A bit of good news, at last.
I found a bus that goes to/from New Haven to a Park & Ride Lot four miles outside of Middletown.
I'd still need a car, but this cuts costs drastically.
I decrease my daily mileage from 60 mi to 8 mi, for a decrease of 87%! Plus, I save on $100/mo parking. And I probably can get a cheaper car, since it won't be driven so hard.
The bus fare is $3.60 per way, for a total of $180/mo--if there is no commuter discount/monthly pass, which I can investigate. But with the savings in gas and parking, I still come out $100 on top, compared to the previous estimate.
And the bus schedule is perfectly synch'ed with my work day.
This just might work.
*crosses fingers*
New car cost estimate
August 18th, 2006 at 06:25 am