Just get on with it...

It’s a choice, you have a choice to continue being a slave to car ownership. You have a choice of how you take control of your life and your form of transportation.

Americans are willing to spend $31,252 on the purchase of a new vehicle, a used car can cost up to $14,375 for a vehicle up to eight years old. You can buy a cargo bike for just over $3000. Even lower when buying used, just like with a vehicle.

Even if you buy a cargo bike on top of buying a standard city bike, or even as a family total cost will likely remain lower than the purchase of a used vehicle! This line of thought does not include maintenance, fuel, storage or any other costs associated with the car ownership.

With a bike as your main form of transportation, you’re looking at $500 per year for maintenance and maybe a 5-10% increase in food consumption. That food cost increase is roughly $100 more per month based on a family of four. Totaling $1,700 per year cost to operate a bicycle(s). This calculation might even be beyond the actual cost according to Mint.com.

Car ownership doesn’t compare…

We continue to say that we can’t afford X, Y and Z; but in reality it’s the choices we make that force us to work more hours, more than one job or have double income households rather than trying to find ways to lower the cost of living.

Isn’t it time to reconsider our choices?