Vancouver/Portland Commute (work, moving, traffic)

[cardiacnurse]

Can anyone tell me what the commute would be like from Vancouver to Portland (OHSU)? Thanks so much!!

[PNW-type-gal]

Someone who is either staff/student will have to answer that directly, as the biggest problem is actually getting IN to OHSU, not getting near OHSU. If you had on-site parking:

Morning rush hour (8am or 9am start): count on 45 minutes to an hour, depending on what part of Vancouver.

3am no traffic: about 20 minutes.

That's from the Vancouver side of the Coumbia River. Add whatever commute time to that point from wherever in Vancouver you are.

[jjoutdoors]

Morning rush "hour" has been spread between about 7AM to 10AM ~ and then is still "heavy but moving" until about 4PM when leaving Portland comes to a stand-still half the time - the other half the time you might as well bring your dinner.... you'll be there a LONG time.
Depending how far into Vanc. you are, how far off the highway you are - some of the main arteries out of Vanc are a horror just to get TO I-5!
Hope this helps.

[janb]

The employees I know who work at OHSU or VA prefer to work evenings, it is a pretty good commute then ~ 20 - 30 min The day shift will be twice that. (in general) and not much fun... lot's of 'parking' enroute