| Tax Avoidance |
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| Written by Speed Gibson |
| Wednesday, 20 August 2008 07:36 |
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After reading my last post on bus fares, I decided to do what I probably should have done months ago. Rather than figuring out how to keep several quarters in my pocket all the time, I ordered a Transit "Go To" card. It's a prepaid value card, just like my Caribou card. Plus, I get a discount, about 10%, which just about negates the coming 25 cent fare increase. So now I have three ways to work - car, bus, and bike. The last three weeks, that's worked out to about 1 day driving, the other four split, mornings by bus and evenings by bike. The buses have a two slot bike rack, though it's happened twice already that it was already full. Rule one of bus riding though, is having a plan B for when the bus never comes. The bus and bike have me paying maybe $2 a month less in gasoline taxes despite the big Transit tax increases. And the bike is saving me about $10 a week over the bus and car, paying for this year's and next year's fare increases to further fund light rail. I only need a comfortable, "no nose" seat. Cross-posted and comments welcome at Speed Gibson. |
