So while I've been enjoying taking public transportation too and from
work these past few weeks, I realize now I paid too much by purchasing
the caltrain 3zone monthly pass. The problem is that my schedule
doesn't have me making the same 3zone trip every day. Instead, I
sometimes take bart to the caltrain (in which case i could get by with
a 2zone ticket). Other times I bike to work in the morning, or drive
(if its monday morning, or friday night). What this means is that
every time I take a form of transportation that isn't caltrain (and
specifically a trip on caltrain between zone 1 to zone 3 or vice
versa) I'm throwing money away. So next month I'll do the following instead: week by week basis:
Morning Evening drive bart 2zone 3zone
Mon: drive caltrain/bart 1 1 1 0
Tues: bike caltrain 0 0 0 1
Wed: caltrain caltrain 0 0 0 2
Thurs: bike caltrain 0 0 0 1
Fri: bart/caltrain drive 1 1 1 0
Total: 2 2 2 4
Total x 4: 8 8 8 16 3zone 10pass: 49.99 x 1.6 = 80
2zone 10pass: 34.00 x 0.8 = 27.20
bart x 1: 3.85 x 8 = 30.8
total: = $128 +driving (+ 17$): = $145 I paid $152 just for the caltrain ticket in September -- not counting
the cost of gas from driving in once ever week, nor the $40 in bart
tickets I've used.
work these past few weeks, I realize now I paid too much by purchasing
the caltrain 3zone monthly pass. The problem is that my schedule
doesn't have me making the same 3zone trip every day. Instead, I
sometimes take bart to the caltrain (in which case i could get by with
a 2zone ticket). Other times I bike to work in the morning, or drive
(if its monday morning, or friday night). What this means is that
every time I take a form of transportation that isn't caltrain (and
specifically a trip on caltrain between zone 1 to zone 3 or vice
versa) I'm throwing money away. So next month I'll do the following instead: week by week basis:
Morning Evening drive bart 2zone 3zone
Mon: drive caltrain/bart 1 1 1 0
Tues: bike caltrain 0 0 0 1
Wed: caltrain caltrain 0 0 0 2
Thurs: bike caltrain 0 0 0 1
Fri: bart/caltrain drive 1 1 1 0
Total: 2 2 2 4
Total x 4: 8 8 8 16 3zone 10pass: 49.99 x 1.6 = 80
2zone 10pass: 34.00 x 0.8 = 27.20
bart x 1: 3.85 x 8 = 30.8
total: = $128 +driving (+ 17$): = $145 I paid $152 just for the caltrain ticket in September -- not counting
the cost of gas from driving in once ever week, nor the $40 in bart
tickets I've used.