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The oil company, the bank and the car parts company want you to spend even more time commuting by car. (lemmy.ca)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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

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[–] jacksilver 28 points 4 months ago (3 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

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:

Fast by car.
Slow by car.
Slow by mass transit.

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

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] Omgpwnies 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

For me, that's a small enough difference that I'd be fine with taking the bus even if it's a longer commute time, because I can zone out/nap/read/whatever on the bus, but not if I'm driving

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Yeah, I prefer it too. Read, catchup on email, enjoy the scenery

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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).

[–] jacksilver 7 points 4 months ago

I read it as meaning they spend 111 hours commuting, otherwise why not just say 222 hours.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months 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.