Originally Posted by sauerwald
dwolz - a few random thoughts:
I am a bicycle commuter, with a 30 mile RT commute, I am not entirely certain that my commute saves me money since I have a car which I use sometimes. My car gets 48mpg, so at $3.00 per gallon my total gas cost for a year of commuting would be about $450, and I am pretty sure that I spend more than that on bike stuff. If I were able to live car free, the savings in insurance, registration etc would make it a clear win.
Before I got rid of my 2nd car, I had a huge break on insurance (USAA) when I told them that I wasn't driving it to work and it was only used occassionally. You should look into that.