commute update

[waider]

Door to DART: ~10 mins
DART to Tara Street, walk to Aston Quay: ~35 mins, fare €1.90 (single)
Bus to James' Gate: ~10 mins, fare €0.90

I think I got extraordinarily lucky with the bus (noone wanted to get on or off for the whole length of the quays) and the inter-mode timing (DART arrived within minutes of me getting to the station, bus was waiting at the stop when I reached it and departed within minutes of me getting aboard) but it certainly looks like a viable commute. I walked from the office to the DART on the way home - 30 minutes, roughly - and just to reassure me that not all was sweetness and light, the DART was running slowly due to some problem with a level crossing, meaning the trip home ran a good deal longer (the southbound DART wasn't as fortuitously timed, either).

Comments

[waidesworld.livejournal.com]

In Massachusetts we have two options which would benefit you.
1. Low mileage rate on your car saves you 5% off your insurace for the year if you did less than 7500 miles.
2. Show a year of monthly public transit passes and they also give you some deduction.

At a guess though, most people don't bother with the second option except one cheap bastard I knew from Dublin.

[candice.livejournal.com]

I know a few boston people who do bother with the second. I should tell my sister about that as she's recently bought a car in the area.

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

Can you bring your bike on DART?

Bike

[mopti.livejournal.com]

Your not supposed to at any time and certainly would be stopped during rush hour

Re: Bike

[waider.livejournal.com]

As the man says, no. This is why I was looking at folding bikes. And whimsically at unicycles. See previous comments about having a commuter system that almost works, but not quite.