This was the scene in San Mateo this morning, on my way to work. $3.45 a gallon for regular gas.
![[Gas Prices in San Mateo, April 30 2007]](http://farm1.static.flickr.com/182/478627922_1fe1ca7f7e.jpg)
I could drive a mile or two out of my way and save about a nickel a gallon, but for where I live, this is an average-priced station, neither top nor bottom of the pack.
In short, it's now costing me $7 a day in gas alone, just to drive to work.
I think I might have hit my change point when it comes to gas prices.
UPDATE 5/2 It's gone up a couple of cents more since I posted this.
I've researched mass transit options, but CalTrain + biking the 3 miles from the CalTrain San Jose station would be $11.50 a day and roughly double my current commute time. Plus there's no shower in the office, so if I broke a sweat on the ride to work I'd be gross and yukky all day.
*sigh* This stinks.
One bit of good news is that my boss seems to be open to the idea of me working from home at least part of the time.
Comments (4)
I made the decision to take my bike to work most days. I just had to pay $3.72/gal today in Laguna, CA (Sacramento suburb). It was so depressing.
Posted by Renee Roberts | May 1, 2007 5:57 PM
Can you fill me in on "change point"? The point at which you decide to bike to work? or decide you no long approve of high gasoline taxes as a pro-environment measure?
Posted by Sam-I-am | May 2, 2007 1:04 PM
Like Sam-I-am, I too am interested in your change point.
Is there a Prius in your future? ;) I'd love to get one of those but they're a bit out of my price range. Quite a bit if I'm honest.
I'm guessing you already know about this (?):
http://www.sanjosegasprices.com/
Posted by Melinda | May 7, 2007 6:29 PM
I did price out a Prius this weekend and no matter how I slice it, the payment would be $400++ a month. That's definitely out of the budget with the student loan payments starting to kick in next month.
But who knows, maybe if I get a nice raise.....
Posted by fiat lux | May 7, 2007 7:12 PM