I would consider taking public transportation to work if it wouldn't take me an hour and a half each way.

I had a phase in the fall where, every time I went out of town people asked me how I do my grocery shopping with no car.

It is harder here, out of a big city, but I manage. because most people have a car, there aren't many stores selling food items in walking distance, but I just take my re-usable bags on the bus with me, and if I am getting something heavy, I bring my cart. And people on the bus are usually really nice, or I look weak, because someone usually helps me get my cart up onto the bus. See, no problem....

Also, thank you Suzi!

Dana- Sometimes it wakes me an over an hour to get home, hoever I can get in in 40 minutes. I watch TV show on my iPod, so I actually like having the time and not feeling guilty about watching TV. Sometimes later at night, I don't watch the iPod because there are more "characters" riding the bus, and I am not sure it won't get stolen. Frankly, I think the fact that I kind of look like a bag lady works to my advantage in a city where mostly only poor people or people who have lost their liscense due to DWI ride the bus.

It is harder here, out of a big city, but I manage. because most people have a car, there aren't many stores selling food items in walking distance,

Yeah, I realized that that is part of what people were picturing -- how they drive into a big parking lot in front of a big supermarket, and load up the car and drive away. I walk by a small market on my way home, and get one bag full!

well the idea is that smaller and more localized grocery stores would open up again if gas went up enough. Also cities of all sizes would invest more into public transportation systems.

Also also, smaller farms would start up again.

Unsurprisingly I am all for sustainsable smaller scale neighborhoods/communties/towns/cities where the food production and consumption require much less transportation.

I would consider taking public transportation to work if it wouldn't take me an hour and a half each way.

Yeah, in DC I drove to work because it was out in the burbs, and the subway was designed to get people from the burbs to downtown, not the other way around.

Seattle was being pretty sweet with the free bus pass and two mile commute, but now that I am not commuting, and have no more bus pass (darn them!) I'm....walking a lot. And driving a bit more. $1.50 a bus ride is expensive, and having correct change is even harder!!

I walk by a small market on my way home, and get one bag full!

we can do this, and love it. but the co-op is about 20 minutes away by car... across Lincoln Drive. Bus routes are not the greatest part of that adventure. We're hopeful - especially w/ Philly Car Share. But I can't get them to return my question about whether they have toddler seats available, and I don't look forward to carrying a seat with us up the hill a couple of blocks to pick up the car share when I need to take Ipod to her doctors' appointment or whatever. I would love not to have the extra costs.

I take public transportation to the grocery store (because I don't drive) and it tends to be a two hour trip. Although, we have a new store that opened up on the other side of town where there is a bus that comes by more than once an hour. I haven't tried it yet though.

Perhaps now people will stop telling me that I am not actually saving money by taking the bus.

That's crazy. I swear people don't think about the real cost of anything.

When I graduated college, my parents and I sat down to talk about my buying a car. We calculated that if I just rented one every time I thought "I wish I had a car", it would still be cheaper than owning one.

when I need to take Ipod

Your fingers renamed your daughter, Sox!

I had to give up the public transportation for now because I drop the puppy off at daycare. I am very jealous of my DH, who still gets to use it because parking the car at my work = $33/month and parking the car at his work = $200/month.

Your fingers renamed your daughter, Sox!

not exactly. one of her nicknames... courtesy of DH.