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I mentioned the Benning Library trip as an example because it was the only time I can unequivocally say that I used CaBi consciously to replace rather than supplement transit service. I would not have been able to attend the meeting at the library on time without CaBi.

Like @Dave Murphy the vast majority of my CaBi trips supplement a metrorail trip though - in my case to Union Station for a distance I would rarely bother waiting for a bus.

If I'm at a meeting downtown it sometimes seems simpler to take CaBi all the way home than to take metrorail part of the way. At these times I may have taken an X2 or walked from Union Station before CaBi, but now because CaBi is already a regular part of my commute, it makes sense to make a single-seat trip of it. The sunk cost of a yearly membership also makes me feel a need to get my money's worth. But in these situations the time it takes is of little importance, so it's harder for me to say unequivocally that CaBi replaced transit; without it I might have walked.

CaBi may have replaced metrobus for me as my way to reach parts of the city not near metrorail, or get a respite from commuting in a dark concrete tube: I have not ridden the bus since getting my key.

by Lucre on Jun 13, 2012 3:55 pm • link • report