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I commute to the greater DC metro area everyday. To take mass transit I’d have to:

1. Adjust my schedule because it doesn’t run as early as I leave.

2. Drive about 20 miles to the Metro Stop.

3. Park the car, which is either $4.75/day or $55/month if you can get a reserved spot.

4. Pay $4.10 to get one long bus ride from work. Total ride 45 minutes.

5. Ride the bus to work (this might be free or maybe a dollar or so). Total ride 20 minutes AFTER you get on the bus.

6. Ride the bus from work to bus station (maybe a dollar or so). Total ride 20 minutes AFTER you get on the bus.

7. Pay $4.10 to get to a station that is 20 miles from home.
Total ride 45 minutes.

8. Drive 20 miles home, which is the worst part of the commute in the afternoon.

Total time: At least 65 minutes not including driving to/from Metro stop and waiting for bus each way.

OR

I can drive to work. Leave when I want and get there in 45 minutes in the a.m. and get home in about an hour or so in the afternoon. Driving is faster and cheaper.

Metro is so clueless in that they really believe that rate increases will increase total revenue. I guess eventually they will figure it out, but it is just painful to watch them ignore the simple economic reality of optimum pricing.

Hey Dark Fired Tobacco, what have you to say?

perez24 wrote:
I commute to the greater DC metro area everyday. To take mass transit I’d have to: