Commute - There and back again!
Commuting is a migraine-inducing life-suck—a mundane task about as pleasurable as assembling flat-pack furniture or getting your license renewed, and you have to do it every day. If you are commuting, you are not spending quality time with your loved ones. You are not exercising, doing challenging work, petting your dog, or playing with your kids . You are not doing any of the things that make human beings happy. Instead, you are getting nauseous on a bus, jostled on a train, or cut off in traffic.
In the past decade or so, researchers have produced a significant body of research measuring the dreadfulness of a long commute. People with long transit times suffer from disproportionate pain, stress, obesity, and dissatisfaction. The joy of living in a big, exurban house, or that extra income left over from your cheap rent? It is almost certainly not worth it.
52% of Manhattan’s Census-defined daytime population consists of individuals who do not live in Manhattan and commute there for work.
Every day, 1.63 million commuters enter Manhattan for work, while 132,000 Manhattan residents commute elsewhere for work.
Scenario:
White Plains (NY) - Manhattan (NY) - There and back 50 Miles
Categories
Time
Cost
Gas
Parking
Total (20 work days)
Car
1 h 20 min. - 2 h 30 min.
$21 (off-peak)
$25 (peak)
$6
$530 (month)
40 h - $1.110 avg.
Train
1 h 10 min. - 1 h 40 min.
$15 (off-peak)
$28 (peak)
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-
26 h - $420 avg.
Taxi
1 h 20 min. - 2 h 30 min.
$140 (off-peak)
$180 (peak)
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-
40 h - $3.200 avg.