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Not sure who performs such studies. Do they use real examples. I live in Hyattsville, MD but work in Alexandria Va. Driving to work takes 25-30 minutes door to door. Metro takes 50-65 minutes on average to do the same. It costs me about 1.75 gallons of gas a day x 2.85 a gallon= 5.00 day. A metro trip is over 4 dollars each way or 8 bucs for a daily pass. Even if I by weekly rail passes I spend 41 bucs a week. Considering that my entire total for gas is about $100 a month thatÂ’s not cheap. Beleive me, I wish we could say metro is cheaper but itÂ’s clearly not. And itÂ’s going to get worse. Instead of doing the reasonable thing like facing service cuts prices will go up. Making a metro trip for ordinary working people more expensive so that wealthier people or those with more disposable income can hang out latter when going out for night on the town.

I have kids also and would own a car anyway. There is no way to carry to kids around without a car unless you leave in one of those nice walkable areas where the average home price is above 500k and rents start at 2000 a month.

by kw on Jun 29, 2010 11:59 pm • link • report

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