Indians spend 7% of their day getting to their office

On an average, Indians spend 7% of their day in commuting to office, averaging less than 3 minutes per kilometre.

By ET Bureau | Sep 03, 2019, 09.09 AM IST

The report found that office commuters in Chennai travelled the fastest at 25.7 km/hr, while Bengaluru and Mumbai commuters travelled the slowest.

Indians spend more time in daily office commute than people in most countries in the world, with more than 2 hours on the road every day, according to a report by office commute platform MoveInSync.

On an average, Indians spend 7% of their day in commuting to office, averaging less than 3 minutes per kilometre. ‘Travel Time Report Q1 2019 vs Q1 2108’ report is based on the data collated from the rides on MoveInSync platform across Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Chennai, Pune, Mumbai and Delhi-NCR.

The report found that office commuters in Chennai travelled the fastest at 25.7 km/hr, while Bengaluru and Mumbai commuters travelled the slowest, at an average speed of 18.7 and 18.5 km/hr. Hyderabad and Delhi-NCR travelled at 21.2 and 20.6 km/hr respectively.

However, compared to the first quarter of 2018, in Q1 of 2019, there was a decrease in the average one-way distance travelled by an office commuter in Bengaluru, Delhi-NCR, Mumbai and Pune.