{"id":198703544,"date":"2011-04-19T19:25:44","date_gmt":"2011-04-19T19:25:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=198703544"},"modified":"2011-04-19T19:25:44","modified_gmt":"2011-04-19T19:25:44","slug":"savings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=198703544","title":{"rendered":"Savings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>from Commute Orlando by Jason<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>We have been riding now for approximate 8 months and on average we ride 2.5 days a week. Our commute from the Fashion Square Mall is 15 miles, or 30 miles round-trip. This is approximately 75 miles per person per week (our human-miles). We have averaged 3 riders per trip and according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aaaexchange.com\/main\/Default.asp?CategoryID=16&amp;SubCategoryID=76&amp;ContentID=353\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AAA estimates<\/a>, it costs on average $.59 per mile to drive a vehicle. This estimate includes \u201cfuel, routine maintenance, tires, insurance, license and registration, loan finance charges and depreciation costs\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Weekly<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Monthly<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>8 months<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Riders<\/td>\n<td>Human-Miles<\/td>\n<td>Gas Savings<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/commuteorlando.com\/wordpress#note-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1<\/a><\/sup><\/td>\n<td>Cost Savings<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/commuteorlando.com\/wordpress#note-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2<\/a><\/sup><\/td>\n<td>Human-Miles<\/td>\n<td>Gas Savings<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/commuteorlando.com\/wordpress#note-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1<\/a><\/sup><\/td>\n<td>Cost Savings<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/commuteorlando.com\/wordpress#note-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2<\/a><\/sup><\/td>\n<td>Human- Miles<\/td>\n<td>Gas Savings<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/commuteorlando.com\/wordpress#note-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1<\/a><\/sup><\/td>\n<td>Cost Savings<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/commuteorlando.com\/wordpress#note-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2<\/a><\/sup><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align:center\">1<\/td>\n<td>75<\/td>\n<td>3.75<\/td>\n<td>$43.88<\/td>\n<td>300<\/td>\n<td>15<\/td>\n<td>$175.50<\/td>\n<td>2400<\/td>\n<td>120<\/td>\n<td>$1,404.00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align:center\">2<\/td>\n<td>150<\/td>\n<td>7.5<\/td>\n<td>$87.75<\/td>\n<td>600<\/td>\n<td>30<\/td>\n<td>$351.00<\/td>\n<td>4800<\/td>\n<td>240<\/td>\n<td>$2,808.00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align:center\">3<\/td>\n<td>225<\/td>\n<td>11.25<\/td>\n<td>$131.63<\/td>\n<td>900<\/td>\n<td>45<\/td>\n<td>$526.50<\/td>\n<td>7200<\/td>\n<td>360<\/td>\n<td>$4,212.00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><sup><a name=\"#note-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1<\/a><\/sup> in gallons, assuming 20 mpg<br \/>\n<sup><a name=\"#note-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2<\/a><\/sup> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aaaexchange.com\/main\/Default.asp?CategoryID=16&amp;SubCategoryID=76&amp;ContentID=353\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AAA estimates<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Each rider saves about about $175 per month in travel expenses and so far has accumulated approximately $1400 in savings over the course of 8 months. Just in gas savings, that\u2019s $56 a month with current gas prices ($3.75\/gallon). This is not an insignificant chunk of change!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8230;<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/commuteorlando.com\/wordpress\/2011\/04\/17\/bike-bus-update\/\">https:\/\/commuteorlando.com\/wordpress\/2011\/04\/17\/bike-bus-update\/<\/a>oldId.20110419192544685<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>from Commute Orlando by Jason &#8230; We have been riding now for approximate 8 months and on average we ride 2.5 days a week. Our commute from the Fashion Square Mall is 15 miles, or 30 miles round-trip. This is approximately 75 miles per person per week (our human-miles). We have averaged 3 riders per &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=198703544\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Savings&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"1","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-198703544","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biking-elsewhere"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198703544","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=198703544"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198703544\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=198703544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=198703544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=198703544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}