutes in the afternnon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barracuda Posted May 31, 2008 Share Posted May 31, 2008 I have a tough 30 second commute from my bedroom to my home office But when I do occasionally go into the corporate office near I-10 and Eldridge, it is usually between 25 to 45 minutes from my house in Midtown. The afternoon rush hour is almost always much worse, taking as long as 1 hour 15 minutes. I don't know why there are so many more cars in the evening rush hour vs. the morning rush hour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolie Posted June 2, 2008 Share Posted June 2, 2008 about 20 mins, depending on if I use my bike to supplement or not.half mile walk to mcgowen station, about 10 minutes on train to north TMC station, a few more blocks to my office. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunsets Posted June 2, 2008 Share Posted June 2, 2008 Heights to Med Center:Car (rarely) 15-20 min including parking in garageBus: 25 minBike: 31-40 min (variation due to traffic, number of red lights, and energy level of rider) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniepwils Posted June 2, 2008 Share Posted June 2, 2008 A 5 minute walk in the tunnel or 7 minute walk on the street. Live on Main street, work at 5 Houston Center. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cla Posted June 2, 2008 Share Posted June 2, 2008 Cinco Ranch west of 99 to Westchase district (Westheimer and Walnut Bend) - 19 miles and 25 minutes on the Westpark Tollway. (leaving between 6 and 6:15 in the morning and 6:00 in the evening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted June 2, 2008 Share Posted June 2, 2008 Does anyone go from Bellaire/Galleria area to the north side via 45? That's the route I'll be taking the rest of this week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hornsandbraves Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 Gleannloch Farms (Spring) to N Beltway by IAH, via 24945 min @ 6:45am - Includes 5 to 7 min extra for carpool meetup.30 min @ 4:00pmI wish I could live near my work, but Gunspoint mall and 747 fly-overs aren't my thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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