Longest Commute

[thebigtamale]

What are the longest (distance and/or time) commutes people have or know of? I know of some Tulsa to OKC daily commuters and it just sounds terrible.

[warreng88]

What are the longest (distance and/or time) commutes people have or know of? I know of some Tulsa to OKC daily commuters and it just sounds terrible.

I have a friend who commutes from North Edmond/Guthrie to Norman. Can't imagine what the 235/77/44 interchange is like to him.

[Plutonic Panda]

I commute from N. Edmond to south OKC and it isn't that bad. I know people who go from OKC to Tulsa as well and that must be horrible. I suppose once you start doing it everyday, it goes by just like that. I knew a guy who had a Ardmore to OCCC commute.

Also have heard of someone commuting from Norman to Enid three times a week.

[AP]

Are there a lot of people who commute that far? Seems like that would be a great reason to get commuter rail going.

[kevinpate]

When I was with a state agency based in Norman, we had many people who drove in from elsewhere, including far NW OKC and other OKC locations, Chickasha, Guthrie, Welston, Midwest City. We also had several from Washington and Goldsby area, but I am not recalling anyone that was further south.

Although I sometimes end up as far away as Altus and Fort Smith, I do not have any specific daily commute, and haven't for years, except for about 2.2 years of daily runs into south OKC.

[Anonymous.]

Worst time per distance traveled has to be anyone going either way through I-44/I-235 interchange at 7-8am and 5-6pm. I don't know of any other 'every day' jams in OKC on that scale. It switches from southbound being worse in morning and northbound worse in afternoon due to sheer volume of Edmond and N OKC commuters.

My next guess would be something like I-40 to northbound I-44/Hefner Parkway ramp, which is more of an inconvenience than a true jam.

[Plutonic Panda]

Daily traffic jams happen nearly every day in I-35 going to Norman from downtown. It is horrible. That highway needs to be widened to 10 lanes.... make it eight lanes for general traffic with an HOV lane each way.

[thebigtamale]

Don't know how the folks in far NW OKC or Piedmont do it. Just 3-4 miles of Northwest Expressway can take 20 minutes or more. And it's going through the highest-accident intersections in the city.

[LakeEffect]

Daily traffic jams happen nearly every day in I-35 going to Norman from downtown. It is horrible. That highway needs to be widened to 10 lanes.... make it eight lanes for general traffic with an HOV lane each way.

::Facepalm::

[Jeepnokc]

Don't know how the folks in far NW OKC or Piedmont do it. Just 3-4 miles of Northwest Expressway can take 20 minutes or more. And it's going through the highest-accident intersections in the city.

This I exactly why we scratched it off our list when looking to move out of Heritage Hills. My blood pressure would have been sky high. I leave my house at sw of airport and can get downtown in 15-20 minutes tops in morning/afternoon rush hour and do it without ever getting on the highway. Up to Newcastle Road to Portland to 15 to agnew to exchange over bridge into downtown. Or now, get on I44 at sw 15 and stay right onto crosstown and stay right there onto OKC Blvd.

[Plutonic Panda]

::Facepalm::

yeah, I expected that from you, Cuatrode Mayo, and few other folks.

[bchris02]

I know a few that do OKC to Lawton.

[benjenn]

I'm so thankful for my 10 minute commute from downtown to I-44 & MLK, near the Cowboy Hall of Fame. I drive opposite traffic both ways and it's great. Time is the one thing I can't buy more of.

[venture]

yeah, I expected that from you, Cuatrode Mayo, and few other folks.

Actually I'm disappointed you didn't say 10 lanes, double stacked with 8 layered interchanges flying over everywhere.

[Plutonic Panda]

Actually I'm disappointed you didn't say 10 lanes, double stacked with 8 layered interchanges flying over everywhere.

that was in the fine print

[BBatesokc]

My mom is over 60 and commutes to Austin from Edmond a couple of times a week.

[Plutonic Panda]

My mom is over 60 and commutes to Austin from Edmond a couple of times a week.

wow

out of curiosity, what kind of car does she drive?

[BBatesokc]

wow

out of curiosity, what kind of car does she drive?

New Ford Fusion Hybrid.

[Plutonic Panda]

New Ford Fusion Hybrid.

That's nice. Those are nice comfortable cars that have a good safety rating and get awesome gas mileage.

[Mel]

Back in the 80's when I had to go to the "Main" office I would have to jump on the next flt to DAL and then negotiate the maze that was Love Field to find whatever office I was suppose to go to.

[gjl]

I used to work with a husband/wife that lived at Lake Eufaula and commuted to the plant on Reno and Council. Don't know how they did it as many years as they did. There were several people that worked there that lived in Shawnee, Seminole and Guthrie.

[catch22]

Back in the 80's when I had to go to the "Main" office I would have to jump on the next flt to DAL and then negotiate the maze that was Love Field to find whatever office I was suppose to go to.

I know an aircraft mechanic based in Los Angeles that lives in OKC. He commutes (via air of course) once a week. Gets creative with shift swapping to work 2 20 hour days or 3 days to add up to 40 hours so he can have 5 days or 4 days off in OKC, respectively.

[Just the facts]

I assume by commute you mean daily commute because while living in Jacksonville, FL I used to work San Jose, CA. I left my home at 2PM Sunday afternoon and arrived at my hotel in San Jose at 1AM local time. Total commute time - 14 Hours. The trip home Thursday night was even worse. I did that every week for 4 months.

For a daily commute while living Tampa my house was 12 miles from the office. It took me 1hr 15min to get home (average speed of 9.6 mph). I worked with people who drove over 50 miles each way everyday and I have friends in Atlanta that spend over 4 hours in travel time everyday.

[kevinpate]

Not so sure I would like the idea of the mechanic on my plane working a 20 hour shift, especially if it is the second 20 hour shift in a set.

[warreng88]

My brother had to go to Houston for work for two-three days at a time, once a week for four months. Not a commute, but regular for a while.