Next month I’ll celebrate my one year anniversary at my job — and my carpool will have saved me $6,800. To figure that out, I used the calculator at Carpool Match Northwest, which is also where I found my congenial carpool (six of us now) in the first place.
My situation is actually both better and [...]
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Carpooling Is Saving Me $6,800/year
January 16th, 2009 · No Comments · lifestyle, money, sustainability, transportation, work
Tags: carpool·Carpool Match Northwest·carpooling·climate change·commute·green living·happiness·Oregon·telework·thrift
Saving Money With Carpooling
May 27th, 2008 · 2 Comments · sustainability
I’m reading about the pain of high gas prices, and the auto industry shrinking, and Americans actually driving a bit less. While I care about people’s pain, I’m not experiencing it, myself. My husband Thor commutes via TriMet (the public transit here in Portland, Oregon), and I carpool with five other people to get to [...]
Tags: 97215·Carpool Match Northwest·carpooling·cars·cost of gas·saving money·thrift
Carpool Survivor
April 4th, 2008 · 4 Comments · lifestyle, simplicity, transportation, work
I am lucky enough to be in a carpool with five great people for my two-hour round-trip commute. (I found them through Carpool Match Northwest.) We save money, save emissions and have fun. So on the morning of April Fool’s day I tossed off a prank email to them.
I wrote: “It has been such a pleasure knowing you! My new inheritance means I can now afford a
Tags: abandonment·April Fools·carbon footprint·Carpool Match Northwest·carpooling·family·hybrids·joke·prank·Prius·rideshare·Salem·Steve Earle·Survivor
