Suburbia - Post Your Commute Time in Rush Hour

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I feel like there is a lot of speculation on how long a commute is from certain suburbs. Post your town and your typical commute time. Include whether your driving, taking metro, or both.

Upper McLean - 45 min in rush hour (driving).

There is no such thing as "Upper" McLean. Without telling where you are going, your stat is meaningless.

[Anonymous]

northwest Alexandria, not far from Fairlington.

Takes me about 50 to 55 minutes. By bicycle. Transit (bus and metro) is about the same. By car, varies a lot, but from 25 to 40 minutes I guess (I seldom drive in).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Hyattsville: 10 mintues

not everyone has the "luxury" of living so close to a methadone clinic

I *am* a doctor, but I don't work at a clinic.

[Anonymous]

McLean (near Tysons) 30-35 minutes going to Archives at 7am, 40-45 minutes returning home at 4:15pm .

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On all the Potomac posts - yes 35 mins is not only possible but very doable, I don't know what route you are all taking for it to take an hour and a half. I guess it depends on where you are going downtown. We live further out but just this morning I checked my clock after I passed through Potomac village and I was inside my office at work at Dupont 45minutes later

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North Potomac close to River Road to House - 45-50 minutes when traffic is moving smoothly (some Mondays and Thursday, most Fridays)... 60-70 minutes on a normal day. Much better if I leave home before 7:45am and leave work before 5:15pm. After 5:30pm it's easily 90 minutes midweek.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Shirlington (S. Arlington). 15 minutes driving to Foggy Bottom. About 45 minutes to 1 hour to bus.

At what time of day? 5am? I commute from the same area to Navy Yard and it takes me 25 minutes on a GOOD day, more like 35 regularly. I leave my house at 7am.

That said, time of commute (ex: 7am) and END of commute are also factors here.

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Vienna Metro station area. Take I 66. Drop child off at 7:00 exactly when SACC opens. Sign in to front desk book on K street almost every day between 7:31 and 7:34.

I know you don't believe me but that's when SACC opens and that's when the clock on the front desk shows I walked in the door.

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Upper McLean near McLean hamlet. Average is 40-45 minutes to pen quarter by taking I66 during rush hour. 30 mins on the way home around 7 PM.

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Upper McLean to Penn Quarter: 40-45 min is standard during rush hour (driving).

Old Commute: Bethesda (near NIH) to Penn Quarter: 45 min (mix driving and metro).

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Rosslyn to Gallery Place - 35 to 40 Min

15 min walk to get to the Metro station and all the way down that long escalator to the platform, 10 min ride to Metro Center, 3 minutes to switch trains, 2 minute ride to Gallery Place, 5 minute walk to office... extra 5 minutes of slush time for when the trains take a bit longer or I walk from Metro Center to work.

Yes, driving would probably be faster, but I like walking so those minutes don't really feel like commuting to me the way that sitting in a car in traffic does. I'm looking forward to being able to run or bike again when I'm not pregnant.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Upper McLean near McLean hamlet. Average is 40-45 minutes to pen quarter by taking I66 during rush hour. 30 mins on the way home around 7 PM.

You prefer I66 over 123/Parkway? I have a similar commute and take 123/parkway. It takes about the same amount of time.

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Potomac (right by the village): 30 seconds from bed to couch.

(Since OP didn't specify where we are commuting to, and that *is* my work commute)

Also, hello to probably my neighbor, the other Potomac (right by the village) poster!

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Shirlington (S. Arlington). 15 minutes driving to Foggy Bottom. About 45 minutes to 1 hour to bus.

At what time of day? 5am? I commute from the same area to Navy Yard and it takes me 25 minutes on a GOOD day, more like 35 regularly. I leave my house at 7am.

That said, time of commute (ex: 7am) and END of commute are also factors here.

We leave at 720, get there at 735. A little more than 5.5 miles. Navy Yard is 2 or 3 miles further out, so it wouldn't surprise me that it takes at least 10 minutes longer during the rush.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:On all the Potomac posts - yes 35 mins is not only possible but very doable, I don't know what route you are all taking for it to take an hour and a half. I guess it depends on where you are going downtown. We live further out but just this morning I checked my clock after I passed through Potomac village and I was inside my office at work at Dupont 45minutes later

Only possible if you leave before 6 am