Commute

[geo]

The $500/mn is random city parking, its not even reserved. At the class A office towers, underground reserved is in the range of $750/mn. Its insane. I bike most days so I only pay daily when I need to drive in. But I still shell out a couple hundred per month.

[Matt_Likes_Analysis]

@geo

The $500/mn is random city parking, its not even reserved. At the class A office towers, underground reserved is in the range of $750/mn. Its insane. I bike most days so I only pay daily when I need to drive in. But I still shell out a couple hundred per month.

that’s pretty terrible. my parking is $70/mth and i’m upset about it. only a guy with a mortgage that is 5% of his gross can afford $6,000 parking.

[geo]

Salaries here more than reflect cost of living. If I worked in Toronto, I’d easily make $30k less. Or maybe zero. That said, it is crazy expensive. Parking is artificially limited in my town. City won’t allow more spots unless there is road capacity to support them. Since we have a hippie government that prefers bike lanes to roads, we don’t have any new spots despite 15% population growth over 10 years. Alas, prices skyrocket.

[former_trader]

@geo

Since we have a hippie government that prefers bike lanes to roads

How is it even possible for a hippie to get elected in Calgary? I’m guessing it’s like most places, where the 'burbs are conservative and the city is liberal.

[iheartiheartmath]

@Twice_the_man

I used to have a nice 7 minute commute from my house to my heated free parking garage. I started a new job last week and now I have a pretty gross commute based on total time. Parking near my office runs $200 a month, so I now:

Leave my house at 7 AM.

Wait at my son’s bus stop with him until about 7:33(We send him to a school with a program for Deaf/Hard of Hearing students and can’t be bussed from our house due to district boundaries. This was something my wife had done before, but her office moved and she needs to be on the road earlier than me to ever make it to work on time.)

Drive to a park and ride lot and hope to hit the 7:51 bus, otherwise I wait until 8:24

Ride a bus through traffic for 25 minutes

Walk the last 5-10 minutes to my office.

So, I don’t actually have a 90 minute commute, but it takes me 90 minutes from the time I leave the house to actually be at my desk. The extra money is worth it, but I enjoyed a 7 AM alarm, 13 minutes to shower and get dressed, 7 minutes of driving and still having time to grab a coffee and be at my desk by 7:30. The later start now means I’m downtown until nearly 6PM, with the last bus directly to my car at 6:15. Any later than that, and I’m riding the regular old city bus that stops every 4 feet and puts me at risk of catching something from the huddled masses yearning to breathe free.

All this to save $200/month. Not sure I would hire someone who woefully misvalues scarce resouces, like time, like this.

[comp_sci_kid]

Commuting is the only time that i have to myself. Other time is busy with Family. I would never commute by car, unless it is <15min