Originally Posted by
Lil Bear
By the by.. I spent some time in D.C. the summer before last. I could pretty much travel the whole city for $5/day. I almost said I have no idea how the author spent so much on public transit, but I do have one idea. She's just horrible at math. Kudos to her for graduating without a fundamental knowledge of it! Sarcastic? Maybe a little... but I did mention a headache...
There's nothing wrong with her math - she provided the raw numbers and you can check them yourself. She said she commuted from Chevy Chase DC to Fairfax VA and to do the trip in 2 hours she had to drive to the train and pay for gas and parking and a round trip train ticket of $11.80. Now I suppose she might have saved money by biking to the train, but based on her gas costs ($3.48) it would be a long ride, and probably would add a lot of time to the trip. Aside from that, given your knowledge of the area, is there a $5 round trip transit option that she could have used and still done the trip in 2h?