I long ago decided that I didn't save any significant money by bike commuting--unless I got rid of the car. Fuel being so heavily subsidized in the US, the real costs are in car ownership, not in driving it! Interest, taxes, insurance, tags, all are required to own a car, whether it gets driven to work or not. In fact, one can make a financial argument that to better amortise the costs of car ownership, you are better off to drive it more (please don't flame me for that!). So, I guess I save maybe $20/week in gas/tires, etc. by cycle commuting.

Lately though, I have been seriously considering going carfree! Well, sorta anyway. Since my wife also has a car, and since she doesn't work (stay at home mom), being a one car family could be quite practical for us. The way I look at it, this could be an easy way to be kinda carfree--although it really more like half carfree since I'd still essentially have half a car. Maybe I should start a new thread to discuss this option.

Dave