My Dallas Area Rapid Transit Savings.

[Signals]

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.

 

[yimyammer]

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

 

[WoodysGirl]

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.

 

[Yeagermeister]

I'd rather spend the extra money. Our mass transit system sucks.

 

[YosemiteSam]

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)

 

[big dog cowboy]

Simply driving, it takes me an hour to get to work.

That would make me absolutely crazy.

 

[viman96]

My daily commute -- Wake up. Make coffee. Turn on the computer. Start working.

 

[golfergirl]

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.

 

[ologan]

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.

:worthy2:

 

[Hoofbite]

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.

 

[WoodysGirl]

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.

 

[Hoofbite]

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

 

[WoodysGirl]

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!