- Driving Option A: Soon-to-be seven dollar toll, plus parking and gas, to take the Tobin or Sumner. $7/toll equates to $140/month just in tolls.
- Driving Option B: Avoid the tolls, take Route 93 and 95. Not only is this 20-30 minutes out of the way for most (at least), it would cost more in gas, which is worse for the environment. It will also further strain the already-massive traffic on Route 95 and 93. Who knows what the effects would be?
- Subway: $5 parking/day, $59 subway/month - amounting to a total of $199/month, plus gas or time to take the bus, assuming there's one nearby (huge assumption).
- Rail: $2/day for parking (unless that's been raised too), $135-250/month for rail ($163 for me), plus gas or additional time to take the bus, amounting to $195-310/month.
Friday, November 14, 2008
Commuting Options of a North Shore Resident
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taxes,
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Hmm. As a single guy, if the subway is $199 a month, including $5 a day for parking, how about a bike to reduce that to $59 a month?
Vroom.
It would take me at least an hour to get to the nearest T stop - and you can't bring bikes onto the T during peak times. Plus, I'd be risking life and limb to travel the routes to Wonderland, on significant highways with no bike lanes or sidewalks, cars going 60 mph.
I could very easily walk to the rail line (about 10 minutes from my house walking), but that would be a very significant expense.
I suppose I could take the bus, since the monthly fee includes bus (I think), but that would add a significant amount of time to my commute.
"Rail: $2/day for parking (unless that's been raised too)"
Yep, November 15 = $4.00/day. In fact...
"The MBTA′s new rates at commuter parking facilities will continue to provide affordable parking. The new parking rate structure of $7.00/day at subway parking garages, $5.00 to $6.00/day at subway surface lots, $4.00/day at commuter rail surface lots, and $3.00/day at commuter ferry lots remains below daily parking rates charged in Boston"
http://www.mbta.com/riding_the_t/parking/
And bus? The 426 appears to run through Swampscott and at the bottom goes express to Haymarket. Vot. Voila. Mira.
There is absolutely no reason to impliment a long overdue gas tax. The tax spreads the pain out over all residents, but the Governor has the tax hanging around his neck when he runs for reelection. Sounds like politics trumps equity for the Gov.
It does, but it takes a long time to get to where I'd want it to go, and isn't running when I'd want it to be running. I typically go into the city at night, not during the day. So it's really all moot, because the T's just not open then.
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