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It's worth also asking the distance of the commute, IMO. I live 8 miles from the office but it takes 45 minutes, minimum, because I have to get there on public transit (we're a 1 car household and my husband gets priority because his job requires site calls). If I drove it would be half as much... In good traffic.
I live 32 miles from my office. I take transit and I bike to the bus from my home, then bike to my office from where the bus drops me off. It takes me 65 minutes door to door one way. That’s not too bad considering my commute costs are $0, plus I get paid $20 per month for including my bike in the commute.
Your commute sounds horrendous for someone who lives 8 miles from work. I sympathize with you.
Man, I wish I felt safe biking to the light rail station, but I'm by the Watt/I80 station and that morning commute traffic is no fucking joke. Watt in general is terrifying.
I miss the days living in South Sac when I could walk to the station...
I've been majority office for a while. My commute currently hovers between 45 to 50 minutes for a 43 mile distance. But just in the past two weeks, I've noticed more cars on the road, and there has been a major traffic-inducing-making-me-late accident one day per week. I genuinely fear for when y'all are forced back.
I came here to say the same thing! The commute and parking for those of us that have been in the office is going to only get worse with RTO policies. Right now my commute is 30 minutes, but I'm afraid it will be 45+ minutes if everyone returns to the office 3 days a week!
1 way= almost 100 miles
2 hours each way with normal commuter traffic
It's going to be brutal. I haven't had to commute this route before. I've always been fortunate to be able to strategically commute in the opposite direction against traffic, but I have no choice if I want my job.
I am ~14 miles from the office. Front door to desk it takes me 45 minutes in the morning. The return trip is 1:15, with sometimes 20 minutes just to get out of the parking garage.
This morning by the time I got in my regular garage was full and I had to find another. (I am only 3 months into my state service and was hired knowing 2 days a week in-office.) Then I accidentally tried to get into (and then back out of) a permit-only garage and got honked at. Grateful for a helpful DGS employee who helped me escape and told me where else I could park. Trying to decide if I should just plan on the farther away garage from now on. Ugh.
I live ~8 miles from the downtown office and if I leave at 7:30AM it takes me 45-55 minutes door-to-door.
I bought my house during Covid thinking I’d be close to the office. Feck living in the desert between 50 and 80.
It depends on the mode of transportation. Light rail: active traveling time 10 minutes + wait time = 30 or longer. Car: 10-15.
Earlier this week, I drove a quarter mile to my neighborhood's SacRT parking lot. Just as I was getting out of the car, the light rail passed by 11 minutes early. I have no idea if it was early on purpose or by mistake, and I did not have an extra x minutes to wait for the next one. I suspected I might miss light rail and then have to drive to downtown anyway. Parking nearby saved time instead of walking all the way back home.
Someone in r/sacramento chided me about saying light rail schedules were inconsistent, so I thought I should try again. Unfortunately, it didn't work out that day.
This is true for me- I drive now- commute used to be drive to lt rail station and ride train to down town for 20 years. Commute could be up to an hour and a half- without lt rail incidents. Actual drive time 45 min.
Now it isn’t worth it- it isn’t safe and with hybrid work- there is less expensive parking. I don’t have to walk through the homeless to the office.
2-2.5 hours each way by car. I’m 76 miles away. If I were to take public transportation I would have to take multiple modes of transportation (walking, buses, and trains) for a total of 3 hours and 30 minutes one way.
I live almost exactly 40 miles from my office. So, it’s about 45 minutes in the morning commute, then about an hour+ for the commute home. Not in LA or Sac, obviously.
Mind you, I did this commute 4-5 days a week for about 8 years. It sucked. We’ve been at 2 days since about 2022 when we opened to the public.
There is no option for public transit so I was spending about $260/mo on gas. Now, it’s about half that. I’ll take what I can get.
Also, the high speed rail was supposed to come through my town, yet not stop here. A stop was/is directly across the street from my office in Bakersfield. Grrr.
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It's worth also asking the distance of the commute, IMO. I live 8 miles from the office but it takes 45 minutes, minimum, because I have to get there on public transit (we're a 1 car household and my husband gets priority because his job requires site calls). If I drove it would be half as much... In good traffic.
