When I lived at my parents' house, I'd take the train to get to Chicago and walk 1.2 miles to and from work. This was mainly because I didn't want to worry about transfers to a bus or el line. But I also did not want to spend the extra $45 a month for a pass to ride the CTA on top of my monthly MetraRail train pass. It was also good exercise!
When I moved out of my parents' house into an apartment downtown, I no longer had the expense of a month train ride pass. Also, there is a bus that picks me up across from my apartment and drops me off across from work. A monthly pass for CTA costs $100. The first month I did this, but soon learned that it was cheaper to just pay per ride for my commute. It costs about $5 a day to ride the CTA to and from work. Assuming there are about 20 work days a month, this is only $80. So, from then on, I started to pay per ride for my CTA bus rides to work. In June, I started walking to and from work everyday. The walk is 1.4 miles each way. I'm exercising, saving money, and it is relaxing for me.
I'm hoping I can keep this up in the Winter months! I think the money saved each month (about $80 of pre-tax dollars) will be good motivation! That's one pair of designer jeans from +Nordstrom Rack each month :)
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