I have a similar situation here in Houston, except I'm not quite as restricted on the number of buses/trains per day. I can have a stressful one-hour drive to work, or an hour and 20 minutes much less stressful bus and light rail ride in. Although the round trip is $9, I suspect this will add 2-3 years to the life of my car. Plus I can have the money deducted from my paycheck pre-tax and put on my Metro card. Plus my employer will reimburse me parking 2 days per month for those occasions when I have to drive for some reason. Plus Metro gives me 5 free rides for every 50 rides I take. I've gotten to the point where I hate to drive on the rare days I have to do it.
And it just makes me feel good that I'm not adding as much to the traffic and pollution anymore.
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Date: 2012-01-12 02:08 pm (UTC)And it just makes me feel good that I'm not adding as much to the traffic and pollution anymore.