{"id":437,"date":"2010-02-19T21:24:25","date_gmt":"2010-02-19T10:24:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thelondonbiker.com\/blog\/?p=437"},"modified":"2010-02-19T21:24:25","modified_gmt":"2010-02-19T10:24:25","slug":"being-green-the-real-cost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelondonbiker.com\/blog\/2010\/02\/being-green-the-real-cost\/","title":{"rendered":"Being green, the real cost"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week I posted a short note on the cost of travelling into London from Buckinghamshire<\/a> via public transport vs the motorbike. The difference was startling, I was expecting public transport to be more expensive, but was hoping to be able to dismiss the difference easily, and argue that the time spent on the train reading the paper, listening the the archers podcast<\/a> (obviously not working – that’s not possible in standard class<\/a>) and having a little nap. But at nearly \u00a350 difference per week I simply can’t.<\/p>\n

As expected a few people messaged me on the blog, and via facebook to point out where I could make the public transport options cheaper, I’ve also spent some time this week finalising the costs of the motorbike. The main points made were that the working year is not 52 weeks, that a monthly pass would be cheaper, that combining my train and zones 1-2 travel card would be more economic and that I should include the depreciating value of the motorbike in my calculations. Fair enough, let’s recalculate with those suggestions. All worked out per week for comparison.<\/p>\n

Public Transport<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n