Originally Posted by
JReade
So you pay close to half of what I would have to in order to take a better public transit system (we have no trains, only buses). Your situations are different than the ones faced here, so can you see how the bike can be a cheaper option than taking the bus, and commuting by bike can help saving for the goal of having a year of salary as backup?
Related - If I take the bus to work from my house, it's an estimated 1 hour and 40 minutes. If I bike, It's 45 minutes + shower + changed , so an hour. It's a 10 mile commute by bike. So I've wasted another 1.3 hours a day so 6.5 to 7 hours extra a week is spent sitting on a bus. What's your time worth?
It's even more complicated as the "fast" trains compete with planes and it's easy to incorporate a folding bike into a multi-modal 300-mile RT commute. For €400/mo, unlimited riding on the trains is possible. Most reasonable employers will pick up the tab as well.
In this video, train = 186mph, cars = 80-100mph, trucks=70mph
edit: you could always pick up a 4G laptop for the bus/train.