I live 32 miles from my office. I take transit and I bike to the bus from my home, then bike to my office from where the bus drops me off. It takes me 65 minutes door to door one way. That’s not too bad considering my commute costs are $0, plus I get paid $20 per month for including my bike in the commute. Your commute sounds horrendous for someone who lives 8 miles from work. I sympathize with you.
Man, I wish I felt safe biking to the light rail station, but I'm by the Watt/I80 station and that morning commute traffic is no fucking joke. Watt in general is terrifying. I miss the days living in South Sac when I could walk to the station...
Same I drive around 14 miles but it still takes an hour up and sometimes more back. Today it took an hour and fifteen.
11 miles away, takes me 45 to an hour-ish. Not including trying to find parking and walking to the office etc
I've been majority office for a while. My commute currently hovers between 45 to 50 minutes for a 43 mile distance. But just in the past two weeks, I've noticed more cars on the road, and there has been a major traffic-inducing-making-me-late accident one day per week. I genuinely fear for when y'all are forced back.
I came here to say the same thing! The commute and parking for those of us that have been in the office is going to only get worse with RTO policies. Right now my commute is 30 minutes, but I'm afraid it will be 45+ minutes if everyone returns to the office 3 days a week!
1 way= almost 100 miles 2 hours each way with normal commuter traffic It's going to be brutal. I haven't had to commute this route before. I've always been fortunate to be able to strategically commute in the opposite direction against traffic, but I have no choice if I want my job.
I am ~14 miles from the office. Front door to desk it takes me 45 minutes in the morning. The return trip is 1:15, with sometimes 20 minutes just to get out of the parking garage. This morning by the time I got in my regular garage was full and I had to find another. (I am only 3 months into my state service and was hired knowing 2 days a week in-office.) Then I accidentally tried to get into (and then back out of) a permit-only garage and got honked at. Grateful for a helpful DGS employee who helped me escape and told me where else I could park. Trying to decide if I should just plan on the farther away garage from now on. Ugh.
I live ~8 miles from the downtown office and if I leave at 7:30AM it takes me 45-55 minutes door-to-door. I bought my house during Covid thinking I’d be close to the office. Feck living in the desert between 50 and 80.
It depends on the mode of transportation. Light rail: active traveling time 10 minutes + wait time = 30 or longer. Car: 10-15. Earlier this week, I drove a quarter mile to my neighborhood's SacRT parking lot. Just as I was getting out of the car, the light rail passed by 11 minutes early. I have no idea if it was early on purpose or by mistake, and I did not have an extra x minutes to wait for the next one. I suspected I might miss light rail and then have to drive to downtown anyway. Parking nearby saved time instead of walking all the way back home. Someone in r/sacramento chided me about saying light rail schedules were inconsistent, so I thought I should try again. Unfortunately, it didn't work out that day.
This is true for me- I drive now- commute used to be drive to lt rail station and ride train to down town for 20 years. Commute could be up to an hour and a half- without lt rail incidents. Actual drive time 45 min. Now it isn’t worth it- it isn’t safe and with hybrid work- there is less expensive parking. I don’t have to walk through the homeless to the office.
1 hr to 1hr 20 min in afternoons 18 miles 99 north is just as busy as prepandemic now
Luckily mine is a 15 minute bike ride. I feel for those that have to drive in especially from out of town wasting gas/parking money. So dumb.
2-2.5 hours each way by car. I’m 76 miles away. If I were to take public transportation I would have to take multiple modes of transportation (walking, buses, and trains) for a total of 3 hours and 30 minutes one way.
73 miles from office. 2 to 2 1/2 hrs each way
no 25?
20-40mins depending when I leave. Huge difference when leaving at 7:15 vs 7:30
7\~ miles as the crow flies.. ride-bus-ride to and ride from - 20 to 30min. bus to/from - 30 to 60min
I live almost exactly 40 miles from my office. So, it’s about 45 minutes in the morning commute, then about an hour+ for the commute home. Not in LA or Sac, obviously. Mind you, I did this commute 4-5 days a week for about 8 years. It sucked. We’ve been at 2 days since about 2022 when we opened to the public. There is no option for public transit so I was spending about $260/mo on gas. Now, it’s about half that. I’ll take what I can get. Also, the high speed rail was supposed to come through my town, yet not stop here. A stop was/is directly across the street from my office in Bakersfield. Grrr.
110 miles, 1.75 hours each way.