According to Metro.net and AAA, driving a car costs 54.1 cents per mile. My office is 7.35 miles away, so that’s 14.70 total miles a day, or nearly $8 vs. $2.55 per day to ride the bus.
Another way of calculating is to consider what I pay for gas. I usually fill up twice a month, at about $60 each time, so that’s $120 vs. $51.
To repair the damage to my car, the insurance appraiser says I’ll need to spend $900 ($500 deductible from me, $400 from them).
So maybe after ten months of riding the bus I’ll start to feel better.
Whee.
