So, in light of rising gas prices and driving costs

[Vehemence]

Originally posted by: slsmnaz

Originally posted by: Linflas
How much time to drive?

about 7 min

Lawl'd. CA's, at least where I'm at, buses are miserable and constantly packed.

 

[AkumaX]

back on the bus 😀

 

[2Xtreme21]

It's almost stupid for me to not take a bus to work. I drive to a park and ride that is about 1.5 miles away-- the express bus picks me up and goes straight into town via the HOV lane (which I would not be able to do if driving by myself) and literally drops me off across the street from my building.

Rinse and repeat on the way home.

Time to drive, find a place to park, etc. = 45 mins. Cost = $15 for parking + gas. Bus? 25 from the time I walk out the front door to the time I sit down in my chair. Cost = free with student ID + no parking required.

 

[imported_Dingster1]

Yea it is feasable to ride your bike to work. If the car route is too busy, try alternate routes, or trails. Sorry I live in the DC area so we have a ton of trails leading in and out of DC. Shower before you ride, bring baby wipes to clean up with when you get to work if no shower facility. Drive in on Friday with enough change of clothes for the next week, and swap dirty things out daily. Another option is a hybrid commute, half by bike, the rest by bus...

 

[Joemonkey]

Originally posted by: elektrolokomotive
I live about 35 miles away from where I work, and take the train nearly every day. Cost: $4.25/trip, but my employer pays half of my monthly pass, so just $4.25. Commute is about 70 minutes, including wait time. If I drove, it would be about 2 gallons of gas ($8.00), plus daily parking ($13-15). Driving time inbound to work is only about 34-45 minutes since I get into the office so early, but the return trip could be anywhere from 60-90 minutes, depending on traffic. I only live about a mile from the train station, so I usually walk there. Sometimes my car doesn't move from my house for 5 days at a time. I'll happily give up the 30 minutes in the morning to be saving $89 a week.

That's a pretty sweet setup. What city? Like I said previously, it must be nice to at least have the option of public transportation. hell we don't even have taxis!

Forgot to mention, besides carpooling we're trying to get our IT department to split up four 10 hour days between 5 people, but we're afraid other departments may complain.

 

[Bignate603]

Originally posted by: AkumaX
About 40 min if there's no traffic. maybe about 1hr, 1h 5min with traffic and going through surface streets to avoid the worst of it.

Best part? I used my laptop on the 55 min bus ride tethered to my unlimited mobile data plan

Not too shabby.

 

[Pepsi90919]

Originally posted by: meltdown75
i feel like whining because i work in a medium-sized city whose public transportation is lacking.

not that it would stretch out to where i live anyway, but whine whine whine i want the option of using public transportation.

how is it lacking? where do you want to go that it doesn't>

 

[xanis]

Originally posted by: Jeff7
That sure beats the costs out here.
Getting to campus by bus:
1) Would cost at least twice as much as driving, and that includes the campus parking fees.
2) The total distance traveled would be about double that driven normally, and it would take about 3x longer for the trip, plus I'd need to make a transfer downtown. Add to that a quarter-mile walk to the bus station.

I'd like an electric car. Range wouldn't be an issue, as I rarely drive more than 15 miles from home.

And to account for the increased use of electricity, one of my professors had the solution:
1 nuclear reactor for every 1000 households. That way, no one could complain about "not in my back yard" because they'd be in everyone's back yard. :laugh:

You don't happen to go to school in Philly do you?

 

[AkumaX]

bump for update

 

[RKS]

I live about a gallon away from work (25 miles). My cost to ride the bus is $3.75 each way. What I save in wear and tear on the car (free parking) I lose with the inconvenience of the bus schedule.

I guess I can read/sleep on the bus but I usually roll down the windows and crank the music in my car to help wind-down during my commute home.

 

[puffpio]

There is a sale? I ride the train 2-3x a week!

My schedule is
1 train ride (40 min)
1 subway ride (20 min)
1 bus ride (30 min)

total time: 90 min
total cost: ~$5

if i drive
total time: 70 min
total cost: ~6

costs more to drive, but saves 20 min each way...is my time worth more than my money? time is money...i dunno
plus, the last train to work is at 7AM, and the last train home is 6:30PM (which means i need to leave work at 5:30 to make it)

if i drive i can leave for work at 9AM and leave work at 7PM

so there is a time/money tradeoff as well as working hours tradeoff


btw where is that sale for metrolink tickets?