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"EL_ULY" (uly)
11/05/2015 at 10:13 • Filed to: None

My average speed coming into work today was 14.4 MPH! Oh yes, it took me 1 hour and 48 minutes to drive 26 miles

DISCUSSION (45)

Cherry_man1 > EL_ULY
11/05/2015 at 10:18

Time to move!

Stapleface-Now Hyphenated! > EL_ULY
11/05/2015 at 10:19

The hell with that. You might have as well just ridden a Vespa to work.

Patrick Nichols > Stapleface-Now Hyphenated!
11/05/2015 at 10:21

A bike could probably do that on a fairly relaxed cruise.

jariten1781 > EL_ULY
11/05/2015 at 10:24

Welcome to my life. I reset my 'avg mph' thing every tank and rarely get over 17. My commute is (one way) 18 miles and typically takes 45 minutes to an hour in the morning and hour thirty to two hours in the evening. Even cruising around at normal speeds on the weekend isn't enough to get me over 20 mph avg ;.;

Snuze: Needs another Swede > EL_ULY
11/05/2015 at 10:24

That’s... impressive.

MPA > EL_ULY
11/05/2015 at 10:27

I’ve been lucky to have had a commute of 15 minutes for most of my 16 years in STL.

My ex-GF lived down south of me when I first met her, and I stayed there one night - my commute in was about an hour. If I had to do that every day, I’d probably lose it.

Ash78, voting early and often > EL_ULY
11/05/2015 at 10:27

That’s a solid marathon time! World class.

Stapleface-Now Hyphenated! > Patrick Nichols
11/05/2015 at 10:30

Yeah, that too. But then you'd have to bike 26 miles, and I sure as hell don't want to do that. Bike seats hurt!

shop-teacher > EL_ULY
11/05/2015 at 10:31

Damn. I don’t know you do it. When I got my first job, I had a 51 mile commute that took 51 minutes (all rural miles, only 3 stop signs and one stop light on the whole trip). I did it for 2-1/2 months, and I couldn’t stand it anymore ... I moved 6 blocks from work. Ever since then I’ve always moved near work whenever I’ve taken a new job. It’s just a different mindset I guess, one which I just do not have.

LongbowMkII > EL_ULY
11/05/2015 at 10:32

Damn grid cities, there isn’t even a good shortcut.

Moves-Like-Senna > Stapleface-Now Hyphenated!
11/05/2015 at 10:33

You need a better fitted bike/bike seat then ;)

Stapleface-Now Hyphenated! > Moves-Like-Senna
11/05/2015 at 10:34

Or a smaller ass. lol

TractorPillow > EL_ULY
11/05/2015 at 10:36

El_Uly! My viper came from an owner in Conroe. I grew up in Katy and will be back tonight for a wedding this weekend. I do not miss Houston traffic, that's for sure!

Luc - The Acadian Oppo > shop-teacher
11/05/2015 at 10:39

I agree. I find my 20 minute 15 mile commute too damn long and I’d love to live closer to work.

JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t > EL_ULY
11/05/2015 at 10:39

Hah! I used to live on the busiest road in Vermont. It took me as long as 35 minutes to drive 3.6 miles if I left my house during peak rush. Luckily my work has flexible scheduling and I moved my in and out times 30 minutes later. Even so I was considering taking up bicycling... There is no doubt that at peak rush it was faster. Hell, jogging would have been faster.

brjklein > EL_ULY
11/05/2015 at 10:40

I still can’t understand why Houstonites haven’t fought tooth and nail and offered their oil profits for better public transportation. It’s a shit-hole of a commute there, from every POV I read.

DAT-AS-SUN > EL_ULY
11/05/2015 at 10:41

Austin is just as bad.. 30-40 minutes to get to work thats 15 miles away. At least my drive to and from work is all “canyon” roads.

shop-teacher > Luc - The Acadian Oppo
11/05/2015 at 10:42

My commute is 4 miles. Although depending on traffic it can still take 20 minutes. I can’t afford to live in the town where I work, so I live in the next one over.

R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet > EL_ULY
11/05/2015 at 10:48

Kinja'd!!!

The feels are real man. Nashville is doing the same thing as far as growth. I love my house and it is 23 miles door to door to my office.

EL_ULY > Stapleface-Now Hyphenated!
11/05/2015 at 10:52

Houston is NOT a pedestrian/bicycle/moped friendly town. Centralized city is the last way to describe Houston lol :] Sidewalks are a rare thing especially in my side of town.

EL_ULY > shop-teacher
11/05/2015 at 10:55

Living near work would be impossible at my budget.

