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Hot take: I passed on a $900 ebike and put that money into bus passes instead
Honestly, I stood in the shop on Grand Ave for like 40 minutes trying to decide between a used Rad bike and a year of bus passes plus a cheap repair kit for my old hybrid. I went with the transit option and my commute to work went from 25 minutes driving to 38 by bus, but I'm saving around $60 a month on gas and parking. Ngl part of me still wonders if I picked wrong now that summer's here. Has anyone else done the math on whether one big green purchase beats a bunch of small habit swaps?
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blakem3717d ago
The math on this stuff is tricky because you're comparing a one time cost to a monthly one, which can make either side look better depending on how far out you look. Over a year your bus passes plus the repair kit probably cost less than the Rad bike with zero maintenance, but that ebike keeps saving you money in year two and three while the passes keep costing. The real thing people miss is that the bike only wins if you actually ride it. A lot of folks buy the bike, love it for two months, then it sits in the garage and the bus passes would have been the smarter call.
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