A picture is worth 1,000 words.
Two pictures are worth 2,000 words.
Picture 1: A 2013 new mid-size car.
Picture 2: Typical rush hour train commute.
Any questions?
Two pictures are worth 2,000 words.
Picture 1: A 2013 new mid-size car.
Picture 2: Typical rush hour train commute.
Any questions?
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Monthly cost of a 2013 Honda Accord: $390/month for 4 years (Assuming $18,000 financed at 2% APR)
Monthly fuel cost of aforementioned car for commuting: $55 (Assuming $4/gallon for gas, 20 mile round-trip commute [roughly Downtown to Pearl City], 20 working days per month, and 29 MPG per fueleconomy.gov)
Monthly cost of parking: $100 (unreserved parking at Kukui Plaza per http://www.hawaiibusiness.com/Hawaii-Business/October-2010/Downtown-Honolulu-Parking-Rates-2010/)
Total monthly cost of driving to work (not including insurance): $545
Current price of a monthly TheBus pass: $60
Current price of a monthly MBTA (Boston) subway pass: $70
Current price of a monthly San Francisco Muni monthly pass: $74
Current price of a monthly CTA (Chicago) pass: $86
Current price of a monthly TriMet (Portland, OR) pass: $100
Current price of a monthly New York City MTA pass: $104
Current price of a monthly TransLink (Vancouver, BC) pass: ~$155 (C$151)
Driving in traffic sounds nice if that's something I can afford.
Thank you "anonymous." If all decisions in your life are made on the basis of costs, with no regard for benefits, then you probably need to move to Appalachia in the US, or Papua New Guinea for rock bottom estimates.
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