Commute times for people working in Galway City

civis_liberalis

I travel for quite a distance a substantial amount of time to Galway everyday, but do so mostly by choice.

Of those of you employed or educated in Galway City, I'd be interested to know what are people's average commute times in the morning, going into the city.

awhir

around 25 min for me , galway side of claregalway to galway city centre.

Mike...

College 5 mins and work from home

15 min walk from Castlelawn heights to colaiste.

tman

Usually 30-45 minutes depending on the time of day
#9 bus to the last stop, then a little bit of walking

Tzetze

If I were to arrive at college in time for my first lectures, it would take ~40 minutes to get there, and I'd never get a parking space. So, I go in ridiculously early and make it there in 15 minutes (from Doughiska).

Xiney

10 minute cycle to work near the racecourse from home in Ballybrit. My husband has about 5 minutes farther to cycle.

Chris_533976

15 mins tops from Cappagh Road to UCHG. (leaving at 755am)

ethernet

25 mins in morning but more like 45-50 on the way home.

JIZZLORD

ah, the joys of living in the centre of town.
Take that all you oranmore types!

BrokenArrows

around 20 minutes if im working at 9, any other time im working usually only takes about 10 minutes or less.

Zzippy

15-20 mins, Doughiska to city centre, don't start til 9.30 so miss most of the traffic

15 minute walk from Sandy road to Mervue

ZorbaTehZ

Tzetze wrote: »

If I were to arrive at college in time for my first lectures, it would take ~40 minutes to get there, and I'd never get a parking space. So, I go in ridiculously early and make it there in 15 minutes (from Doughiska).

+1, same situation for me albeit ther other side of town.

I don't think this is a very scientific poll. Most of us are young workers / students and so rent close to work / college.

To be a homeowner you have to sacrifice more time v house.

civis_liberalis

Deleted User wrote: »

I don't think this is a very scientific poll. Most of us are young workers / students and so rent close to work / college.

To be a homeowner you have to sacrifice more time v house.

I thought of this also, but I am not in a position to do a full scale survey of Galway, in order to include the groups that are under-represented on boards.ie.

Malice

Is that poll taking account of both journeys ie to and from work/college? If so, mine takes about an hour. 20 mins in the morning and 40 mins in the evening. That's not counting the bloody roadworks in Barna village.

Angelandie

10 mins in for work at 7.30am but can take 30mins to get home at 4pmish thats from renmore to uchg

biko

Can take 1 hour + from Ballybrit Ind Est to city centre because of all the cars on the road leading down to the Huntsman roundabout.

civis_liberalis

malice_ wrote: »

Is that poll taking account of both journeys ie to and from work/college? If so, mine takes about an hour. 20 mins in the morning and 40 mins in the evening. That's not counting the bloody roadworks in Barna village.

My head hurts

sarahbrennan

it takes me 40 -50 minutes from annaghdown to nui leaving at 8am (travelling the headford road) . 30 min max getting home usually

ethernet

malice_ wrote: »

Is that poll taking account of both journeys ie to and from work/college? If so, mine takes about an hour. 20 mins in the morning and 40 mins in the evening. That's not counting the bloody roadworks in Barna village.

Thinking it's just to the city judging by the title. Not sure.

Mrs OBumble

Mornings .. city centre to Ballybrit estate, 10 minutes. Evenings, reverse journey, anything between 10 and 40 minutes depending on traffic.

Transport cheerfully supplied by the lovely people at Bus Eireann. Well supplied, anyway, they don't usually look that cheerful.

Krieg

Under 30 mins

Malice

ethernet wrote: »

Thinking it's just to the city judging by the title. Not sure.

Yeah, it looks like it.

The longest commute I have come across was an engineer who used to commute from somewhere in Longford to Medtronic in Parkmore. It took him roughly 3 hours (90 minutes each way). Amazingly enough, he kept that up for a few years!

ethernet

malice_ wrote: »

Yeah, it looks like it.

The longest commute I have come across was an engineer who used to commute from somewhere in Longford to Medtronic in Parkmore. It took him roughly 3 hours (90 minutes each way). Amazingly enough, he kept that up for a few years!

That's just not healthy. Free time?

paconnors

25mins going to work, and about 8mins going home, i leave for work at about 5pm ballybrit to salthill, and leave salthill at 1.30am

Xiney

malice_ wrote: »

Yeah, it looks like it.

The longest commute I have come across was an engineer who used to commute from somewhere in Longford to Medtronic in Parkmore. It took him roughly 3 hours (90 minutes each way). Amazingly enough, he kept that up for a few years!

A 90 minute commute each way is not unusual in North America at all. Of course, their roads are better.

Webbs

About 20mins morning, 40mins in evening - its still bliss to me that it takes that short a time having lived in London for many a year, good public transport or not still used to take 45min at best each way could be as much as 1hr 15.
Now all I need is some public transport here so I can read a book on way to work....

paulh19

biko wrote: »

Can take 1 hour + from Ballybrit Ind Est to city centre because of all the cars on the road leading down to the Huntsman roundabout.

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Good pic! Also see..
http://www.theonion.com/content/news/report_98_percent_of_u_s_commuters

jimmii

Zzippy wrote: »

15-20 mins, Doughiska to city centre, don't start til 9.30 so miss most of the traffic

+1 although its nasty as hell being in at 9 or whenever the school kids are making there way in or back.