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Mon Jun 11, 2012, 01:24 PM

shanti (16,657 posts)

43. when i did commute

(i'm now retired), it cost me $65 for a monthly pass subsidized by my employer, much less expensive than buying daily tickets on light rail. i did that for 10 years.

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53 replies	Author	Time	Post
How much does it cost you to get to work? [View all]	taterguy	Jun 2012	OP
If you factor in the psychic costs...	BiggJawn	Jun 2012	#1
18 miles to work and back -- about 3/4 gal of gas. Plus $3.00 in tolls. Will be glad to retire and	Nay	Jun 2012	#2
I am also thinking going down to one car	exboyfil	Jun 2012	#16
More than $10	JustAnotherGen	Jun 2012	#3
I work at home BUT we do have gas usage for tractors here on the farm	riderinthestorm	Jun 2012	#4
I'm very fortunate	get the red out	Jun 2012	#5
Its a 3 mile bike ride each way	bhikkhu	Jun 2012	#6
I live a little less than 5 miles from where I work	tammywammy	Jun 2012	#7
Since 2008? Nothing.	thecrow	Jun 2012	#8
I'm with you. I retired in 2004 (forced out, age related).	CTyankee	Jun 2012	#9
Hear ya.	turtlerescue1	Jun 2012	#29
about 65 cents it seems	hfojvt	Jun 2012	#10
Nothing. It's four blocks away.	rug	Jun 2012	#11
Between 7 and 8 bucks.	flvegan	Jun 2012	#12
Nothing now since I'm unemployed but when I was working, $20/day in gas and tolls	DotGone	Jun 2012	#13
I estimate $80-100 per month in gas.	Swede	Jun 2012	#14
Nothing	SGMRTDARMY	Jun 2012	#15
$254 per month for the railroad plus...	meaculpa2011	Jun 2012	#17
We're practically twins on that score.	JHB	Jun 2012	#39
I work at home.	hunter	Jun 2012	#18
Making my way down a flight of stairs.	HopeHoops	Jun 2012	#19
$8.00 a day but it's the parking that is expensive.	dkf	Jun 2012	#20
Surprised you don't have an 'Unemployed' option, as 8-15%	coalition_unwilling	Jun 2012	#21
less than a buck no matter the mode of transport	fizzgig	Jun 2012	#22
Before I retired I used about 30 gallons of gas a month average	LiberalFighter	Jun 2012	#23
Walking or bike. (nt)	MichaelMcGuire	Jun 2012	#24
Can walk or bike to both jobs	Cairycat	Jun 2012	#25
$0.00 The dogs and I walk out the back door...	DreamGypsy	Jun 2012	#26
It's right at 60 miles each way for me every day	HillWilliam	Jun 2012	#27
Nothing	AsahinaKimi	Jun 2012	#28
Unless it's raining or snowing - Nothing - I walk	GoneOffShore	Jun 2012	#30
$0.00 to get to work, about $2.75 to get home.	Iggo	Jun 2012	#31
1.37 gallons a day @35mpg	ileus	Jun 2012	#32
Let's see. 8.5 miles so about 26c	dmallind	Jun 2012	#33
I spend the approximately the first hour of my day paying for my commute	NeedleCast	Jun 2012	#34
Gas, insurance/6 month policy, vehicle purchase /years of use= much more than just gas.	L0oniX	Jun 2012	#35
So people who don't drive to work don't have a car?	dmallind	Jun 2012	#41
The question was "How much does it cost you to get to work?"	L0oniX	Jun 2012	#46
And if you already have or would have a car, as is true for most people	dmallind	Jun 2012	#53
Short motorcycle commute	Spike89	Jun 2012	#47
It's the train fare for me.	MH1	Jun 2012	#36
I have to commute ... all the way downstairs.	Arugula Latte	Jun 2012	#37
I assume this is round trip?	Capt. Obvious	Jun 2012	#38
$4.50 bus fare round trip	hifiguy	Jun 2012	#40
just over 3 miles into work... I always bugs me when people complain...	belcffub	Jun 2012	#42
when i did commute	shanti	Jun 2012	#43
About $15/day	FreeJoe	Jun 2012	#44
Nothing, since I don't work and my husband works five minutes away so he just walks.	Luciferous	Jun 2012	#45
1 gallon of gas each way.	aikoaiko	Jun 2012	#48
I live 1.1 miles from work, and walk about half the time...	LanternWaste	Jun 2012	#49
Well, my work is weird.	SaB2012	Jun 2012	#50
Nothing. Out of work for 10 months now.	MrSlayer	Jun 2012	#51
Nothing since 2010	RebelOne	Jun 2012	#52

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