My options are:

-Insanely heavy traffic (even on 10 lane freeways EACH DIRECTION)

-Expensive toll roads that still have traffic

-City streets infested in traffic and school zones.

EL_ULY > JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t
11/05/2015 at 10:56

35 min for a couple miles is beyond insane! Dang!

EL_ULY > jariten1781
11/05/2015 at 10:57

This has been life for many years and i’ll never get used to it lol :] 18 miles at 45 min is still pretty bad, dang

EL_ULY > MPA
11/05/2015 at 10:58

15 min drive in would be heaven. Also, my ride home is also over an hour.

EL_ULY > brjklein
11/05/2015 at 11:02

Size matters. Houston as a city covers over 600 sq/miles while the Metropolitan area covers a shit ton more. Public transport is pretty much impossible here. Also, during rush hour, the majority of vehicles on the roads are American V8 trucks and SUV’s with only 1 occupant.

jariten1781 > EL_ULY
11/05/2015 at 11:04

At least I get to listen to a ton of audio books! haha.

I also get joy out of watching everyone freak out when the gridlock breaks for a 1/2 mile sprint to the next gridlock and I just sit there idling along in the right lane in first gear. Show up at the next portion of stopped traffic like a minute after all the guys around me who booted the throttle and end up right next to 'em anyway.

shop-teacher > EL_ULY
11/05/2015 at 11:09

Wow, that’s crazy. I doth my cap to you sir.

EL_ULY > TractorPillow
11/05/2015 at 11:11

Dude radness!!!! Lol as anyone in Katy how fun their drive to and from downtown is. I feel for them. they got it way worse than me. Have fun at the wedding, bring an umbrella!

EL_ULY > R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet
11/05/2015 at 11:12

Hopefully Nashville and their freeways are ready

Future next gen S2000 owner > EL_ULY
11/05/2015 at 11:12

Weather? Accident? I’ve done 1:30 for 22 miles but that is when there is snow and people freak out.

EL_ULY > DAT-AS-SUN
11/05/2015 at 11:13

funnest 30-40 ever. My driver utter hell. The video below is of a standard 1 hour drive in.

R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet > EL_ULY
11/05/2015 at 11:19

lol nope. We are talking zero backbone infrastructure.

TractorPillow > EL_ULY
11/05/2015 at 11:25

When I grew up in Katy (Grad HS in 06) it looked nothing like it does now. Yuppie paradise now. They just keep building out into what we used to call the country. Now just strip centers, overpriced food, and traffic.

EL_ULY > Ash78, voting early and often
11/05/2015 at 11:31

Lol my fat ass would die after 3 miles lol :]

EL_ULY > TractorPillow
11/05/2015 at 11:33

Oh yeah, those open patches of land are gone and going away quick, even further than Katy towards Brookshire

EL_ULY > R Saldana [|Oo|======|oO|] - BTC/ETH/LTC Prophet
11/05/2015 at 11:33

Do they have room to expand the highway at least? I’ll go on Google maps to check right now

EL_ULY > Future next gen S2000 owner
11/05/2015 at 11:34

Oh lord is it even sleets a little the city shuts down. Rain is bad enough.

EL_ULY > shop-teacher
11/05/2015 at 11:35

Here is a time lapse of a relatively quick ride in. Only took an hour, time lapsed below to like 8 min

EL_ULY > jariten1781
11/05/2015 at 11:36

Lol the other drivers are indeed entertaining. I have a good folder from my dash cam :] When I had satellite radio, it was glue to Howard 100

Stapleface-Now Hyphenated! > EL_ULY
11/05/2015 at 11:50

I’m about 21 miles from work, commute usually takes me about 30 minutes.

Now on the Thursdays and Fridays in the summer, it’s a different story. All these people that insist on coming into my state and going to the shore screw EVERYTHING up. My 30 minute commute turns into an hour to 1 and a half commute.
I really considered getting a bike license and a Honda Gromm, but I'm just too big for one, and traffic goes usually 70-80mph. I wouldn't be able to keep up.

TractorPillow > DAT-AS-SUN
11/05/2015 at 11:51

I used to want to move to Austin when I get out of the army in a couple years. The traffic and growth there has started to dissuade me. I love Austin so much.

EL_ULY > Stapleface-Now Hyphenated!
11/05/2015 at 11:52

that is a very significant difference. Wow!

davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com > EL_ULY
11/05/2015 at 13:45

How do you live with it? Audiobooks?

pip bip - choose Corrour > EL_ULY
11/05/2015 at 18:24

thank christ i live 2.5km from work.

25 min walk. 5 min by car.

EL_ULY > pip bip - choose Corrour
11/05/2015 at 18:26

LUCKYYYYYYY!!!!

it’s not that I live far, it’s the traffic!