statistical commuting
some guy named brandon u. hansen has written an article on his statistical anaylisis of his daily commute. probably more information than most of you will want, but still interesting. you can at least get something out of the intro and conclusion.
i think i was way below the average. my “commute” was a 10-15 minute walk which, obviously, used no gas. i guess it could only be shorter if i only had to walk from the bedroom to the computer.
April 24th, 2006 at 10:17
For comparison, my drive to work takes about eight to ten minutes each way for the times of day I typically travel to and from work. Perhaps more interesting would be discussing why people, like Brandon, choose to live and drive so far to work. The many factors will take at least as long as your stay in London!
April 24th, 2006 at 23:50
Well, I’ll have to say, the guy put a bit of effort into that. The typical omni nerd thing to do - he spends all these cycles working on how to optimize the commute, when the obvious solution is to eliminate it. Just move near your work, or telecommute. The way he calculates things that’s the equivalent (I don’t for a second buy this) of 100 hours of additional vacation. BS.
April 25th, 2006 at 0:20
i’m also curious if it will ever come back to the dad having an apartment in the city and coming home on the weekends. at least, that’s the impression you get from some of the older movies from the 50’s-ish. of course, i suppose the apartments were used for other things too.
does this happen today?