Garrett M. Vonk

Week 1 of the new job is coming to a close. I’ve adapted to working downtown, and am enjoying very much the ability to ride in to work via Marta instead of driving. I’m by no means the type to agonize over driving a car to work; I’ve got other things to worry about. But I’m in the group of people for whom it is actually easier to ride the train to work. It takes nearly the same amount of time, and it’s cheaper than the parking alone, not to mention the savings on gas. At my old job, public transportation wasn’t a possibility, because it would have been at least an hour (3-4 times the drive time), and a mile-long walk on one end.

But now, parking at my office is on the order of $80-100 a month, and I thought I’d try to make it work on Marta. The Atlantic Station shuttle picks up at my door, and I’m generally at work 20 minutes later. The trip back is closer to 25-30 minutes, but with traffic in the city, I’d be hard-pressed to beat that by any significant margin in a car.

All in all, I think I’ll be able to continue to use transit to get to work for the foreseeable future.