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David Howdon · August 7th 06, 05:36 AM posted to uk.transport.london

Colin Rosenstiel wrote:
In article ,
(Clive D. W. Feather) wrote:

In article , Paul
Corfield writes
"The average commuter is spending more than 139 hours per year
commuting, increasing substantially for Londoners who spend the
equivalent of one whole month per year (225 hours a year)
travelling to and from work."

I accept they are talking about average times but I struggle to
see how the average is so low.
According to a meeting I was at the other day, the *average*
distance from home to work, over the entire working population, is
under 8 miles.

If that is a national average, I bet London's average is well above that.

I'm not sure it would be. Sure some people commute a long way to London
but it is a city with fairly dense population.

For instance I live about 11-12 miles from my work (1 hour commute each
way) and am considered by a lot of my colleagues to live "a long way
out". However back home (NE England) living 11-12 miles from work would
be considered fairly typical.

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plank removed. First he saw the nose, then the ears, then the neck,
forequarters, back and finally the tail. He pondered this for a time
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