12-20-2017, 07:32 PM
(This post was last modified: 12-20-2017, 07:35 PM by danbrotherston.)
(12-20-2017, 07:03 PM)rangersfan Wrote: Re the transponder especially if it is a one time business trip, makes absolutely no sense.
What transponder are you talking about? For the 407? It is absolutely possible that it is faster to take the 407 to bypass traffic jams on 401 between the 407 and the 410 (or sometimes even the 427 if things are especially bad). Knowing what traffic looks like there is key, but it could easily be 5-15 minutes faster. Whether that's worth your dollars or not is up to you.
As for "real" gas costs, "real" costs include maintenance and wear and tear on your car, it isn't "not that much", it's a real dollar value which the mileage number is meant to include. It's clearly an average, which will be more for some cars, less for others, but no less real.
The point of the article seemed like a very genuine evaluation of all options. The plane was expected to win, and would have if not for the trouble, I think the lesson from that is simply that there are no sure things in getting to Toronto.
I too have done the drive to the subway option, and it's pretty good, but traffic between here and the closest subway station or even Go station is getting pretty terrible too.