Canberra Times journalists test out seven commutes

Journalists took to the roads to see which Canberra commute is actually the worst.

Transcript

00:00This is Lucy Rundle for the Canberra Times, my colleagues and I had a race from some of

00:11the outer suburbs of the city into the centre.

00:14Our conclusions and our times might surprise you, but you can keep watching to find out.

00:19It's 8.30, I'm just about to leave my home in Woniatsod.

00:24Chris Dutton here, about to make the trip from West Valcona to the city.

00:27Normally takes between 15 and 45 minutes.

00:29Let's see how we go.

00:36Hey guys, it's Amy Martin from the Canberra Times.

00:39I'm just heading into work today to do our little road test.

00:43I'm starting from Amaroo.

00:45Hey there, I'm going to be doing the run from Woden into the city.

00:57Okay, travel complete.

01:08So I left Amaroo at 8.31, I drove past the office at 9.01 and by the time I got into

01:15the car park next door, it was 9.10.

01:18My estimation was a little wrong.

01:20It was almost double the amount of time to get back here.

01:2239 minutes and 29 seconds.

01:25The pinch point was definitely when we got to the city.