Harold Hallikainen wrote:
> My wife and I ride the bus from the city we live in to the city we work
> in. I then bicycle the rest of the way to work. The bus pass is $30 per
> month. With current gas prices, the commute would be $7 per day in gas
> (gas prices here are about $3.50 per gallon today). I keep close tabs on
> our expenses and find that insurance and maintenance runs about 2.5 times
> as much as we spend on gas. So, that's about $17.50 per day (a little over
> $350 per month) versus $60 per month for our two bus passes. We spend

This is very interesting!

> I think the bus gets something like 5 miles per gallon and holds about 50
> people, so that's 250 passenger miles per gallon. It'd be very difficult
> for a car to do that well.

Cool!

While I can't get bus service between where I live and where I work
I can ride to work (it's only 20 miles). I may miss the reading time
but I get in the workout I need and the stress relief I need. My new
problem is that they're changing the design of the roadways. Who
ever was the design engineer was a lousy one! Two lanes into 1
250 ft after a light. There is no shoulder and a drainage ditch
to the right. Add to that 50 mph speed limit and 3 large
home developments and this road way is a nightmare in a car. Add
me and my bike (I take the lane) and it's a mixture for death.
My choices for alternate routes is limited (add several miles
and other heavy road patterns).

Sorry for the rant, I'm a bit wound up. And before anyone complains
that a few miles shouldn't be a big deal it's also the traffic
patterns. Mileage doesn't phase me, I have one route where I ride
home 50 miles. It's very scenic and I enjoy doing that every once
in a while.

And as a side note. Gatorade costs $4 a gallon (or there abouts).
Unless I water it down (which I do) gas is still cheaper (just
kidding ;-)

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