In 6 weeks, my building is going to be moving to Earth City. It's good and bad. I like the idea and don't, but it is going to happen and we will all adjust accordingly. I started looking into riding the bus to work. I had looked into at my present building and it was a mess. Then Sarah DeVaughan and I were discussing it again because she was looking into riding the bus. I decided to work out my route to my new Earth City location. Well, sorry Earth, you lose.
There is a bus that goes from the Hanley Station to Earth City. Perfect. I will drive 4 miles to Hanley and take the bus. It will save about 1/2 hour off my bus commute if I don't ride it from my house. I need to ride the bus 15 times round-trip to break even on a $60 pass. Wait a minute, for me to make 15 round trips in my car to work, it will only cost $40. I am willing to sacrifice some time and money for the Earth, but not $20 a month. I know what you are saying, "just ride it more than 15 times a month, Anna." In reality I would love to take the bus everyday. I do run errands at lunch sometimes, make lunch plans, and go out after work; not to mention the weekly allergy shots. Riding the bus everyday isn't feasible with my social calendar. Even if I did ride it 20 times, my gas only comes out to $53.00.
My commute from my house to Earth City is 10.79 miles according to MapQuest. It is quick and painless and I should look on the bright side: I have a car that gets great gas mileage and I don't live far from work. I guess I will have to look into other ways to save the Earth.
Anyone have any suggestions?
first of all stl does not make it easy because their public transportation sucks out load. However I have an idea for you on other means if you do not want to spend money.
ReplyDelete1.) rollerblade
2.) ride bike
3.) skate board
4.) get up at 4 and walk to and from work I bet you would burn like 6,000 calories a day
5.) have that crazy guy down the street (does he still live there the one that may have mental disorders) piggy back you
6.) or ride a scooter you would look awesome by the time you got to work
p.s.
forest gump at the bus stop i get it now ...that is such a good movie they just do not make movies like that anymore
I'm sorry to say that the Earth is going to lose on my end also. So, I got the downtown job (yeah!) and one of my benefits is that they will pay most of the costs of the monthly garage fee. It comes out to about $1 a day for me. Less than bus fare. Sorry Earth, I'll be bringing my salad lunch to work in a re-usable container - does that make up for it?
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