My Dallas Area Rapid Transit Savings.

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I have decided to use DART as my primary mode of transportation to my new job.

If I drive to work it takes approximately 22 minutes to get there. If I use the Transit system I have two alternate routes I can take with one transfer each and they both take about 40 minutes. Not to bad. Where I am living right now there is a bus stop that is about a one minute or less walk from my front door and about 4 or five minute walk from my destination stop to work. Not to bad either.

The great thing about this is my DART fares for the month (22 working days,) is $88.00. If I chose to drive to work every day fuel would cost me $275 to $300. That's just fuel alone and not considering vehicle maintenance costs and traffic misery.

So the $300 minus the $88.00 is $212. Not bad savings for spending and extra 40 minutes a day in transportation time. That's $2.544.00 per year if I am consistent with my decision.

:)
 
Signals;4132755 said:
I have decided to use DART as my primary mode of transportation to my new job.

If I drive to work it takes approximately 22 minutes to get there. If I use the Transit system I have two alternate routes I can take with one transfer each and they both take about 40 minutes. Not to bad. Where I am living right now there is a bus stop that is about a one minute or less walk from my front door and about 4 or five minute walk from my destination stop to work. Not to bad either.

The great thing about this is my DART fares for the month (22 working days,) is $88.00. If I chose to drive to work every day fuel would cost me $275 to $300. That's just fuel alone and not considering vehicle maintenance costs and traffic misery.

So the $300 minus the $88.00 is $212. Not bad savings for spending and extra 40 minutes a day in transportation time. That's $2.544.00 per year if I am consistent with my decision.

:)


Nice, I like riding DART plus you can read while you travel and avoid getting irate in traffic
 
Good for you!

It's not time-efficient for me to take public transit, but I would if I could.

Simply driving, it takes me an hour to get to work. And the public transit would take about 3 hours one way. :(
 
I avoid traffic, spend less time commuting (1 1/2 hours each way) than I would driving, and I get to read while it's happening.

Though my monthly commute costs as much as a monthly car payment. (unlimited monthly train + unlimited monthly subway passes) THough it's much cheaper than a second car payment, gas for the month, and incredibly crazy parking costs in Manhattan)
 
My daily commute -- Wake up. Make coffee. Turn on the computer. Start working.
 
The only "mass transit" we have here is the school bus to and from the schools, lol!

You either drive car/truck, or a 4-wheeler, or a horse everywhere, or walk. But walking is usually out since the closest Wal-Mart is about 15-20 miles away.

I love being in BFE.
 
golfergirl;4133368 said:
The only "mass transit" we have here is the school bus to and from the schools, lol!

You either drive car/truck, or a 4-wheeler, or a horse everywhere, or walk. But walking is usually out since the closest Wal-Mart is about 15-20 miles away.

I love being in BFE.

:bow: :yourock: :worthy2:
 
big dog cowboy;4133259 said:
That would make me absolutely crazy.

Yeah, I'll never live somewhere where that is the case.

Just won't do it.

Basically adding 2 hours to your work day, every day.

50 hour work weeks with 10 of them being volunteer hours aren't for me.
 
big dog cowboy;4133259 said:
That would make me absolutely crazy.
Slight exaggeration, it's really 45mins. But if there's an accident, then it could go to an hour.

I live SE Houston, but have to drive to West houston. It's a pretty easy all-highway drive, but it's long.

That's why i work from home 80% of the time.
 
WoodysGirl;4133613 said:
Slight exaggeration, it's really 45mins. But if there's an accident, then it could go to an hour.

I live SE Houston, but have to drive to West houston. It's a pretty easy all-highway drive, but it's long.

That's why i work from home 80% of the time.

Is this the nice way of saying you only work about 8 hours per week?

:laugh1:

jk
 
Hoofbite;4133618 said:
Is this the nice way of saying you only work about 8 hours per week?

:laugh1:

jk
How else am I supposed to get my Zone time in? Duh!

;)
 

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