They are trying hard to make you not notice you’re spending a week of your life driving each year.

  • jacksilver@lemmy.world
    22·
    22 hours ago

    I’m actually amazed it isn’t higher. That would imply the average commute is less than 15min each way.

    • yonder@sh.itjust.works
      1·
      14 minutes ago

      I’ll bet that the choice of commute time is made to be over 100 to feel big but not so big that people get sad at how much time they waste.

    • ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      91·
      21 hours ago

      About 26 minutes each way according to my math, but that’s still a great commute. My commute by mass transit was three times as long.

      In my experience, there are three common sorts of commute:

      1. Fast by car.

      2. Slow by car.

      3. Slow by mass transit.

      I guess type 2 commutes aren’t common in Canada, so they don’t bring down the average?

      • BCsven@lemmy.ca
        3·
        16 hours ago

        Depends on city. Me driving from outer metro to Vancouver is 1:30 due to traffic. Taking the bus is 2 hours because of walking time where bus route doesn’t fully service area. Would probably be equal with full service.

    • adarza@lemmy.caEnglish
      3·
      21 hours ago

      it’s 111 hours driving just TO work. it’s at least that much again to get home (more, probably, due to running errands and such on the way home).