If you follow me on twitter, then you’re probably well aware that I HATE traffic and I HATE the commute to my new job. Although, hubby has graciously stepped up to the plate and has begun taking the kids to daycare/school in the mornings without complaint, I still spend over 2 hours a day commuting. To me that is time that could be spent exercising and looking after myself, or spent with those near and dear to me, my oh-so-lovely daughters (on most days they’re ahem… lovely).
Completely fed up with my morning commute, yesterday I decided to try taking another route to work – a toll route (for those living in Toronto or the GTA, I bit the bullet and tried taking the 407 ETR). It saved me 40 minutes AND I got a parking spot in our staff lot, instead of having to park off-site and take a shuttle into work from the off-site parking lot (there’s not enough parking at work for the amount of staff that work here). 40 f—king minutes! I already take the toll route after work, and it saves me 30 minutes… By taking it yesterday morning, and after work I saved myself 70 minutes/day in commuting! That’s a fair amount of time! With the help of my handy dandy calculator I’ve figured out that over a year it will save me 303 hours. 303 HOURS! That is a considerable amount of time! ‘Cause that’s like 12.5 DAYS of my life! Holy crap – if I work here for 5 years, taking the 407 ETR will save me 62 days of my life.
But of course there’s a cost to taking the toll route… Heh heh, hence the word TOLL. And I tell ya, this toll route is not friggin cheap… And I am…. Taking this both ways every work day will cost me $100/month. So here’s where I ask the internet for advice:
Would you take the toll route everyday?
Popularity: 1% [?]
Take it! Take it! I think the extra time is def. work the extra money. When my husband was working in Miss. (travelling from Ham.) he took it every day. We also take it whenever we head north or if we just don’t feel like dealing with the QEW.
Tough call. That’s a lot of time.
I usually take transit, which takes longer than if I drive, but transit is cheaper, has more delays, etc.
But I still take transit and treat myself to driving a couple times a month as a reward for being good.
Ouch, that’s a lot of time. But also a lot of money. I’d probably go for the time. Or switch back and forth. I keep alternating my commute, since driving takes longer in the morning but is much faster in the afternoon, so it’s kind of which end I want to have more time at that makes the decision for me. But that varies from week to week!
I’m assuming answer 1 is yes, I dunno cuz it just says answer 1, answer 2, answer 3, etc.
If #1 was yes, that’s what I was picking. And I say yes because, if it was me, I’d take it. Anything to get home sooner.
Don’t take the 407. You run the very real risk of losing your automobile registration as the 407 ETR company has the ability to prevent the Ont. government from issuing you a plate renewal sticker.
They will do this to you if you do not pay a bill – even one issued in error. And they make a lot of billing errors.
Google it and see for yourself.
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