Comparison Brings Costs Down Conviently To Public Transport!

A majority of us  have at least a private car that we use to transport ourselves to required destinations like: visiting friends, shopping or going on picnics and country drives.

We all agree it is convenient for us to use a privately owned vehicle that you can leave and arrive at your own time - but then comes the added costs - you have to purchase your vehicle or it maybe under a car loan (which is normally charged at a high rate of interest), then you have insurance costs  (the choices of comprehensive insurance or third party). and finally the ongoing running cost of the car. I cannot calculate this right now as there are many factors involved.Factors like purchasing cheap cars to expensive cars, filling up your tank on a weekly basis, maintenance of a car depending on the model of the car.

Here we come to public transport - where we have to prepare ourselves to reach our pick up point most likely ( unless the transport picks you up at your front door). Before you decide to leave home you have to pre-check your times that the public transport will pick you up, allow plenty of walking time before it arrives and then hopefully wait for it to arrive. It is then a matter of time until your mode of transport arrives. With the difficult part done once you pay your fare and you compare it to what you would be paying if you were using a privately owned car - the costs are comparatively cheaper with public transport costs for the time you travel and you do not have to do the driving - all you do is relax!

For example: if you spent up to $2500 on public transport on an annual basis your costs are  definitely cheaper than purchasing a new car at say $30,000, fuel costs of say  $60w, insurance costs of say $60w and maintenance costs at say $60w - which is  the cheapest mode of transport?