Commuting
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'An hour-long journey turned into three hours': readers on the tube strikeDespite arriving late or working from home, commuters have been telling us their employers have been understanding
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A commute of over two hours each way? SuperAs workers are priced out of inner cities, a growing number are becoming ‘super-commuters’, gaining solitude, time to read, space to think – and a foot on the housing ladder
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Blame it on the bike: does cycling contribute to a city's gentrification?Hostility to cyclists and bike lanes often seems to be a proxy for wider anger at gentrification. But does this urban phenomenon really arrive on two wheels – or is new cycle infrastructure a sign the street has already transformed?
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As more rail operators chase greater profits, now is the time to stand up for the conductors, guards and station staffWe commuters will find Southern comfort standing shoulder to shoulder
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Southern rail commuters to launch legal action against DfTPressure group formed after months of strikes and delays crowdsource £24,000 to challenge government handling of crisis
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Hoboken train crash: one data recorder was not working on day of accidentNTSB officials hope second device, which records train speed, will be found as investigation continues into crash that killed one and injured more than 100
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Hoboken train crash: authorities question engineer and name victimThe victim was 34-year-old Fabiola Bittar de Kroon, killed in the crash by falling debris, and the engineer was a 29-year veteran of New Jersey Transit
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Commuters: how much do you know about travelling to work? – quizWhether you walk to work in the early morning or bike home in rush hour, test your knowledge on how we journey to work
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Thousands of lorries to be banned from London for cyclist safetyMayor to introduce rating system that will ban 35,000 vehicles with the worst driver visibility from capital’s roads by 2020
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'Tube chat' campaign provokes horror among London commutersBadges from mystery source encouraging passengers to talk elicit calls for ‘do not disturb’ signs – but not everyone is against
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Britain’s privatised railways, going down the toilet?Letters: When we boarded the train, the stench from the toilet hit us as we climbed up the steps. The smell persisted as we walked (some way) to our reserved seats, and as soon as the train started we moved as far away as possible
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Subterranean sonic blues? A journey through the first ever London Underground sound mapIs London’s tube network the city’s ‘sonic sewers’ or an iconic soundscape? Do familiar noises keep commuters moving like clockwork? A new interactive map delves into a strange world – one that may get stranger with the new night tube
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UK workers consume 800 extra calories a week while commutingRoyal Society for Public Health study finds snacking on junk food largely to blame for additional consumption on work journeys
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Is the lateness of Southern Rail's Brighton train a mathematical certainty?A bookmaker has offered odds of 7/2 that Southern’s Brighton to London train will leave late every day next year. So what’s the probability of arriving on time?
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Some rush-hour trains into London have 44% of passengers standingServices into Blackfriars, Waterloo, Fenchurch Street and Moorgate stations have high levels of crowding, figures show
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Could intercity cycle highways revolutionise the daily commute?Germany is building the world’s biggest ‘bicycle autobahn’ to connect 10 cities and remove 50,000 cars from the road. With the popularity of e-bikes growing, is Europe about to see a new era of long-distance cycle commuting?
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How far is too far? The distance workers commute to cities – mappedWhere does a city begin and where does it end? Alasdair Rae at the University of Sheffield analysed point-to-point commuter data from the ONS in an attempt to build a truer picture of the economic footprint of cities in England and Wales, one which goes beyond simple local authority boundaries
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How to solve the hell of commuting to London? Readers share their thoughtsAs London grows in population yet becomes increasingly unaffordable, so the numbers of commuters rise – and the experience of commuting worsens. Our readers shared their thoughts on how to tackle the problem
connecting Britain Old, overcrowded and underfunded: it is time to overhaul our railways