I’ve ridden the train in Paris, a Taxi in London, and the Subway in Washington but I’ve never taken a bus in Indianapolis.
I’m giving it a try.
The drive to and from the VA is 50 miles from door to door. That’s 250 miles a week. That’s roughly 13,000 a year in stop and go traffic. At the current IRS calculation for reimbursement, that’s $5,200 a year in expenses of gas, oil, breaks, etc. Compare that to $1,900 a year in bus fare and I think I’ve found a winner.
But let me say, it isn’t like a typical morning drive alone in my BMW x6, smoking my morning cigarette and drinking my Chai Latte, talking on my cell and listening to the newest cuts from Kings of Leon.
Since I don’t own a BMW x-something (I drive a Saturn) or smoke or drink Chai (yuck) and no one is up that early to talk on my cell phone with and who in the world are the Kings of Leon (I Googled “top music”), this really is no big change for me.
In fact, I can read a book, write a letter, sleep…all in the comfort of a motor coach from Carmel to Downtown.
Now the city bus is a different story. It is a little busier, a little tighter, a little louder, and let’s be honest…it smells different. Oddly enough, I like both and will try it again tomorrow.
I’ll let you know how it goes.
