Depends entirely on the traffic and weather.

My bike commute is somewhat indirect due to the local terrain and where roads ended up, plus it has 3 short, but steep hills... so it takes me about 45 minutes to cycle it.

If I drive, I use the more direct freeways, and the trip is relatively flat, it only takes 20 minutes to drive it. The route is also a bit shorter by car.

Irony of Ironies.

Back about 7 years ago it was far faster to cycle then to drive... but those were in different areas of town.

At a moderate pace my cycle commute is only twenty minutes more than by car in travel time; however, this does not include the prior prep time of loading panniers, airing tires, ect.

Before I retired, my commute was 10.5m fairly hilly each way by bike. Average 35min going and 45 coming back. Car time, even by motorway (freeway to you) was slower to work, even without parking up, and slightly quicker from work because of more uphill work and prevailing westerlies. Shower time vs. walking to/from multi-storey carpark very slightly more.

Wallet healthier, health healthier, ride much nicer. Win/win situation all round. Was part-time cycling officer for city council, so win/win/win situation all round.

Only drawback was that I tended towards unbearable smugness, esp. the day I had a following wind and favourable traffic lights and was 2 seconds under 30min

I find it takes about 3 1/2 hours by bus to go 18 miles round trip for commuting. By bike a little more than two hours. Lots of traffic here in Seattle.

No clue, I've never driven it. But I doubt the car would be much faster in the morning, since I'm riding downhill (could practically coast all seven miles). On the way back... well, let's guess it would be a tie.

Back when I still had a car it was no contest, car won hands down. 15 minutes verses the 35-40 minutes on bicycle.

All times are "door to door", leaving my apartment door and arriving at the office door to check in.

Driving - 8-15 minutes depending on traffic, Capitol security shenanigans, etc.
Biking - 7 minutes, give or take 30 seconds or so.
Walking - 20-22 minutes.

BTW, around here, anybody's commute can double in time elapsed due to traffic problems. Really, really sucks for those living a half hour away or more with clear traffic.

Commute transit time: +30 mins to work

It also takes an extra 15 minutes or so to get dressed and start cooling down at work. 30 to cool down almost completely.

Driving is faster unless I stop to exercise on the way home then biking is faster.

My point is that biking isn't just transportation; it's also exercise and combining both saves time.

My drive is about 35 minutes so the cycle would be 2 1/2 hrs. I never did it all. I drive part way and leave the car. I used to work in a city and of course the cycle was faster than the car most days. Even walking as quicker some days!

8-10 minute drive depending on lights. 10-12 minutes by bike. Getting ready is not accounted for now is it ;-)

My commute to work takes about 20 minutes by car and 40 minutes by bike. Going home, I add a few miles to my bike commute, so it takes about 50 minutes. However, the car commute can take much longer on days when traffic is bad or there is an accident. My bike commute always takes about the same amount of time regardless of the traffic, but I am sometimes 5 minutes slower on days when my legs are tired.

When you look at the bigger picture, however, my bike commute saves me a lot of time that I would have spent riding my bike or going to the YMCA after work. Now I get my exercise riding to work and back, so my commute is no longer wasted time. The biggest surprise I had from bike commuting was how much more free time I had in the evenings because I no longer had to squeeze in a workout after work. It's also made things easier on the home front because my wife used to get frustrated with me working out after work rather than wanting to eat right away. Finally, I've also saved $80/month I was paying for the Y membership that I canceled after I started bike commuting.

Riding is somewhat faster basically because
--time lost parking the car makes up for time saved by going faster
--train is faster than car
--bike is faster than subway once I get to the city
--I guess driving the whole way, fighting commuter traffic, Lincoln Tunnel, and parking on the Upper East Side, would only take a little longer than bike/train/bike. But I've never actually tried it.

To answer my own question, riding is about 60 mins there, 45 mins back. Driving ranges from 35 to 50 each way, depending on traffic. I'm amazed it works out this close, as the drive is straight along a major highway at 70-80kph, parking isn't an issue etc.

I guess unlike a lot of other people, I don't really have any "prep time". I put a spare tshirt in my pannier and clip it on. When I get to work, I'm only a little bit sweaty, so I just change tshirts. I'm lucky to be able to work in shorts and tshirt

Steve

The bike ride is much slower at 55 minutes as opposed to 20 minutes driving but it is so much nicer to get that ride in on the bike when i can.

My ride to work is a mile but all uphill and all side streets at 25mph. I've timed the lights and know exactly I can leave at 7:42am, 7:47am, or 7:52am. At 7:52am I arrive to work at 7:58am. Driving takes longer, but only by about 2 minutes.

I have never actually driven my route (8.6 miles) but I imagine it would be somewhere in the range of 45 minutes to and hour. On a bike it is ~ 30 minutes and no worries about parking but then I do have to change so that probably equals out.

Depends. I don't drive to work unless there's a specific reason (like I need to actually use the truck for something) and I rarely motorcycle because it's just not fun in traffic. It is sometimes faster to drive. But depending on traffic, road accidents, major league baseball games, other crazy traffic blocking problems...it can be slower to drive.

My comparison is via the bus, my only mass transit option. It's definitely slower to take mass transit home in the afternoons - biking saves me at least a 1/2 hour. At least (see above traffic issues). To work it's generally faster, but only if I'm not all the way on foot. If I'm on foot, it's slower. If I bike/bus in, it's a bit faster than riding all the way. Depending on traffic blockages so the radio is always on in the morning so I can judge travel times. Most often, I ride all the way though.

I donīt have car. But, by bus is 1:15 or 1:30h and by bike is 40-45 minutes, both almost the same path. One time, by taxi, was 45 minutes through the same path.

There are other path through tunnel, but only for cars. 30 minutes.

depends on what you mean by much - riding takes 5 minutes, driving takes 10, not counting the walk to and from parking spaces (could take as much as 15 in that case). In relative terms riding is at least twice as fast, or in absolute terms, riding is 5 minutes faster...

My commute is 1:45 by bike compared to 28 minutes by car..

...but it's much more fun by bike!

I live 25 miles from work... If I take the bus and the metro, it takes me about an hour from when I leave the house to when I arrive at the office. If I ride the bike, it takes me about 1 hour 20 minutes. I have to shower and dress either way, so that part is a 'wash'. All in allm, it takes me close to an hour a day more to commute, but I get 2 hours and 40-45 minutes of riding in. There is no question which I prefer.

Also, the commute in by bike gets me to work feeling much better, and I am much more efficient at work than if I take public transportation.

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