starting April 1st<\/a>. That\u2019s the route I usually take to work but in the spirit of enlightened progressiveness, I\u2019m considering public transportation as an alternative.<\/p>\nThe Metro Transit Trip Planner website says my ordinary route is Dale Street bus to Thomas, switch to Minnehaha bus to 5th and Cedar, then take the Signal Hills bus across the Wabasha Street Bridge to Plato and walk from there. <\/p>\n
Cost $4.50 round trip, which is cheap: it\u2019s 10 miles round trip at 57.5 cents IRS rate making the bus fare a buck and a quarter cheaper than what the IRS would allow for mileage in a private vehicle.<\/p>\n
Trip time: 45 minutes each way or 90 minutes total, which is three times longer than my normal 30-minute drive time. <\/p>\n
Is the extra hour of my time spent sitting on the bus worth more than I\u2019d save by taking public transit instead of driving? Is my time worth more than $1.25 an hour? Barely; but yeah, I\u2019d say so.<\/p>\n
But wait . . . that\u2019s before road construction shuts down the Wabasha Street bridge where the Signal Hills bus goes. They\u2019ll have to detour it somewhere, probably Robert Street, and then who knows where it goes. Commute time gets longer. Bus-to-car value ratio goes even lower.<\/p>\n
Maybe I should look into getting a bicycle?<\/p>\n
Joe Doakes<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
it’s not the worst idea guy could have.<\/p>\n
Although didn’t they just finish the Wabasha Street bridge, like, 25 years ago? It already needs repairs?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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