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In article <1993Jan22.122213.6563@its.bt.co.uk>, tjo@its.bt.co.uk (Tim Oldham) writes:

|> While the marginal cost of driving is certainly lower, the actual cost
|> of driving is usually a good deal higher than catching the bus. I could
|> buy a year's bus-pass with just my insurance premiums and still have
|> enough left over for a newspaper to read on the bus every day; to say
|> nothing about depreciation. The money it takes to run a car buys a lot
|> of public transport.
|> 
|> Your mileage will vary; the relative costs will depend on your travel
|> pattern, access to buses, car parking fees, particular bus-pass schemes,
|> number of passengers, costing in your time, exposure to car thieves etc
|> etc. 
|> 

Are you taking into account the hidden costs of:

Taxis late at night / in strange towns where you don't know
the bus times

Train or other transport costs when travelling further afield

Hiring vehicles when you want to move anything more than
just yourself 


The truth is that even if you are using public transport to commute you
will still run a car for the other uses ie shopping and so you will incur
the 'hidden costs' anyway. 


Maybe the solution to city conjestion is more teleworking ?

-roj