10-08-2019, 03:08 PM
(10-04-2019, 04:08 PM)Bob_McBob Wrote: If you're coming off the 401 and heading downtown, Google estimates 7-14 minutes from the Fairway Rd expressway exit in a car at 8:30 AM. The ION station is 5-7 minutes of driving and another 20 minutes on the bus or train, plus up to 10 minutes of waiting. The cost difference is about $66-88/month depending on the exact lot, and extra gas probably adds another $12. Would you pay an extra $80-100 to avoid 14 hours of commuting? I think a lot of people would, and many appreciate having their car available for lunch and errands as well.
Not to argue the overall case, but please allow me to pick some nits. Let's assume 10 minutes' drive from the exit, plus maybe five minutes in the parking garage to drive up, park and exit, for a total of 15 minutes. For transit, it's a five-minute drive (says Google), a couple of minutes to park, an average five-minute wait for the train, plus 17 minutes to the Frederick station, for a total of 24 minutes. A difference of nine minutes; multiply by two (per day) and then by twenty (per month) and it's a total monthly difference of 360 minutes or six hours. I'm not quite sure how you arrived at 14.
However ... a lot of people seem to be willing to spend 90 minutes each way commuting to Toronto. That's a whopping 30 hours that people don't seem to account for at all.