Metro LogoCommute Calculator

This calculator will help you compare the price of using public transportation with the price of paying at the pump and then parking your car in town. You may set variables such as the price of gas, the length of the round trip, and your parking costs to match what you are currently paying.

  What Can I Save By Using METRO?  
     
  Enter your car's gas mileage - Click Here to Look Up  
  What size of car - Use Pull Down Menu *  
  What is the Gas Price Per Gallon you are paying?  
  How many miles do you commute round trip?  
  What is your Daily Parking Cost?  
  Your Yearly Cost of Commuting by Car  
       
  Choose the METRO Service you will use - Use Pull Down  
  Yearly Cost of Commuting by bus  
     
  YOU WILL SAVE **  
 

Footnotes

* Based on the following estimates for increased costs of maintenance and tire replacement per mile.

  Small Car
per mile		 Medium Car
per mile		 Large Car
per mile		 Mini-Van
per mile		 SUV
per mile
Maintenance 3.98 cents 4.67 cents 5.07 cents 4.76 cents 5.47 cents
Tires 0.55 cents 0.85 cents 0.77 cents 0.67 cents 0.93 cents

** If you are able to eliminate a vehicle in your household, you save an additional $5,576 in car ownership cost (full-covereage insurance, license, registration, taxes, depreciation and finance charge).

The ownership, maintenance and tire replacement cost are from the AAA 2008 Your Driving Costs.

Please feel free to contact Santa Cruz Metro with any questions about this calculator.

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