Let's say you live in Chicago and ride the L twice daily to and from work, how much would that cost annually? Well there are on average 260 working days according to USAToday and the L has a $2.50 fare. So how much is that? Roughly $650 annually, in comparison the cost of having and maintaining a car annually is on average $12,000 according to the NYT. So yeah public transit of much cheaper to live off of than a private car
The LA Metro has a fare of $1.50 would cost a commuter $390 annually, the New York Subway with a fare of 2.90 costs a commuter $754, Septa in Philly with a fare of $2.50 also costs $650 annually, Muni in San Francisco with a cash fare of $3.00 costs 780 annually and the Link in Seattle with a maximum fare of $3.50 costs a commuter $910 annually
Fuck I forgot about return trips,
Seattle - $1820
Chicago, and Philly - $1300
San Francisco - $1560
New York - $1508
LA - $780
There are annual and monthly passes but I wanted to purposely go with the most expensive alternatives to show how even at its highest cost, transit is still way cheaper then a car. Also I was to lazy to check the costs of a monthly pass