{"id":12341,"date":"2008-05-26T20:16:55","date_gmt":"2008-05-27T03:16:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2008\/05\/26\/downtown-musings.html"},"modified":"2008-05-26T20:16:55","modified_gmt":"2008-05-27T03:16:55","slug":"downtown_musings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2008\/05\/26\/downtown_musings.html","title":{"rendered":"Downtown musings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Looking at the potential commute to downtown:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li> It would take extra time, a bit. Looking at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rtd-denver.com\/Routes\/RouteSE\/901Weekdays.html\" target=\"_blank\">the schedule<\/a>, to get to the office downtown by 6:00a. on the F line, I&#8217;d have to be at the station by 5:23a. Figure 10 minutes to drive to the station and get parked and to the platform, that means leaving the house by 5:13a, which means getting up between 4:30 and 4:45a, rather than 4:55a as at present.<\/li>\n<li> Coming home, assuming I got on the train just a few minutes after 4, I&#8217;d be back at the station around 4:45p<\/li>\n<li> But I could read on the way in (and out). More reading, huzzah!<\/li>\n<li> In theory, this would also&nbsp;let me do office calls while on the train (at least to listen to them). And do e-mail on my Crackberry.<\/li>\n<li> Figure at present it is a 60 mile round trip to the office. Assume I am driving the full route Tuesdays and Thursdays, and two-thirds the route is the commute on Mondays and Wednesdays (the days I pick up Kitten from school), and I only do Fridays about half the time. That&#8217;s 40+60+40+60+30 = 230 miles. At about 23 mpg, let&#8217;s call that 10 gallons of gas per week, so 45 gallons per month, @$3.50\/gal, that&#8217;s $158 in gas each month. A monthly express pass (three zones, A-C) comes to $108, saving $50\/month just in gas (as well as more for wear and tear and, likely, dropping my insurance).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Just thoughts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Looking at the potential commute to downtown: It would take extra time, a bit. 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